FSX VXN-8 Project Birdseye P-3

A texture set for the KBT P3 v3. The third of three texture sets of the Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft operated by VXN-8. This paint represents RP-3D, BuNo 150500, "Arctic Fox" of Project Birdseye for the US Naval Oceanographic Office. The textures are in .dds format for FSX. By Joe Bowers.

Installation:

• Place the 'texture.USN_VXN-8_Arctic Fox' folder in your KBT P-3 v3 folder.
• Add the below fltsim section to the 'Aircraft.cfg' file, renumbering the 'fltsim.xx' to the next sequential number in your file.

[fltsim.xx]
title=P-3C Orion FSX US NAVY VXN-8 "Arctic Fox"
sim=P-3
model=RP
panel=The general-purpose virtual cockpit for the P-3 series
sound=
texture=USN_VXN-8_Arctic Fox
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=
atc_airline=NAVY
atc_flight_number=500
atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=RP-3A FSX
ui_variation=VXN-8 Arctic Fox
atc_parking_codes=M002,P-3
description=This RP-3A is one of the P-3 project aircraft comprising the US Navy's VXN-8 Squadron operating for the US Naval Oceanographic Office from the 1960s to the early 1990s. 'Arctic Fox' BuNo 150500 was delivered to the USN in November of 1962 and was retired to AMARC after long service. After being stripped of usefull, parts it was scrapped and melted down by TBZ Metals in Macon, AZ. It was replaced at VXN-8 by a newer NP-3D BuNo 154587 which served as 'Arctic Fox' until VXN-8 was disestablished.

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