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FS2004 Mohawk Airlines Convair CV-240 VBF CA-18

Mohawk Airlines’ black-and-gold Convair CV-240 repaint recreates N1020C “Air Chief Tioga” with period-correct markings and the later button-nose weather radar profile for authentic regional airline flying. Built on the Virtual Birds Factory CA-18 model lineage, it requires the CV240VBFCA18 base pack and runs in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004

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A vintage twin-engine airliner in Fly Mohawk livery cruises above a sprawling city with coastline visible in the distance.

This freeware add-on offers a historically accurate black-and-gold repaint of a Convair CV-240 series aircraft from Mohawk Airlines, requiring the original freeware base model that can be found in the Fly Away Simulation mod library. Originally delivered to KLM in 1949 as PH-TEL (“Jacob van Ruisdeal”), this twin-engine short-to-medium range airliner later flew under Swissair as HB-IMA (“Tessin”) before joining Mohawk Airlines in 1956 as N1020C (“Air Chief Tioga”). The included textures are paired with the convex button-nose radar modification indicative of later service-life upgrades. All credit is owed to Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson for the base aircraft, further refined by Georg Hauzenberger (model) and Hans Hermann (textures) of the Virtual Birds Factory. Note that this package only supplies the repaint and model components; the essential CV240VBFCA18_BASEPACK_010.ZIP must be installed beforehand. This aircraft is fully compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.

Distinctive Heritage of the Aircraft

Convair originally built the CV-240 family for major carriers around the late 1940s, introducing modern weather radar enhancements (often referred to as “button nose” designs [radar dome]) in later retrofits. Mohawk Airlines, focused on regional travel in the northeastern United States, adopted N1020C during the 1950s and operated it extensively. This particular livery replicates the black and gold cheatline popular in the 1960s.

Visual Reference

Screenshot of Mohawk Airlines Convair CV-240 in flight.

Screenshot of the Mohawk repaint in flight, displaying the preserved 1960s-era color scheme.

Prerequisite Base Pack

Please confirm that the required folders (CV240VBFca18, cv240VBFcb16, or CV240VBFmilitary) are present and that the correct CV240VBFCA18_BASEPACK_010.ZIP has been installed beforehand. In case any part of the base package is missing, follow the specified guidelines in Chapter 3.2 of the User Manual before adding this repaint.

Installation Procedure

Extract the contents of this add-on’s ZIP file to a convenient temporary directory.
Locate and run the setup executable (for instance, cv240VBFca18_aal_N94200_01_setup.exe), which automatically places the repaint and corresponding model files into the proper folder (cv240VBFca18, cv240VBFcb16, or cv240VBFmilitary). Consult the allocation list by Tom Gibson (2009) as referenced in the User Manual for directory details.
Within the appropriate folder (such as Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\cv240VBFca18), find the text document named (livery name)_add_to_aircraft_cfg.txt. Open it with a text editor to view the [fltsim.xx] entry.
Copy that [fltsim.xx] block and paste it into the active aircraft.cfg file in the same folder, placing it below the final [fltsim.yy] section. Change “xx” to the next appropriate sequential number, then save and close the aircraft.cfg.

Verification and Troubleshooting

Once these steps are complete, the Mohawk Airlines repaint should be visible within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004’s aircraft selection menu. If you do not see the new livery, confirm that no folder names were altered, that you chose the correct FS2004 root directory, and that each folder matches its original title (cv240VBFca18, cv240VBFcb16, or cv240VBFmilitary).

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cv240vbfca18_moh_n1020c_01.zip

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Requires dependencies

This add-on may require the following files to function properly. If this is a repaint, the dependency below is likely the base aircraft package.

cv240vbfca18_basepack_010.zip

How to install this mod

FS2004 add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place files per readme

FS2004 add-ons go into FS9\Aircraft\, FS9\Addon Scenery\, FS9\Gauges\, or FS9\Effects\.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

What’s inside this archive

The archive cv240vbfca18_moh_n1020c_01.zip has 9 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
cv240VBFca18_moh_N1020C_01	11.22.10	0 B
cv240VBFca18_moh_N1020C_01_setup.exe	11.23.10	4.37 MB
cv240VBFca18_moh_N1020C_03.jpg	11.23.10	190.33 kB
cv240VBFca18_moh_N1020C_03150.gif	11.23.10	12.05 kB
cv240VBFreloaded_User Manual_010.pdf	11.23.10	234.01 kB
cv240VBF_readme_add-on-livery.txt	11.23.10	5.43 kB
file_id.diz	11.23.10	796 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B