FSX USAF P-80 Shooting Star "Rhapsody In Rivets"

On 27 January 1946, Colonel William H. Councill flew US Air Force Lockheed P-80A-1-LO 44-85069 "Rhapsody In Rivets" nonstop across the U.S. to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the 2457 miles run between Long Beach and New York in 4 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 mph to set a Federation Aeronautique Internationale record. Full texture set in 2048x2048 dds format. Tested in FSX Steam Edition. For the now freeware Alphasim F-80 available here. By Willy McCoy.

Installation:

• I'm assuming that most of us have done this before and know you have to have the original AlphaSim F-80 installed in order for this to work.
• First, I have no idea where FSX is located on your system. I have FSX Steam which is:
  Program Files(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/FSX
• Inside the main FSX folder is the SimObjects folder, the the Airplanes folder and the F-80 folder should reside in there.
• Place the texture.xxxxxxx into the main F-80 folder.
• Note: All texture files needed are supplied in .dds DXT-5 format. No need to use any of the original bmp DXT 3 or 888 32 bit textures.
• Copy and paste the following section to the aircraft.cfg file, replacing the xx in [fltsim.xx] with the next number in sequence with other repaints already there (i.e [fltsim.0, fltsim.1, etc.)

[fltsim.xx]
title=ALPHA P-80A "Rhapsody In Rivets" w/ tanks
sim=F-80
model=tanks1
panel=
sound=
texture=Rhapsody
KB_checklists=F-80_check
kb_reference=P-80_Ref
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=P-80
ui_variation="Rhapsody In Rivets (wing tanks)"
ui_typerole="Single Engine Jet"
ui_createdby="AlphaSim"
description=ALPHA Simulations 2004\n\nOn 27 January 1946, Colonel William H. Councill flew P-80A-1-LO 44-85069 "Rhapsody In Rivets" nonstop across the U.S. to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the 2,457 miles (3,954 km) run between Long Beach and New York in 4 hours, 13 minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 mph (940 km/h) to set a Federation Aeronautique Internationale record.
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_heavy=0
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=1
atc_id=485069
atc_airline=AIR FORCE
atc_flight_number=069

[fltsim.xx]
title=ALPHA P-80A "Rhapsody In Rivets" no tanks
sim=F-80
model=clean
panel=
sound=
texture=Rhapsody
KB_checklists=F-80_check
kb_reference=P-80_Ref
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=P-80
ui_variation="Rhapsody In Rivets"
ui_typerole="Single Engine Jet"
ui_createdby="AlphaSim"
description=ALPHA Simulations 2004\n\nOn 27 January 1946, Colonel William H. Councill flew P-80A-1-LO 44-85069 "Rhapsody In Rivets" nonstop across the U.S. to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the 2,457 miles (3,954 km) run between Long Beach and New York in 4 hours, 13 minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 mph (940 km/h) to set a Federation Aeronautique Internationale record.
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_heavy=0
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=1
atc_id=485069
atc_airline=AIR FORCE
atc_flight_number=069

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