Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (CYAC)
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Installation:
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Extract all files except install.bat to a directory on your hard
drive

OR

Extract all files to a floppy, change to the floppy drive and

install a: c: <enter>

OR

Play off the floppy -- not sure if this option is fully functional


Playing:
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Yeager.txt is the manual for the game.

The following text is from the end of yeager.txt -- you will need
this information to start the game. Either print it out and keep
it to hand, or run the game under Windows. In Win3.1x you can get
the Task List with Ctrl+Esc, open this file for the required info
then Ctrl+Esc to select YEAGER and continue.

Update:

Yeager.com patches the game so you won't require the aircraft
information to start. Simply type YEAGER <enter> and away you go...

In order to change the intialisation of the game (instructions in
Yeager.txt) you will need to move Yeager.com out of the game's
directory/folder, type YEAGER NOSOUND <enter> (or whatever you
choose), exit the game and then move Yeager.com back.

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REPUBLIC P-47 D THUNDERBOLT
Specifications: Type: Single seat fighter-bomber; Power plant:
One 2.300 Pratt &Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 18-cylinder two-row
radial; Wingspan: 40.8 ft; Length: 36.1 ft; Height: 14.2 ft;
Weight: 19,400 lbs; Maximum Speed: 428 mph; Climb: 2,800 ft/min;
Ceiling; 43,000 ft; Range: 590 miles; Armament: Eight 0.50 in
Colt-Browning M-2 machine-guns in wings.

NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter; Power plant: One 1,590
hp Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1650-7 liquid-cooled
engine; Wingspan: 37.0 ft; Length: 32.2 ft; Height: 13.7 ft;
Weight; 7,125 lbs; Maximum Speed: 437 mph; Climb: 3,475 ft/min;
Ceiling: 41,900 ft; Range: 950 to 2,000 miles; Armament: Six
Browning MG53-2 machine-guns in wings.

BOEING B-17E FLYING FORTRESS
Specifications: Type: High altitude bomber; Power Plant: Four
1,200 hp Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone nine-cylinder radials with
exhaust driven turbochargers. Wingspan: 103.8 ft; Length: 73.8
ft; Height: 19.1 ft; Weight: 31,150 lbs (loaded); Maximum Speed:
317 mph; Ceiling: 35,000 ft; Range: 1,100 miles; Armament: 13
0.50 machine-guns and 17,600 lbs in bombs.

FOCKE-WULF FW-190A-8
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter-bomber; Power Plant:
One 1,700 hp BMW 801 Dg 18-cylinder two-row radial engine;
Wingspan: 34.5 ft; Length: 29.0 ft; Height: 13.0 ft; Weight:
7,055 lbs; Maximum Speed: 408 mph; Climb: 2,350 ft/min; Ceiling:
37,400 ft; Range: 497 miles; Armament: Two 13mm MG 131
machine-guns above engine, four 20mm MG 151/20 cannon in wings.

MESSERSCHMITT Me-109E Emil
Specifications: Type: Single seat fighter/fighter-bomber; Power
Plant: One 1,300 hp Daimler-Benz DB 601E inverted-V-12
liquid-cooled engine; Wingspan: 32.4 ft; Length: 28.3 ft; Height:
7.5 ft; Weight: 4,330 lbs; Maximum Speed: 390 mph; Climb: 3,100
ft/min; Ceiling: 38,000 ft; Range: 350 miles; Armament: Two 8mm
cannon MG-17 machine-guns above engine, one 20mm MG-151 cannon in
propeller hub.

MESSERSCHMITT Me-110B ZERSTORER
Specifications: Type: Two-seat/three-seat fighter; Power Plant:
One 1,100 hp Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine; Wingspan: 32.4 ft;
Length: 28.3 ft; Height: 7.5 ft; Weight: 4,330 lbs; Maximum
Speed: 349 mph; Climb: 2,255 ft. min; Ceiling: 32,800 ft; Range:
559 miles; Armament: Two 20mm Oerlikon MG FF cannon in nose, four
7.92 mm MG-17 machine-guns in nose, one 7.92mm MG-17 manned
machine-gun in rear cockpit.

MESSERSCHMITT Me-163 KOMET
Specifications: Type: Short-range fighter-interceptor; Power
Plant: One 16,67 kN 3,748 lb thrust Walter 109-509A-2 rocket
motor; Wingspan: 30.6 ft; Length: 18.6 ft; Height: 9.0 ft;
Weight: 4,191 lbs; Maximum Speed: 596 mph; Climb: 16,400 ft/min;
Ceiling: 54,000; Range: 50 miles; Armament: Two 30mm MK 108
cannons, twenty-four rockets underwing, to vertically discharged
rockets within the wing.  

MESSERSCHMITT Me-262 STURMVOGEL
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter: Power Plant: Two 1,980
lb thrust Junker Jumo 004B single-shaft axial turbojets;
Wingspan: 41.0 ft; Length: 34.8 ft; Height: 12.6 ft; Weight:  8,820 lbs;
Maximum Speed: 540 mph; Climb: 3,940 ft/min; Ceiling:  37,565 ft;
Range: 652 miles; Armament: Four 30mm MK 108 cannon in wings.

STINSON L-5 SENTINEL
Specifications: Type: Two-seat short-range aircraft; Power Plant:
One 141.6 kW 190 hp Lycoming O-435-1 engine; Wingspan: 34.0 ft;
Length: 24.1 ft; Weight: 2,158 lbs; Maximum Speed: 129 mph.

NORTH AMERICAN F-86E SABRE
Specifications: Type: Single-seat interceptor-fighter; Power
plant: One 5,200 lb thrust General Electric J-47-13 turbojet;
Wingspan: 37.0 ft; Length: 37.0 ft; Height: 14.0 ft; Weight:
10,555 lbs; Maximum Speed: 679 mph; Climb: 4,760 ft/min; Ceiling:
47,000 ft; Range: 925 miles; Armament; Six 0.50 in machine guns.

MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MIG-15 FAGOT
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter; Power Plant: One 5,005
lb thrust RD-45 Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet; Wingspan: 33.1 ft;
Length: 36.3 ft; Height: 11.1 ft; Weight: 8,820 lbs; Maximum
Speed: 668 mph; Climb: 10,500 ft/min; Ceiling: 51,000 ft; Range:
1,115 miles; Armament: One 37mm NS-37 cannon in nose, two 23mm
NS-23 cannons in nose.

YAKOVLEV YAK-9
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter; Power Plant: One 1,014
kW 1360 hp Klimov Mi-105P f-3 engine; Wingspan: 32.8 ft; Length:
28.0 ft; Height: 8.8 ft; Weight: 7,055 lbs; Maximum Speed: 368
mph; Climb: 2,400 ft/min; Ceiling: 32,800 ft; Range: 875 miles;
Armament: One 20mm cannon, one 12.7mm machine-gun. 

BOEING B-29C SUPERFORTRESS
Specifications: Type: High altitude heavy bomber; Power Plant:
Four 2,200 hp Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone 18-cylinder radials
each with two exhaust-driven turbochargers; Wingspan: 141.3 ft;
Length: 99.0 ft; Height: 27.8 ft; Weight: 135,000 lbs (loaded);
Maximum Speed: 357 mph; Ceiling: 36,000 ft; Range: 3,250 miles;
Armament: One 20mm cannon, one twin 0.50 cal. machine-gun, 22,000
lbs of bombs.

McDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4E PHANTOM II
Specifications: Type: Two-seat fighter; Power plant: Two 17,900
lb thrust General Electric J-79-GE-17A turbojets; Wingspan: 38.4
ft Length: 62.8 ft; Height: 16.5 ft; Weight: 28,000 lbs; Maximum
speed: 1,386 mph; Climb: 61,400 ft/min; Ceiling: 71,000 ft;
Range: 786 mph; Armament; One 20mm M61A1 rotary cannon, four
AIM-7 Sparrows, four AIM-9 Sidewinders.

AIM-7 Sparrow: Guidance: Semi-active radar homing; Propulsion:
Solid propellant rocket; Warhead: 88 lbarthelet continuous rod;
Length: 12 ft; Weight: 503 lbs; Diameter: 8 in; Wingspan: 3.3 ft;
Maximum Speed: 3.5 Mach; Range: 30+ miles.

AIM-9 Sidewinder: Guidance: Infrared homing; Propulsion: Solid
propellant rocket; Warhead: 25 lb fragmentation; Length: 9.4 ft;
Weight: 190 lbs; Diameter: 5 in; Wingspan: 2.08 ft; Maximum
Speed: 2.5 Mach; Range: 5 miles.

REPUBLIC F-105D THUNDERCHIEF
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter-bomber; Power Plant:
One 17,200 lb thrust Pratt & Whitney J-75-19 turbojet; Wingspan:
34.9 ft; Length: 67.0 ft; Height: 19.8 ft; Weight: 27,500 lbs;
Maximum Speed: 1,226 mph; Climb: 34,500 ft/min; Ceiling: 48,500
ft; Range: 800 miles. Armament: One 20mm cannon, two 3,000 lb
bombs, and four Sidewinder missiles.

MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MiG-21MF FISHBED
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter; Power Plant: One
11,240 lb thrust Tumansky single-shaft turbojet; Wingspan: 23.5
ft; Length: 48.0 ft; Height: 14,8 ft; Weight: 11,464 lbs; Maximum
Speed: 1,285 mph; Climb: 36,090 ft/min; Ceiling: 59,050 ft;
Range: 683 miles; Armament: Two 30mm NR-30 cannon, four AA-2
Atoll missiles.

AA-2 Atoll: Guidance: Infrared or semi-active radar homing;
Propulsion: Solid Propellant Rocket; Warhead: unknown; Length:
9.1 ft; Weight: 155 lbs; Diameter: 4.75 in; Wingspan: 1.7 ft;
Maximum Speed: 2+ Mach; Range: 4 +miles.

MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MiG-17F FRESCO
Specifications: Type: Single-seat fighter-interceptor; Power
Plant: One 5,952 lb thrust Kilmov VK-1 single shaft centrifugal
turbojet; Wingspan: 31.0 ft; Length: 36.3 ft; Height: 11.0 ft;
Weight: 9,040 lbs; Maximum speed: 711 mph; Climb: 12,795 ft/min;
Ceiling: 54,460 ft; Range: 870 miles; Armament: Three NS-23
cannons under nose, up to eight rockets.

BOEING B-52 STRATOFORTRESS
Specifications: Type: Strategic Heavy Bomber: Power Plant: Eight
13,750 lb thrust Pratt and Whitney j57-P-43W turbojets; Wingspan:
185.0 ft; Length: 157.6 ft. Height: 40.7 ft; Weight: 480,000 lbs;
Maximum Speed: 665 mph; Ceiling: 55,000 ft; Range: 9,000 miles;
Armament: Two 20mm cannon in remotely controlled tail position,
20 SRAM missiles, bombs.

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Original download source unknown: this archive was obtained from
http://www.wymondhamleics.free-online.co.uk/nerd/games.htm

Thanks to CES for the interest.