FS2004 United Air Lines Douglas DC-6B

These skins depict the old colors of United Airlines circa summer 1958. This is a DC6B (Mainliner Portland, N37552). The textures are primarily 32 bit to preserve detail. However suffer no undue problems from conversion to DXT3. Requires the latest DC-6B 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-6B for FS2002 (Gmax Model). This includes both the DC6 panel and sound packages...11MB of Propliner LOVE.
• FS2004 Flight dynamics update.
• Prop reverse patch.

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-6B in your aircraft directory.
• Then cut and paste the info below into your aircraft.cfg file.

[fltsim.XX]
title=DC-6B UAL Old Colors
sim=dc6b
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=ualold
kb_checklists=DC6B_check
kb_reference=dc6b_ref
atc_id=N37552
atc_id_enable=1
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-6B
ui_variation=UAL 1958 Old Colors
description=The DC-6B was generally considered to possess the best operating economics of any piston airliner built. Passengers also appreciated their smooth, quiet ride. United had 43 DC-6B's, and used them throughout their US system.
atc_airline=United
atc_flight_number=583
atc_heavy=0
visual_damage=1
prop_anim_ratio=0.95