FSX / P3D

FSX French de Havilland Vampire FB5

French Armée de l’Air livery for the de Havilland Vampire FB5 captures aircraft No. 8 from E.C. 2/4 “Lafayette,” one of 94 ex-RAF jets delivered in 1949–1950, with crisp markings suited to period operations. 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 military jet with French roundels and tail number 8 flies above a patchwork of green and brown fields.

A silver twin-boom jet aircraft with French roundels and tail number 8 flies above a patchwork of green and tan farmland.

A silver twin-boom jet with French roundels and tail stripes flies above a patchwork of green and brown farmland.

A silver twin-boom military jet with French roundels and the code 4-LK is parked on a runway near trees.

A French Armee de L'Air repaint for Rob Richardson's DeHavilland Vampire FB5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration. No. 8 was one of 94 ex-RAF FB5s delivered between May 1949 and March 1950. It was operated by E. C. 2/4 'Lafayette'. This is an updated re-issue of a paint first released on BritSim in 2012. Repaint by Peter Watkins.

Screenshot of French 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 French sim=DeHavilland Vampire FB5 model= panel= sound= texture=French kb_checklists=DH_Vampire_check kb_reference=DH_Vampire_ref atc_id=8 ui_manufacturer=DeHavilland ui_type=Vampire ui_variation=French Category =airplane description=No.8 was one of 94 ex-RAF FB5s delivered between May 1949 and March 1950. It was operated by E.C. 2/4 'Lafayette'.

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
7005380.jpg	08.11.14	1000.83 kB
7097905.jpg	08.11.14	1.24 MB
7121976.jpg	08.11.14	1.33 MB
7195343.jpg	08.11.14	1.15 MB
Installation readme.txt	08.11.14	2.01 kB
texture.French	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	1.15 MB
vampire_main.dds	08.11.14	16.00 MB
vampire_three.dds	01.23.12	16.00 MB
vampire_two.dds	01.23.12	16.00 MB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B