[Hookecho]

Yes the Allied aircraft had HI in real life and there is no allied carrier bourne aircraft in IL2 that have them in this game.

actually, the Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair all have a "radio compass" in the game and have always had one. Same with the P38, P51, but the dang P47 has 2 "normal" compasses which makes no sense lol. You are correct in that RL navigating was not followign the pointer to waypoint A then B etc... but I think it makes sense for a "game". If I wanted to actually fly beacons and such, I'd be flying FSx or soemthing (which I do a lot of the time).

All I know is that have a much greater respect for the pilots (on both sides) flying out over the water with only a watch and the sun for navigation.