FSX / P3D

FSX Blue Angels Two Ship Package

Alpha Bleu Ciel’s Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat brings the 1946–47 Blue Angels era to life in FSX with a two-ship set: Blue Angel Ship #1 and the adversary “Beetle Bomb.” Enjoy polished high-gloss textures, updated flight dynamics, airshow smoke, and fully functional 2D and 3D virtual cockpit, plus included photos and history.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Images & Screenshots

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A dark blue single-engine propeller aircraft marked "U.S. NAVY" and "Blue Angels" flies above scattered white clouds under a clear sky.

This is Alpha Bleu Ciel's Grumman F-8 Bearcat updated For Flight Simulator X. In August 1946 the Blue Angels upgraded their aircraft to the F8F-1 Bearcat. In May 1947, flight leader Lt. Cmdr. Bob Clarke, replaced Butch Voris as the leader of the team, he introduced the famous Diamond Formation, now considered the Blue Angels' trademark. This aircraft is Blue Angel Ship #1 and its enemy adversary Beetle Bomb in a two ship package. Aircraft has a fully function 2D and 3D cockpit. New flight dynamics, airshow smoke, Textures are created in a high gloss just the way the Blue Angels kept their ships. Package includes pictures and history. Textures and updates by Mark Rooks.

Screenshot of Blue Angel aircraft in flight.

Installation:

As always, back up any original files.
Unzip downloaded folders to your desktop or temporary directory of your choice.
Copy the " Grumman F-8 Bearcat Blue Angleszip " and paste it in the main aircraft folder. By default the main aircraft folder is located at:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FSX\SIM Objects /Aircraft"
Be sure to completely unzip all files.

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File information

Filename

f-8_blue_angels_fsx.zip

File size

6.23 MB

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Everyone

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D 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 the readme

Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.
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 f-8_blue_angels_fsx.zip has 7 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
Blue Angels F-8 Screen 2.jpg	02.17.13	64.60 kB
Blue Angels History.zip	02.17.13	885.53 kB
Grumman F-8 Bearcat Blue Angles.zip	02.17.13	5.31 MB
Read Me First.txt	02.17.13	2.41 kB
Text.txt	02.17.13	683 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B