COMBAT PILOT: CARRIER QUALIFICATION

Dear friends, today marks the beginning of a new era in which we duplicate our Developer Diaries on Steam. There's a lot to tell you! Meet the new Community ManagerWe have appointed a new Community Manager, Frits Mosselman. With 25 years of flight simming and sim content producing under his belt, decades of experience in project management and being involved in successfully launching the WW2 RTS game “Call to Arms: Gates of Hell”, Frits has been named project manager and community manager. Some of you may know him as “Herr Flick”, or FTC_Snafu. He will be coordinating the team effort in what is now a joint responsibility with the leadership of the Entropy.Aero team. As mentioned before, our roadmap remains exactly the way our team has always intended and we are happy to announce that a lot of highly anticipated content and features are in the works. Departure of JasonAfter Executive Producer Jason Williams announced his departure from the Combat Pilot team on April 2nd, questions were asked as to whether this will change the direction or the roadmap of the project. It will not. Jason and the team never had any differences about where we all wanted to take Combat Pilot. After Jason’ s departure and succession, we will keep the project on the exact same course. Our goals have always been - and always will be - the same. That means we continue to go full speed ahead while the current roadmap remains unchanged. And thus, the project continues as planned - so allow us to showcase current progress. SBD-3 DauntlessFondly nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” by its crews, the SBD Dauntless was one of those planes that gained legendary status during the war. The Battle of Midway was just one of many in which it was to earn a formidable reputation. Designed by Ed Heinemann, it was the successor of the Northrop BT-1 and BT-2 attack aircraft. When the Northrop company was taken over by Douglas in 1937, the BT-2 was developed into the SBD. The SBD entered service in 1940. It was highly m...

V 0.518 We have released a minor update with a few tweaks, which we think are important to test before the demo period is over. The throttle in the F4F-4 now has a detent at 95%. Reaching the detent equals full power without WEP. Pushing past it activates WEP. On the F4F-4, the WEP is not supposed to be activated with the push of a button or another mechanism. When launching in VR with the OpenXR toolkit or NeckSafer active, a warning message will now show to prompt the player not to use such incompatible softwares. ‘Ignore Manual Cockpit Camera Controls When Head Tracking Is Active’ is now ‘On’ by default. This means, that when you have TrackIR/OpenTrack/etc, the mouse will no longer combine with your head movement. World space cursor option has been added for clickable cockpits. This option, when turned on, will NO longer move your clickable-cockpit cursor along with your camera, instead, it will remain in the same spot. Varjo headset compatibility solution has been added (to be tested!). Update size: 80MB. Happy flying, enjoy the weekend. The demo will remain active until monday 10am PST / 7pm CET.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/3f2eb9db48b135ce49f59e2eab9ad3e29aac445c.png Attention Pilots! We'd like to announce that we are participating in the STEAM NEXT FEST from February 23rd through March 2nd, 2026. Free Trial During this one week fest, we will offer the community a Free Trial of Combat Pilot: Carrier Qualification! This trial will include our latest Alpha version and is open to everyone on Steam. If you are not yet taking part in our Patreon Alpha, this is a great way to get your hands on this next generation flight sim! Content The Free Trial of Carrier Qualification includes the following: Easy to create Quick Missions Flyable US F4F-4 fighter and Japanese A6M2 Model 21 "Zero" fighter USS Enterprise and IJN Akagi aircraft carriers Realistic flight physics and systems modeling Realistic carrier take-offs and landings Midway Atoll (Sand and Eastern Island) Here's a short trailer, shot in the Alpha Build: https://youtu.be/_wHu6J304I4?si=xASWP3h5P6QUKnmT The Project As some virtual pilots already know, Combat Pilot: Carrier Qualification will be the first in a string of titles we intend to develop. If you're curious about what that means, feel free to check out the project's history and future plans on our Forum and website. We've also answered many common questions about the project in an FAQ touching on many topics surrounding development. We also have our official Discord server where you can share you passion for combat flight-simulators, the air war in the Pacific Theater, and upcoming Combat Pilot titles. Gallery {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/5faf4c9fa74ad8f2f0ee70c51f7458936826171d.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/979d6ccf8497c94381248757e562ebbad210d03b.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/a42692b702c2f404100e31e2d239362ece90b8b8.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/dc08fe82a0f51027a52fcc2c442101352c8b893c.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/d40784bbe5febaa6f01af328157ba58a09400187.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44824093/1e5f8a70bac699e13239d016e47fcedf51dbdebf.jpg {STEAM_CLAN...