FSX / P3D Repaint

FSX Italian de Havilland Vampire FB5

Italian Air Force markings bring Rob Richardson’s de Havilland Vampire FB5 to life as aircraft 4-41 with 4º Stormo at Napoli–Capodichino in 1952, with authentic period codes and finish. Built for Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration, this repaint requires the base Vampire FB5 model and updates an earlier 2012 release.

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Rate 160 downloads since 2016 11.21 MB Scanned clean · Aug 2026 Added 19 Jan 2016

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Repaint — livery textures for the matching model

Images & Screenshots

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A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with Italian roundels flies above a coastal landscape featuring green hills and a winding shoreline.

A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with Italian roundels flies above a mountainous landscape with green valleys and rugged terrain.

A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with Italian roundels and a black nose flies above a patchwork of fields and scattered buildings.

A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with Italian roundels and tail markings is taxiing on a concrete apron near large hangars.

An Italian Air Force repaint for Rob Richardson's DeHavilland Vampire FB5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration. 4-41 was a Vampire FB52. It is depicted as flown by No 4 Stormo, Italian Air Force at Napoli - Capodechino in 1952. This is an updated re-issue of a paint first released on BritSim in 2012. Repaint by Peter Watkins.

Screenshot of Italian 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 Italian sim=DeHavilland Vampire FB5 model= panel= sound= texture=Italian kb_checklists=DH_Vampire_check kb_reference=DH_Vampire_ref atc_id=41-4 ui_manufacturer=DeHavilland ui_type=Vampire ui_variation=Italian Category =airplane description=4-41 was a Vampire FB52.It is depicted as flown by No 4 Stormo, Italian Air Force at Napoli - Capodechino in 1952.

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italian_de_havilland_vampire_fb5.zip

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11.21 MB

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19 January 2016

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D Repaint

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.
Add livery to base aircraft folder

Place the texture folder (typically texture.{airline}) inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\{base-aircraft}\.
Update aircraft.cfg

Open the base aircraft.cfg in Notepad. Add a new [fltsim.X] section per the readme.
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 italian_de_havilland_vampire_fb5.zip has 16 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
9478449.jpg	08.11.14	1.13 MB
9583874.jpg	08.11.14	1.29 MB
9870323.jpg	08.11.14	1.53 MB
9926608.jpg	08.11.14	1.49 MB
Installation readme.txt	08.11.14	2.01 kB
texture.Italian	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	1.29 MB
vampire_main.dds	08.11.14	16.00 MB
vampire_three.dds	01.17.12	16.00 MB
vampire_two.dds	01.17.12	16.00 MB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B