FS2004 1956 Real Aerovias Convair 340 PP-YRD

Registration PP-YRD, circa 1956. Fifty years ago this aircraft was flying main Brazilian routes for Real, which was Latin America's biggest airline at that time. Original detailed model by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson. Repainted by Luiz Alvarenga.

This is a very careful repainting of a Real Super Convair 340, circa 1956. At that time she flew the main Brazilian routes, including the world's first Air Shuttle: S. Paulo - Rio . At that time Real had a fleet of 14 Convair 440's and 6 CV-340's.

Born in 1946 as many other airlines of that time - with WWII C-47/DC-3's - Real Transportes Aereos started flying between S.Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1950 with a fleet of 25 DC-3's Real flew to 30 cities in five states of Brazil. With a policy of low fares, Real quickly grew in the Brazilian market and started to acquire other companies and their national and international lines. In this way Wright, Transcontinental, Aerovias-Brasil and Nacional were incorporated in the Real consortium. By 1956 Real flew to all Brazilian states, South America and the USA - main national routes being covered by Convairs. In 1959 Real's fleet reached a total of 100 airplanes. International routes to Los Angeles and Tokio were put into operation with Super H Constellations in 1960, just a year before Real was bought by Varig.

Installation:

• Unzip the contents of this pack to a temporay folder.
• Move the "CV340 Real" folder to the FS2004\AIRCRAFT folder.