FS2004 Pan American Lockheed L-749

Lockheed L-749, NC86520, c/n 2503, leased to Pan American World Airways on June 6, 1947 and named "Clipper America". Inaugurated Pan American L-749 services in 1947. Returned to Lockheed in 1947 and delivered to Guest Aerovias SA Mexico on January 6, 1948 with registration XA-GOQ. In November 1948 returned to Lockheed and reregistered NC86520. On January 15, 1949 sold to Air France and registered F-BAZR. In October 1960 withdrawn from use and stored at Paris-Orly (France). Bought by CGTM (Compagnie Generale des Turbo-Machines) for use as flying engine test bed from April 1963 to February 1966 registered F-ZVMV. From February 1966 to December 1974 operated by CEV (Centre d'Essais en Vol). On July 16, 1975 donated to the French Musee de L'Air. Preserved at Paris-Le Bourget (France). Engine test bed equipment removed May/June 2002, still in storage in Air France colours. Textures only. The FS2004/FSX Lockheed L-749 Constellation base kit (LOCKHEED749.ZIP) must be installed. Original by Manfred Jahn and Co (Team 749). Repainted by Hans Hermann, Virtual Birds Factory.

• Please make sure you have a working installation of Manfred Jahn's (Team 749) Lockheed L-749 base pack (folders "Lockheed_L749_0" and "Lockheed_L749_1" in your FS9 aircraft directory). If not present, download and install the base pack first.
• Unzip the zip-file included in this package to a temporary folder or open it in Windows Explorer.
• Find the 'Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\Lockheed_L749_0' folder on your system. Copy the extracted texture folder from step 2 into the "Lockheed_L749_0" folder.
• Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the aircraft.cfg contained in 'Lockheed_L749_0' folder and paste the [fltsim] section appended below under the last [fltsim] entry. Make sure the new [fltsim] entry is in proper numerical order by replacing the 'xx' by the next number in sequence.

[fltsim.xx]
title=L-749 PAA_NC86520_01
sim=749
model=EAL
panel=
sound=
texture=PAA_NC86520_01
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=PAA NC86520 (1947)
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=NC86520
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=CLIPPER
atc_flight_number=2503
description=NC86520, c/n 2503, ordered by Transcontinental & Western Air, but not taken up. On lease to Pan American World Airways on June 6, 1947 and named 'Clipper America'. Inaugurated Pan American L-749 services in 1947. Returned to Lockheed in 1947 and delivered to Guest Aerovias SA Mexico on January 6, 1948 with registration XA-GOQ. In November 1948 returned to Lockheed and reregistered NC86520. On January 15, 1949 sold to Air France and registered F-BAZR. In October 1960 withdrawn from use and stored at Paris-Orly (France). Bought by CGTM (Compagnie G'n'rale des Turbo-Machines) for use as flying engine test bed from April 1963 to February 1966 registered F-ZVMV. From February 1966 to December 1974 operated by CEV (Centre d'Essais en Vol). On July 16, 1975 donated to the French Musee de L'Air. Preserved at Paris-Le Bourget (France). Engine test bed equipment removed May/June 2002, still in storage in Air France colors.\n\nOriginal by Manfred Jahn & Co (Team 749). Repainted by Hans Hermann, Virtual Birds Factory
prop_anim_ratio=0.99
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0

This package is designed for use with the L-749A short nose version and without the speedpak attached to the aircraft as the aircraft was operated by Pan American. If you prefer flying NC86520 with the speedpak change the lines sim and model in the [fltsim]-section as shown below:

sim=749_SP
model=EAL_SP

Or just make a second entry in the [fltsim]-section and change these parameters there. In this case don't forget making the title and the ui-variation in the second [fltsim]-section different from the other entry.

• Save and close the aircraft.cfg file. Start your FS2004 and enjoy the flight. In the aircraft selection menu, the new Constellation will show up under Lockheed > L-749 Constellation.

Complementing Files & Dependencies

This add-on mentions the following files below in its description. It may be dependent on these files in order to function properly. It's possible that this is a repaint and the dependency below is the base package.

You may also need to download the following files:

• lockheed749.zip

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