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Complete with Base ModelPan Am's Boeing 377 Stratocruiser with registration N1029V appears in service in 1959 as the third Super Stratocruiser, one of only ten with greater fuel capacity. It uses a PAA3rd folder and a model.v2 folder for the B377, with Wayne Tudor credited.
Complete with Base ModelCV-240 N240K carries registration N240K and ATC id 240, identified as John F. Kennedy's personal aircraft for the 1960 campaign under the Caroline airline tag. It resides at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, after a donation by Kenaire Corporation, and remains stored in dismantled condition.
RepaintBy Juan Antonio Martinez C., this 1973 Mexicana DC-6B variant bears registration XA-MUK and flight number 626. It aligns with the DC-6B model by Tom Gibson and Greg Pepper, and carries the designer’s attribution in the notes.
Complete with Base ModelThe BZ308 uses four Bristol Centaurus radial engines driving five-bladed propellers, and it accommodates a crew of five and 55 passengers in two cabins. Paint options include Italian Air Force and factory, with reflective skin and a simple virtual cockpit, by Italo D'Attomo and Giovanni Quai.
Complete with Base ModelA 1945 twin-prop short-haul transport, the Miles Aerovan features a tubby fuselage nicknamed a flying tadpole and a Gmax rendering that carries a Cooper Formula 3 car as cargo. Dennis Simanaitis credits this latest Miles M.57 Aerovan, which notes file names such as miles57a.txt and includes a gauges folder.
RepaintBy Luiz Foernges, this Varig DC-3 variant uses the registration PP-ANU, with the V1.0 designation. Its original registration is PP-SQH, and PP-ANU is preserved at the Varig Airlines Museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil today permanently.
RepaintBy Hector A Rivera, the Cessna 402C for Cape Air carries the W Retreat variant and covers Vieques Island, Puerto Rico; it references the KAP\N2748Y designation and aligns with CAIR airline code and KAP parking codes for ramp operations.
PatchJohn Hinson offers an adjustment for the default Douglas DC-3 that lets ground steering operate as if a tail-wheel exists, controlled by the rudder input. Those without a twist joystick can still steer with ailerons, while pilots with separate throttles and pedals may find this unnecessary, and steering mirrors airborne handling without corner banking.
Complete with Base ModelFly Montserrat bases operations on Montserrat and relies on Britten Norman Islander aircraft, carrying registration VP-MNT. Model by Marcel Kuhnt, with credit to Kenje Thomas, reflects the airline’s island-focused fleet and its two credited creators.
RepaintBuffalo Airways, based in Hay River, Northwest Territories, operates C-GTXW as a Curtiss CW-20 variant of the C-46A Commando. By Markus Hellwig, these are image files only, using buffalo_gtxw as the visual element and ATC data C-GTXW, with Curtiss as manufacturer and Buffalo as the airline.
Complete with Base ModelGreg Pepper's and Tom Gibson's DC-6B design becomes airframe c/n 45563, delivered to JAT in 1958 and later acquired by the Bulls group in 2000. It requires the version 2 model, included, and uses a folder named model.v2 in the aircraft directory, plus a TFB folder, with appearance work credited to Wayne Tudor.
Repaint for PaywareCirca 1942, Avianca 100, a Douglas DC-3-228 with construction number 2012, moves from Pan Am to Panagra and Avianca takes over on August 7, 1942 under registration C-100. The aircraft serves with multiple operators, including the Argentine Army, leaves service in August 1982, and breaks up in 1999.
Complete with Base ModelRegistration PP-YRD, dating from circa 1956, identifies a Real Aerovias Convair 340 that serves on Brazil’s main routes, including the São Paulo–Rio shuttle. The original detailing is by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson, with Luiz Alvarenga handling the repainting.
RepaintRegistration F-ZVMV anchors the second faded variant of the L-749 Constellation, a Bernhard Lechner variant associated with the F-ZVMV (FADED) designation. The base kit LOCKHEED749.ZIP must be installed, and the l749_f-zvmv(f).zip archive contains the assets.
Complete with Base ModelThe Lockheed L1049G variant receives fixes from the Super G base, addressing landing and taxi lights, cowl flaps operation, weight specifications, and vacuum pump gauges. Manfred Jahn handles the changes and coordinates the refinement with the Super G edition.
PatchBy Malcolm Steck, this addition introduces engine smoke effects to the default DC-3, adding a SMOKESYSTEM with two lines under the [SMOKESYSTEM] heading, referencing fx_smoke_rx1. The notes describe limitations in the simulation environment that restrict fine tuning of smoke trails, and users place the lines in Aircraft.cfg accordingly.
Complete with Base ModelEast German licenced product, the IL-14P, comes from VEB Flugzeugwerft Dresden. The complete aircraft, by Mehlin Rainer, bears fuselage markings for Interflug, Deutsche Lufthansa, Flugzeugwerft Dresden, and the East German Air Force, reflecting the era’s distinctive identifiers.
RepaintLufthansa operates a L-1649A Starliner registered D-ALER, c/n 1041, with delivery dated 9 January 1958 and service through 1962. The L1649A20.ZIP file is required, and L-1649A_LH.ZIP provides Lufthansa-specific visuals; atc_id is D-ALER and ui_variation Lufthansa 'D-ALER', while service spans Atlantic routes to the USA, Canada and South Africa.
PatchThe patch covers three R4D/DC-3 variants and modifies the aircraft.cfg files for all three, introducing a new radial engine oil drip effect when parked. Activation uses the I key, the drip lasts 15 to 19 seconds per engine, a revised gauge file replaces old one, and the modification does not work with the default DC-3.
Repaint for PaywareTwo Buffalo Airways variants depict the C-FLFR (pax version) and C-GPNR (cargo version) for the DC-3/C-47 family. Buffalo Airways bases its operations in Hay River, Northwest Territories, and has a historical founding date of 1970.