FSX / P3D

FSX SAAF de Havilland Vampire FB5

SAAF livery for the de Havilland Vampire FB5 recreates aircraft 216 as flown by the Advanced Flying School at Pietersburg in June 1971, with period-accurate markings and a clean, authentic finish. Built for Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration, it requires Rob Richardson’s Vampire FB5 base aircraft.

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Images & Screenshots

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A silver twin-boom jet with orange nose and wingtips flies above a patchwork of fields and scattered buildings near an airport.

A silver twin-boom jet with orange wingtips and blue insignia flies above a city with scattered clouds below.

A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with orange nose and tail markings is parked on a runway under a partly cloudy sky.

A silver jet aircraft with orange nose and wingtips flies above scattered clouds, displaying blue and yellow markings on its tail.

A South Africa Air Force repaint for Rob Richardson's DeHavilland Vampire FB5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration. 216 was one of 10 FB52's delivered. It is depicted as flown by the Advanced Flying School at Pietersburg in June 1971. This is an updated re-issue of a paint first released on BritSim in 2012. Repaint by Peter Watkins.

Screenshot of SAAF de Havilland Vampire FB5 in flight.

Installation:

Drop the texture folder into the 'DeHavilland Vampire FB5' folder in the SimObjects 'Airplanes' folder and copy the text below into the aircaft cfg file, replacing the 'xx' with your next number in sequence.

[fltsim.xx] title=DeHavilland Vampire FB5 SAAF sim=DeHavilland Vampire FB5 model= panel= sound= texture=SAAF kb_checklists=DH_Vampire_check kb_reference=DH_Vampire_ref atc_id=216 ui_manufacturer=DeHavilland ui_type=Vampire ui_variation=SAAF Category =airplane description=216 was one of 10 FB52's delivered.It is depicted as flown by the Advanced Flying School at Pietersburg in June 1971.

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saaf_de_havilland_vampire_fb5.zip

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What’s inside this archive

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
8042303.jpg	08.11.14	811.60 kB
8136653.jpg	08.11.14	1.23 MB
8148306.jpg	08.11.14	1.46 MB
8199708.jpg	08.11.14	758.25 kB
Installation readme.txt	08.11.14	2.01 kB
texture.SAAF	08.11.14	0 B
gunbay_door.dds	01.09.12	512.12 kB
night.dds	12.23.11	1.00 MB
tanks.dds	01.12.12	4.00 MB
texture.cfg	10.22.10	137 B
thumbnail.jpg	08.11.14	1.46 MB
vampire_main.dds	08.11.14	16.00 MB
vampire_three.dds	01.16.12	16.00 MB
vampire_two.dds	01.16.12	16.00 MB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B