FSX Piaggio P-148

Piaggio P-148. The Piaggio P.148 was an Italian three-seater elementary/primary flying trainer and two-seater aerobatic trainer aircraft in service with the Italian Air Force from 1952 until the 1970's. The Piaggio P148 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane all-metal construction. This model features reflective metallic skin, two liveries plus full animations. The panel background has been created entirely from scratch, based on photographic material found on the net and some photos from official documents. Most of the gauges are default gauges and some have been created by the authors. Included in this model there is also a simple virtual cockpit, with working essential flight instruments and animated flight controls. By Giovanni Quai and Italo D'Attomo.

This is a full package (aircraft and panel) for FSX.
(Please read Notes at the bottom).

FOREWORD
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The Piaggio P.148 was an Italian three-seater elementary/primary flying trainer and two-seater aerobatic trainer aircraft in service with the Italian Air Force from 1952 until the 1970's. The Piaggio P.148 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane all-metal construction.

Thank you for downloading this package, we hope you'll enjoy it.

IMPORTANT!
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You MUST also insert the enclosed 'GougeSound.dll' in the Main FSX folder, otherwise you will experience an FS crash!!

FREEWARE!
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This model features reflective metallic skin, two liveries plus full animations.
The panel background has been created entirely from scratch, based on photographic material found on the net and some photos from official documents.
Most of the gauges are default gauges and some have been created by the authors.
Included in this model there is also a simple Virtual Cockpit, with working essential flight instruments and animated flight controls.

INSTALLATION
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Unzip this file into your FSX \ airplanes folder and you will find the "Piaggio P148" folder with the usual subfolders, including a "P148g" folder and the 'GougeSound.dll', then operate as follows:

Step 1- Copy the the folder "P148g" AS IS and Paste in the main FSX 'Gauge' folder.

Step 2- Copy/Paste the enclosed 'GougeSound.dll' in your main FSX folder (if you don't have it yet).

This should be the end of the installation procedure.

...Many happy flights!

TIPS
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Please do not hesitate to use elevator trim as required to fly the plane hands-off.

DISCLAIMER
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THE PANEL HAS BEEN TESTED MANY TIMES TO ENSURE THE PROPER OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE, AND ALL IS DONE TO AVOID ERRORS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PANEL.

WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR ANY SYSTEM DAMAGE DUE TO THE FAILURE OR IMPROPER OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE. THERE IS NOT ANY WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

NOT TO BE SOLD! THIS SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE !

The authors grant permission for the texture files in this package to be used for repainting purposes only.

NOTE:
We installed this model on our FSX ''airplanes'' folder, without installers, simply following the above procedure.

Note 1: After installing the 'P148g' folder ( AS IS ) into the FSX gauge folder, loading the aircraft for the first time you will get an 'unknown author' message for each of our 14 gauges.
Click 'YES' if you like our gauges or 'NO' if you don't. If you say 'NO' you will not have our instruments displayed on your panel, except the default ones.
Note 2: You will get a second message asking you to "trust" the related gauges; if you "trust" them and say "Yes" when asked, you will never be asked again.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BOTH MESSAGES .
Note 3: If you want to see a different panel, copy or aliase a panel of a single engine prop-airplane of your choice or create a panel by yourself, in these cases the VC will not be shown correctly.
Note 4: Installing & using this package is at your own risk.
Note 5: Settings\Display\Graphics; selecting the ''Light_Bloom'' check box, in the global options window, might not be compatible with our reflecting textures and the selected rotating plane may not appear, however, selecting 'Fly Now' the plane will be shown correctly.