FSX Historic & Vintage Aircraft

Page 5

Filter

Reset

Sort

Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket

An XF5F-1 prototype is featured, noting its first flight in April 1940 and a 438 mph power-dive that lets it out-climb a Spitfire. The cockpit presents working gauges and animated flight controls, there is no 2D panel, and aircraft.cfg data enables catapult launches on carriers.

: 8.94 MB
: 1.2K
: 3/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Junkers Ju52 Float Plane

Two floatplane variants exist, one using Heather Sherman’s Bush Unlimited Flying colorations and the other employing Pierino Primavesi’s 1936 Lufthansa D-AQUI colorations. The model retains full autopilot control but lacks VOR1 or nav hold for navigation.

: 11.04 MB
: 1.2K
: 1/5

Repaint

Consolidated B-24J 'Butchers Daughter'

B-24J-150-CO Liberator named The Butchers Daughter carries the 319th Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group designation and uses bump mapping with optional shared files for the prop spinners. It goes down on a May 15, 1945 mission en route to Formosa, but S/Sgt. Donald C. Ruff survives.

: 17.63 MB
: 1.2K
: 6

Repaint for Payware Model

Supermarine Spitfire MK IA Prototype K5054 3

An early Spitfire variant assigned to K5054 undergoes Farnborough tests in 1939 and crashes on 4 September 1939, and is written off. The SPIT1-3.ZIP archive includes two prop configurations, with only the three-blade setup revealing the correct spinner after startup while a two-blade variant displays a black spinner.

: 18.16 MB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 6

Complete with Base Model

Consolidated Commodore

Derives from the PY-1 flying boat, the Commodore first flies in 1930. Pan American Airways buys several for U.S. East Coast to Caribbean routes, carrying 22 passengers, while the virtual cockpit, modeled on an early PBY Catalina, features working gauges and animated flight controls, with no 2D panel.

: 4.22 MB
: 1.2K
: 4/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Waco Classic

The Waco Classic biplane is a freeware add-on, originally designed by Lynn and Bill Lyons and converted to this environment by David Grindele in Rowlett, Texas, featuring a stacked-wing layout and an open-cockpit design. It preserves a stable flight model and refined ground handling, with landing lights, strobes, and external elements aligned to standard expectations.

: 2.14 MB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 5

Complete with Base Model

Howard DGA-15P

In 1940, the Howard DGA-15P appears in about 40 civilian versions and serves as a Navy air ambulance and Air Corps utility transport, with the P designation signaling a Pratt and Whitney engine, while a FSDSv3.51 model compiled via Xtomdl uses DDS files.

: 2.82 MB
: 1.1K
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Consolidated PBY Catalina

An amphibian, this freeware rendition builds on Mike Stone’s original Catalina design and incorporates refinements by D. L. Tarbox (DLTextures) and Duane Tarbox. It preserves twin radial engines, a parasol wing, and bubble hatches, while lowering wing floats via a dedicated control and reusing standard gauges from the gauges folder.

: 1.71 MB
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Republic P-47 Hun Hunter

Tom Kohler's P-47 Thunderbolt, known as Hun Hunter, gains enhancements from Mark Rooks of RSDG Aircraft, featuring a reconfigured cockpit panel and new markings that capture wartime weathering, with reference photographs to provide historical context.

: 12.35 MB
: 1.1K
: 4/5
: 1

Repaint

B-26 CG 1/19 Gascogne

The Douglas Invader 1/19 Gascogne operates in Indochina around 1952, with forward deployments at Tourane and Cat Bi near Haiphong. Created by Martial Feron, the configuration targets a B-26B Invader and can also fit the B26K model when file paths align, with ATC ID 434323 and UI variation 1/19 Gascogne.

: 6.29 MB
: 1.1K
: 5

Complete with Base Model

Spiteful Mk XVI

RB518 is configured as Mk XVI with a Griffon 101 engine, exemplifying the Spiteful lineage, and records 494 mph at 27,500 feet in a 1947 test. The real aircraft reaches 430 knots, while the model uses a special .air file and is credited to A. F. Scrub for its adjustments.

: 6.56 MB
: 1K
: 4

Complete with Base Model

Nakajima Night Fighter Type-11 Gekkou

A twin-engine IJN night fighter from World War II carries the designation J1N1-S. Hadi Tahir authors the project, and the 202nd Naval Fighter Group bases it at Manggar Base on Balikpapan, Borneo, aligning with wartime IJN airfield operations.

: 8.43 MB
: 1K
: 5/5
: 1

Repaint

Swiss Air Force Heinkel He 51

Fictional variant uses a freeware base model credited to Craig Richardson, Huub Vink, Tom Falley, and Mathias Pommerien, with artwork by B. Lechner, and features red-and-white markings with a Swiss cross, while requiring the He 51 base model for operation.

: 5.5 MB
: 935
: 1/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

FSX/Acceleration KNIL Vickers Viking

Designed as a modified version of Ted Cook's Vickers Viking, this KNIL representation targets reconnaissance and patrol work over water and island areas in the South Pacific, with custom imagery such as Acceleration-KNIL-Vickers-Viking-fsx1.jpg and Acceleration-KNIL-Vickers-Viking-fsx2.jpg. The depiction remains speculative due to scarce squadron markings and color data from the era.

: 7.45 MB
: 923
: 5

Repaint for Payware Model

Messerschmitt Bf109

The Bf109E3 WL IGKS variant supplies visual data used in aerodynamics tests during the development of the Bf-109F. The configuration lists model e3 and variation Bf-109E3 WL-IGKS, ui_type Bf-109E3, with explicit credit to Jindrich Barta.

: 5.87 MB
: 879
: 5/5
: 1

Repaint

Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Four Pack

Four J2M3 Raiden variants exist, including the sole survivor 3D-1158 housed in Planes of Fame at Chino, California, and three fictional options such as Hinomaru Honey, Cherry Blossom, and Ronin. It requires MITSUBISHI_J2M3.ZIP, with author Mike Barnes and UI attribution to Piglet's Peculiar Planes.

: 32.52 MB
: 832
: 11

Complete with Base Model

P51 Mustang D- Bill Green's Racer

Mustang D racer variant by Bill Green presents as a complete base model with racer-inspired exterior and high-resolution surface work by Robert Hawk, while Mark Rooks refines the framework for smoother operation and enhanced reflective properties.

: 6.76 MB
: 782
: 1

Repaint

Pan American Sikorsky S42

Version 2 modification by Jim Donnelly for George Diemer’s Sikorsky S-42 NC-822M assigns the Pan Am callsign and flight number 822. It relies on the S42NC822.ZIP package, adds 10 viewpoints (5 cockpit, 5 aircraft), disables autothrottle, and modifies the autopilot to allow banking while holding altitude.

: 3.99 MB
: 775
: 1

Repaint

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden 1946 Three Pack

Three new colorings transform Tim Conrad's J7W1 Shinden for 1946 scenarios, featuring markings tied to the 244th fighter group and Metropolitan Defense wing, and a captured Shinden stationed at the Alied Tactical Air Intelligence Unit in South East Asia, Saigon, 1946. A revised config keeps the original prototype paint while introducing the three variants.

: 12.49 MB
: 758
: 6

Complete with Base Model

Northrop BT-1 Dive Bomber

Originating in 1936, the BT-1 is assigned to the USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise and is painted for the Executive Officer of VB-6 aboard Enterprise. The model carries cowl flaps, dive brakes, sliding canopies, and a tail hook, while the cockpit hosts animated flight controls and gauges with dark red backlighting and no 2D panel.

: 908.19 KB
: 737
: 3/5
: 2