FSX USN Chance-Vought F-8 Of VF-24

Here are two skins for the freeware Alphasim F8 Crusader, now upgraded to FSX native by Henk Schuitemaker. They represent two aircraft from US Navy fighter squadron VF-24 during two combat cruises off Vietnam in 1967 aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, and 1969/70 on the USS Hancock. 146998 is an F-8C from the '67 cruise and 148705, one of 89 F-8D's upgraded to F-8H standard, is off the '69 cruise on the Hancock. By Dave Quincey.

Also included are new burner can files located in the 'texture' folder. Go to the 'texture' folder in the main Alphasim F-8 directory and make backup copies of these four files before proceeding.

Unzip to a location of your choice and copy the three texture folders into your main Alphasim F-8 directory, overwriting when prompted. Open the 'aircraft.cfg' file and copy and paste the following after the last variant entry. Replace [xx] with the next variation numbers ans save.

[fltsim.xx]
title=ALPHA F-8C VF-24 1967
sim=ALPHA_F-8v2
model=F8-E
panel=C
sound=
texture=VF-24BHR
KB_checklists=f8_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Chance-Vought
ui_type=F-8 Crusader
ui_variation=F-8C VF-24 1967 cruise
description=VF-24 1967 cruise aboard USS Bonhomme Richard. By Dave Quincey
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_heavy=0
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=0
atc_id=23
atc_airline=Navy
atc_flight_number=998
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

[fltsim.xx]
title=FSX ALPHA F-8H VF-24 1969
sim=ALPHA_F-8v2
model=F8-J
panel=
sound=
texture=VF-24
KB_checklists=f8_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Chance-Vought
ui_type=F-8 Crusader
ui_variation=F-8H VF-24 1969 cruise
description=148705 VF-24 1969 cruise aboard USS Hancock
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=148705
atc_airline=Navy
atc_flight_number=705
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT
atc_parking_codes=V24, F8, M001

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