FS2004 TWA Lockheed L-749 N6003C

Lockheed L-749, registration N6003C, c/n 2635, short nose version in colours of about 1954. Delivered to "Transcontinental & Western Air" on 24 April 1950 carrying the name "Star of Texas" and fleet number "803". When in 1950 the airline changed its name to Trans World Airlines "803" renamed "Star of America". In December 1966 withdrawn from use and stored at Kansas City. On 17 August 1968 bought by Aero-Tech and transferred to Tucson, stored and finally broken up in October 1973. Textures only. The FS2004/FSX Lockheed L749 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. This package also works with the upgraded model files (749_models_update.zip) published by Manfred Jahn on January 2, 2010.
• 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 of your choice 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.

For the short nose version without speedpak you should copy and paste the following [fltsim] section:

[fltsim.xx]
title=L-749 TWA_N6003C_02 SN
sim=749
model=EAL_A
panel=
sound=
texture=TWA_N6003C_02
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=TWA N6003C (1954) short nose
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=N6003C
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=TWA
atc_flight_number=2635
description=N6003C, c/n 2635, was delivered to "Transcontinental & Western Air" on 24 April 1950 carrying the name "Star of Texas" and fleet number "803". On 17 May 1950 the airline changed its name to Trans World Airlines, and 803 was renamed "Star of America". In December 1966 the aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Kansas City. On 17 August 1968 N6003C was bought by Aero-Tech and transferred to Tucson, Arizona, where she was stored and finally broken up in October 1973. The livery presented here shows "803" in the colors of about 1954.
prop_anim_ratio=0.99
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
atc_parking_types=GATE
atc_parking_codes=TWA

For the short nose version including the speedpak you should copy and paste the following [fltsim] section:

[fltsim.xx]
title=L-749 TWA_N6003C_02 SP
sim=749
model=EAL_SP_A
panel=
sound=
texture=TWA_N6003C_02
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=TWA N6003C (1954) speedpak
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=N6003C
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=TWA
atc_flight_number=2635
description=N6003C, c/n 2635, was delivered to "Transcontinental & Western Air" on 24 April 1950 carrying the name "Star of Texas" and fleet number "803". On 17 May 1950 the airline changed its name to Trans World Airlines, and 803 was renamed "Star of America". In December 1966 the aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Kansas City. On 17 August 1968 N6003C was bought by Aero-Tech and transferred to Tucson, Arizona, where she was stored and finally broken up in October 1973. The livery presented here shows "803" in the colors of about 1954.
prop_anim_ratio=0.99
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
atc_parking_types=GATE
atc_parking_codes=TWA

• 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
• 749_models_update.zip

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