FSX / P3D

FSX/P3D Howard 500

The Howard 500 brings a polished classic twin to FSX, FSX: Steam Edition, and Prepar3D v4/v5 with corrected engine mapping, a 3D virtual cockpit, and a tuned custom flight model. Five passenger and cargo model variants ship with custom panel, gauges, and sounds, plus 16 liveries for varied operations.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D v4, v5, v6

Images & Screenshots

18 total

A silver twin-engine vintage aircraft flies above a winding river with forested terrain visible along the shoreline.

A classic twin-engine aircraft cockpit features analog gauges, dual yokes, overhead switches, and a view of the runway with trees outside.

A twin-engine vintage aircraft with "Aircraft Operating Co. Ltd." on the fuselage is parked on a concrete apron beside a grassy area.

A twin-engine aircraft with a white and green livery flies over a coastal landscape with blue water and green terrain below.

A small passenger cabin with brown leather seats shows a view of the wing and ocean through large side windows.

A twin-engine vintage aircraft with a yellow stripe and registration N137U flies over a coastal landscape with water and shoreline.

A twin-engine vintage aircraft with yellow-tipped propellers and checkerboard engine cowlings is taxiing on a paved surface near trees.

A blue twin-engine military aircraft with US insignia flies over a calm ocean, viewed from above and behind the left wing.

A blue and white twin-engine taildragger aircraft sits on a paved ramp with its nose resting on the ground.

A blue and yellow twin-engine aircraft with a cream-colored fuselage flies above a large body of water near a coastline.

A twin-engine vintage aircraft with checkerboard engine cowlings and a green and yellow livery flies above a calm blue sea.

A twin-engine vintage aircraft with red and white livery flies over a coastal area with water and land visible below.

A polished silver twin-engine propeller aircraft with orange accents and registration N-500DR flies above a patchwork landscape under cloudy skies.

A vintage twin-engine propeller aircraft in Trans World Airlines livery flies against a clear gray sky, showing registration N604TW.

A twin-engine military transport aircraft with "MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE" markings is parked on a concrete ramp near two hangars.

A vintage twin-engine aircraft with blue and white livery is parked on a concrete ramp near a hangar with grass nearby.

A white twin-engine propeller aircraft with a distinctive twin-tail design is parked on a concrete apron under daylight.

A twin-engine military aircraft with green and brown camouflage, RAF roundels, and tail markings is parked on a concrete ramp near hangars.

Modified to Correct Engine Mapping - Texture issue.

Howard 500 flying in P3Dv4. Works in FSX, FSX: Steam Edition and Prepar3D (all versions including the latest P3Dv4). Includes a 3D virtual cockpit (VC).

Pkg includes 5 models (Passenger and Cargo - Original Mapping and Revised Tail Mapping), custom panel and gauges, custom sounds, custom Flight Model, and 16 liveries.

Tested in FSXA and P3Dv4 without issues however your appearances of the various liveries may be different based on your options settings.

Optional Paints Available by Web Search by - Tony Radmilovich, Matthew Garraway, Heather, Cha Seung Ho, Gregory W. Hux, and Siegfried Schaeffer, and others.

INSTALLATION

NOTE: The Installer is manual; it is simply used because it has better compression than my Winzip version. It does not update the registry; it does not install an "uninstall" program. Just point it to a TEMP folder to decompress, then install manually.

Copy the "Howard 500 FSX" folder to your FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes folder
Copy the contents of the Effects folder to your FSX/Effects folder; overwrite or ignore okay

NOTE: See Operations Controls for yoke visibility, doors, curtains, etc.

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File information

Filename

hw5fsxms.zip

File size

124.54 MB

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Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 0.5 Mbps (this file takes approximately 35 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

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.
Place files per the readme

Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.
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 hw5fsxms.zip has 28 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
Bare Metal.jpg	01.18.19	241.50 kB
BLUE.jpg	01.18.19	155.10 kB
CABIN.jpg	01.29.19	157.72 kB
COASTAL.jpg	01.15.19	64.86 kB
FILE_ID.txt	04.15.19	691 B
FSX Installation.txt	04.13.19	773 B
hw5fsxms.exe	04.15.19	122.50 MB
Install.iit	04.13.19	103.25 kB
MATS.jpg	01.15.19	74.14 kB
N130P.jpg	01.22.19	63.81 kB
N137U.jpg	01.18.19	151.23 kB
N25YC.jpg	01.18.19	161.06 kB
N303.jpg	01.18.19	135.84 kB
N4362F.jpg	01.18.19	124.86 kB
N500DR.jpg	01.22.19	112.92 kB
N500HP-1.jpg	01.18.19	134.84 kB
N500HP-2.jpg	01.18.19	135.37 kB
N593EW.jpg	01.18.19	143.36 kB
Readme.txt	04.13.19	1.75 kB
Thumbs.db	04.13.19	83.00 kB
TWA.jpg	01.22.19	72.21 kB
USE and DISTRIBUTION.txt	01.30.19	1.07 kB
VC.jpg	01.18.19	232.78 kB
YV-183CP.jpg	01.15.19	72.36 kB
ZS-ATH.jpg	01.18.19	165.29 kB
hw5fsxms	04.15.19	0 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B