FSX Canadair CC.106 Yukon

Canadair CC.106 Yukon. A repaint for Jens Kristensen's Bristol Britannia for FSX only, as a Canadair Yukon (ish). In the 1950s, Canadair had acquired a licence to build the Bristol Britannia airliner. With an RCAF requirement for a replacement for its C-54GM North Star (modified C-54 Skymaster with Merlin engines) fleets, Canadair began work on a long range transport primarily intended to provide personnel and logistics support for Canadian Forces in Europe. In January 1957 Canadair received a contract for eight aircraft, later increased to 12. The RCAF designation for the new design was the CC-106 Yukon, while the companys civilian variant was known as the CL-44-6. In company parlance the CL-44 was simply "the Forty-Four." By Mike Barnes.

The RCAF had specified the CL-44 to be equipped with Bristol Orion engines. When the British Ministry of Supply canceled the Orion program, the RCAF revised the specifications to substitute the Rolls-Royce Tyne 11. The CL-44 fuselage was lengthened by 12 ft 4 in (3.75 m) to be almost identical to the Britannia 300 with two large cargo doors added on the port side while the cabin was pressurised to maintain a cabin altitude of 2,400 m at 9,000 m (30,000 ft). The design used modified CL-28 wings and controls. The Yukon could accommodate 134 passengers and a crew of nine. In the casualty evacuation role it could take 80 patients and a crew of 11.

The rollout of the Yukon was a near-disaster when the prototype could not be pushed out of the hangar since the tail was unable to clear the hangar doors. The first flight took place 15 November 1959 at Cartierville Airport. During test flights many problems were encountered from complete electrical failure to engines shaking loose and almost falling off. Rolls-Royce had problems delivering engines resulting in the sarcastically named "Yukon gliders" being parked outside Canadair as late as 1961.

Initially, the CL-44-6 was produced for the RCAF as the CC-106 Yukon. Once initial problems were resolved, in RCAF service the Yukon performed well and in December 1961, a Yukon set a world record for its class when it flew 6,750 mi (10,860 km) from Tokyo to RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, in 17 hours, three minutes at an average speed of 400 mph (640 km/h). Later, a Yukon set a new record staying airborne for 23 hours and 51 minutes. These records were unbroken until bettered by the Boeing 747SP in 1975. By the time of their retirement, Yukons had flown 65 million miles, 1.5 billion passenger miles and 360 million ton-miles.

Unzip the texture zip files , and move to yourJBK Britannia folder, then copy and paste the [fltsim.X] entries found below into your JBK Britannia "aircraft.cfg" file in the proper logically sequential order. Remember to change the "X" in [fltsim.X] to the next numbers in line among your JBK Britannia repaints. Then click 'file', then click 'save', of course.

These files may:
A) NOT be up-loaded to any site that charges a fee for acess.
B) Otherwise, you may share and modify as you like.

[fltsim.xx]
title=Canadair Yukon CC.106
sim=JBK Britannia
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=Yukon CC.1
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=britannia_ref
atc_id=AF501
ui_manufacturer=Canadair
ui_type=Yukon CC.1
ui_variation=AF501
atc_heavy=0
atc_airline=RCAF
atc_flight_number=1958
description=Canadair Yukon Long range strategic transport

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