FS2004 United Air Lines Douglas DC-7

These skins depict the old colors of United Airlines circa summer 1958. This is a DC7 (Mainliner Oahu N6316C). The textures are primarily 32 bit to preserve detail. However suffer no undue problems from conversion to DXT3. Requires the latest DC-7 from CalClassics. By Eric Joiner.

These skins require the following files to be downloaded from Cal Classics. All this stuff can be found under the Planes section.

• Base model United Air Lines DC-7 for FS2002 (Gmax Model).
• FS2004 Flight dynamics update.
• Prop reverse patch.
• (Highly recommended) The DC7 panel from Cal Classics.

Installation:

• Download and configure files above (not hard) then unzip this zip file into a temporary directory.
• Add the resulting texture.ualold folder to the new DC-7 in your aircraft directory.
• Then cut and paste the info below into your aircraft.cfg file.

[fltsim.XX]
title=DC-7 UAL Old Colors
sim=dc7
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=ualold
kb_checklists=dc7_check
kb_reference=dc7_ref
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-7
ui_variation=UAL Old Colors 1958
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=N6316C
atc_airline=UNITED
atc_flight_number=172
description=UAL Mainliner Oahu. The DC-7 allowed the inauguration of non-stop transcontinental service. Most large US airlines had DC-7's\s United had 57 in their fleet. The DC-7's were eventually replaced by jets, and usually converted to or sold as freighters.
prop_anim_ratio=0.95
atc_parking_types=RAMP
atc_parking_codes=UAL

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