Hello, and Happy New Year! 1997 promises to be an exciting year for the Penny Whistle newsletter. With a little planning and forethought this journal's editorial staff has decided to create a theme year featuring air combat games. Summer of 1997 will see the release of Fighter Command air combat system. This 1/72 scale air combat game focuses on World War Two. In support of this venture we have decided to devote the pages of this journal's fourth year to Air Combat games. Each of this year's six issues will feature Lion's Den air to air combat scenarios, rules and game mechanics. '97 is the year of proactive hobby journalism as opposed to recording what has happened we have laid the groundwork for all six issues as I write. To get this year's theme off the ground we will feature a reprint of Gnatz 1/700th scale aircraft rules. Although the bulk of this is the same as in issue 25, there are new aircraft data and a sample of the Lion's Den aircraft data playsheet. "Flight 28 you are clear for takeoff." Penny Whistle Flight Schedule: Flights subject to cancellation or rerouting at the editorial staffs discretion. January-February Flight 28 Gnatz 1/700 World War Two Air Combat Game. March-April Flight 29 Swarm! Gnatz modification for squadron level combat. May-June Flight 30 Fighter Command Preview edition! New product test flight. July-August Flight 31 Fighter Command Wrap-up. September-October Flight 32 DACT- ROE (Dissimilar Air Combat Training-Rules Of Engagement) Modern Fighter Combat 1/700. November-December Flight 33 Anniversary Issue. Scenarios for Fighter Command Back to Table of Contents Penny Whistle #28 Back to Penny Whistle List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by Lion's Den Publications. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com