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FSX US Air Force Convair B-36 Texture Sets

Four US Air Force texture sets refresh the Virtavia or AlphaSim Convair B-36 Peacemaker in FSX, with updated bump maps that add convincing skin wrinkling and reworked fuselage detail. Liveries depict B-36B, D, F, and H aircraft from Carswell, Alaska deployment, Spokane, and Walker AFB, including late-service anti-radiation underside paint; requires the latest model.C for the B-36B.

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Here are four new or updated texture sets for the Virtavia B36 Peacemaker. You need to have the latest version installed that contains the model.C folder (no tip jets) for the B-36B texture set to work. The textures and bump files have been updated since last published for FSX and FS2004 in 2008/9. These add more realistic wrinkling and reworked major fuselage bump maps. Texture.8AF represents a B-36H-5-CF 50-1092 from the 11th Bombardment Wing, Carswell AFB, about 1953. Texture.B36B represents an early B36B-1-CF, 44-92041, of the 7th Bombardment Wing on deployment to Alaska in 1949, for cold weather testing. Texture.15AF represents a B-36D-1-CF, 44-92065 a B-36B brought up to B-36D standards, with the 326th Bomb. Sqdn., 92nd Bomb. Wing based at Spokane in around 1955. Texture.SAC represents a B-36F-5-CF 49-2683, of the 6th Bomb. Wing at Walker AFB in 1956/7, showing the white anti-radiation paint hand-sprayed on the underside of the remaining B-36's late in their service life. By Dave Quincey.

Screenshot of US Air Force Convair B-36 in flight.

Unzip the 'B-36 Peacemaker' folder to a convenient location and place all six folders it contains into your Virtavia (or Alphasim) B-36 directory. copy and paste the following into the aircraft.cfg file.

[fltsim.xx] title=ALPHA B-36H Paint2 sim=B-36H model= panel= sound= texture=8AF kb_checklists=B-36H_check kb_reference= atc_id=092 ui_manufacturer=Convair ui_type=B-36H Peacemaker ui_variation=11th Bomg Wing Carswell 1952 ui_typerole="Bomber" ui_createdby="AlphaSim Ltd" description=AlphaSim 2007\n\nConvair B-36H Peacemaker\n\nConvair's B-36 Peacemaker was called a 'MegaBomber' when it was first introduced into service on August 28, 1947. An enormous aircraft, it was as complex as it was large. Its 28-cylinder R-4360 engines were the very height of piston technology, and with the addition of the jet pods to later marques to assist with takeoff and top speed, the aircraft became even more complicated. With its 19-foot propellers and six engines, it produced an Earth-shaking drone that could be felt from 40,000 feet. Produced in a wide variety of variants, including unarmed crew trainers, strategic bombers, and reconnaissance bombers, the plane was manufactured for seven years. The last B-36 was delivered on August 18, 1954, and the type was retired altogether on February 12, 1959. It was the end of an era. atc_heavy=1 atc_airline=Air Force atc_flight_number=092 atc_id_color=0x00000000 visual_damage=0 atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0 atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

[fltsim.xx+1] title=ALPHA B-36B sim=B-36H model=C panel= sound= texture=B36B kb_checklists=B-36H_check kb_reference= atc_id=382 ui_manufacturer=Convair ui_type=B-36B Peacemaker ui_variation=USAF Strategic Command ui_typerole="Bomber" ui_createdby="AlphaSim Ltd" description=AlphaSim 2007\n\nConvair B-36C Peacemaker\n\nConvair's B-36 Peacemaker was called a 'MegaBomber' when it was first introduced into service on August 28, 1947. An enormous aircraft, it was as complex as it was large. Its 28-cylinder R-4360 engines were the very height of piston technology, and with the addition of the jet pods to later marques to assist with takeoff and top speed, the aircraft became even more complicated. With its 19-foot propellers and six engines, it produced an Earth-shaking drone that could be felt from 40,000 feet. Produced in a wide variety of variants, including unarmed crew trainers, strategic bombers, and reconnaissance bombers, the plane was manufactured for seven years. The last B-36 was delivered on August 18, 1954, and the type was retired altogether on February 12, 1959. It was the end of an era. atc_heavy=1 atc_airline=Air Force atc_flight_number=092 atc_id_color=0x00000000 visual_damage=0 atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0 atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

[fltsim.xx+2] title=ALPHA B-36D 6th Bomb Wing sim=B-36H model= panel= sound= texture=SAC kb_checklists=B-36H_check kb_reference= atc_id=683 ui_manufacturer=Convair ui_type=B-36H Peacemaker ui_variation=B-36D 6th BW Walker AFB NM ui_typerole="Bomber" ui_createdby="AlphaSim Ltd" description=AlphaSim 2007\n\nConvair B-36H Peacemaker\n\nConvair's B-36 Peacemaker was called a 'MegaBomber' when it was first introduced into service on August 28, 1947. An enormous aircraft, it was as complex as it was large. Its 28-cylinder R-4360 engines were the very height of piston technology, and with the addition of the jet pods to later marques to assist with takeoff and top speed, the aircraft became even more complicated. With its 19-foot propellers and six engines, it produced an Earth-shaking drone that could be felt from 40,000 feet. Produced in a wide variety of variants, including unarmed crew trainers, strategic bombers, and reconnaissance bombers, the plane was manufactured for seven years. The last B-36 was delivered on August 18, 1954, and the type was retired altogether on February 12, 1959. It was the end of an era. atc_heavy=1 atc_airline=Air Force atc_flight_number=683 atc_id_color=0x00000000 visual_damage=0 atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0 atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

[fltsim.xx+3] title=ALPHA B-36D 92nd Bomb Wing sim=B-36H model= panel= sound= texture=15AF kb_checklists=B-36H_check kb_reference= atc_id=683 ui_manufacturer=Convair ui_type=B-36H Peacemaker ui_variation=B-36D 92nd BW Spokane AFB Wash. ui_typerole="Bomber" ui_createdby="AlphaSim Ltd" description=AlphaSim 2007\n\nConvair B-36H Peacemaker\n\nConvair's B-36 Peacemaker was called a 'MegaBomber' when it was first introduced into service on August 28, 1947. An enormous aircraft, it was as complex as it was large. Its 28-cylinder R-4360 engines were the very height of piston technology, and with the addition of the jet pods to later marques to assist with takeoff and top speed, the aircraft became even more complicated. With its 19-foot propellers and six engines, it produced an Earth-shaking drone that could be felt from 40,000 feet. Produced in a wide variety of variants, including unarmed crew trainers, strategic bombers, and reconnaissance bombers, the plane was manufactured for seven years. The last B-36 was delivered on August 18, 1954, and the type was retired altogether on February 12, 1959. It was the end of an era. atc_heavy=1 atc_airline=Air Force atc_flight_number=683 atc_id_color=0x00000000 visual_damage=0 atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0 atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

Replace the variant numbers with the next in your series and save.

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