FS2004 Flughjalp (JCA) Douglas DC-6

In October 1968 the Dutch charter operator Transavia Holland became involved in the relief airlift from Sao Tome to Biafra. Initially only the DC-6 PH-TRA and the DC-6B's PH-TRD and PH-TRL were dispatched, followed in November 1968 by DC-6 PH-TRB. Eventually the entire DC-6 fleet served on this operation while for its regular charter operations Transavia started using the Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle jets. In 1969 all DC-6's were sold to Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid) and received Icelandic registrations (DC-6 PH-TRA became TF-AAD, DC-6 PH-TRB became TF-AAE). With the exception of TF-AAD and TF-AAE, both featured here, which were both written from use resp. in November 1969 and June 1969 after having sustained damage at the airstrip near Uli, the Sixes kept soldiering on till the Biafran Airlift came to an end in January 1970. These are textures only. You will require Jens B. Kristensens FS2004 Douglas DC6 (DC6_V20.ZIP). Original textures by Jens B. Kristensen. Repaints by Maarten Brouwer.

• First, make sure that the base model is installed on your system.
• Find the JBK DC6 late folder on your system, and place the folders texture.Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_1, texture.Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_2 and texture.Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_3 in there.
• Then open the aircraft.cfg file and paste the following after the other, similar sections at the top of the file - replace the x with the next number in the sequence:

[fltsim.x]
title=JBK Douglas DC-6 Flughjalp (Aid by Air) 1
sim=dc6
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_1
kb_checklists=DC6_check
kb_reference=dc6_ref
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-6
ui_variation=Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid)
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=TF-AAE
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_parking_codes=
atc_parking_types=GATE,RAMP
description=Built at Santa Monica, CA (c/n 43130/119) as an overwater day/sleeper plane. Delivered on 27 May 1948 to SAS as SE-BDM 'Amund Viking'. The accomodation was 52 (day) or 46 (night) passengers, beds being only available in the rear cabin. The DC-6 served SAS until December 1959, when she was sold to Transair Sweden as SE-BDM 'Tommy Folke'. In December 1965 the DC-6 was sold to Boreas Corp. as N901BC and ferried to Venice. She was sold to Transavia Holland in February 1966 as PH-TRB. After approx. 9 months of storage at Beek (nowadays Maastricht/Aachen Airport) PH-TRB (named 'T-Bird Beek') was put into service. From 19 Nov 1968 till 12 May 1969 PH-TRB was leased by Nordchurchaid for relief flights between Sao Tome and Uli, Biafra. PH-TRB was sold to Flughjalp (Aid by Air) on 12 May 1969 as TF-AAE. She was damaged at Uli 12 June 1969 and ferried to Sao Tome the next day. There she was stored and reduced to spares. Livery May 1969. Repaint by Maarten Brouwer.
ui_typerole="Propliner"
ui_createdby="JBK"

[fltsim.x]
title=JBK Douglas DC-6 Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid) 2
sim=dc6
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_2
kb_checklists=DC6_check
kb_reference=dc6_ref
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-6
ui_variation=Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid)
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=TF-AAE
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_parking_codes=
atc_parking_types=GATE,RAMP
description=Built at Santa Monica, CA (c/n 43130/119) as an overwater day/sleeper plane. Delivered on 27 May 1948 to SAS as SE-BDM 'Amund Viking'. The accomodation was 52 (day) or 46 (night) passengers, beds being only available in the rear cabin. The DC-6 served SAS until December 1959, when she was sold to Transair Sweden as SE-BDM 'Tommy Folke'. In December 1965 the DC-6 was sold to Boreas Corp. as N901BC and ferried to Venice. She was sold to Transavia Holland in February 1966 as PH-TRB. After approx. 9 months of storage at Beek (nowadays Maastricht/Aachen Airport) PH-TRB (named 'T-Bird Beek') was put into service. From 19 Nov 1968 till 12 May 1969 PH-TRB was leased by Nordchurchaid for relief flights between Sao Tome and Uli, Biafra. PH-TRB was sold to Flughjalp (Aid by Air) on 12 May 1969 as TF-AAE. She was damaged at Uli 12 June 1969 and ferried to Sao Tome the next day. There she was stored and reduced to spares. Livery June 1969. Repaint by Maarten Brouwer.
ui_typerole="Propliner"
ui_createdby="JBK"

[fltsim.x]
title=JBK Douglas DC-6 Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid) 3
sim=dc6
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=Flughjalp_Aid_by_Air_3
kb_checklists=DC6_check
kb_reference=dc6_ref
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-6
ui_variation=Flughjalp (Joint Church Aid)
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=TF-AAD
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_parking_codes=
atc_parking_types=GATE,RAMP
description=Built at Santa Monica, CA (c/n 43124/126) as an overwater day/sleeper plane. Delivered on 15 June 1948 to SAS as SE-BDF 'Alvar Viking'. The accomodation was 52 (day) or 46 (night) passengers, beds being only available in the rear cabin. The DC-6 served SAS until December 1959, when she was sold to Transair Sweden as SE-BDF 'Knut Folke'. In December 1965 the DC-6 was sold to Boreas Corp. as N301BC and ferried to Venice. She was sold to Transavia Holland in February 1966 as PH-TRA. After approx. 9 months of storage at Beek (nowadays Maastricht/Aachen Airport) PH-TRA (named 'T-Bird Maastricht') was put into service. From 29 Nov 1967 till 30 Apr 1968 the DC-6 was leased by Brothers Air Service Company. From 16 Oct 1968 till 10 Feb 1969 PH-TRA was leased by Nordchurchaid for relief flights between Sao Tome and Uli, Biafra. PH-TRA was sold to Flughjalp (Aid by Air) in May 1969 as TF-AAD. She was damaged at Uli in Nov 1969 and ferried from Sao Tome to Prestwick. There she was donated to BAA Fire Service. Livery May 1969. Repaint by Maarten Brouwer.
ui_typerole="Propliner"
ui_createdby="JBK"

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