FSX Lockheed P-38J 'Texas Ranger'

This is a repaint of the Flight Simulations Design (FSD) Lockheed P-38 Lightning to represent P-38J-10-LO 42-67825 'Texas Ranger IV' flown by 55th FG CO Col. Jack Jenkins. On April 10th 1944 Col. Jenkins was shot down in this aircraft on the Group's first 'Droop-Snoot' bombing raid on Coulmniers airfield in Northen France. Having dived from 20,000 feet for a low-level strafing run, a fogged-up windscreen spoilt his aim. Alerted AAA gunners brought him down on his second pass. He survived as a POW. By Dave Quincey.

Unzip the 'Texas Ranger' folder to a temporary location. Go to the Simmobjects/Airplanes folder in your main FSX and copy and paste the folder 'texture.ranger'into the 'FlightSim Developers P38J' folder. Open the folder'texture.p38dds', and copy the contents into your new 'texture.ranger' folder but DO NOT overwrite when prompted. Finally add the following lines to your P-38J aircraft.cfg file:-

[fltsim.xx]
title=P-38J 'Texas Ranger'
sim=P-38J
model=p38m
panel=
texture=ranger
kb_checklists=P38_check
kb_reference=P38_ref
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type="P-38J"
ui_typerole="Twin Engine Prop"
ui_createdby=FlightSim Developers
ui_variation=P-38J 'Texas Ranger'
atc_flight_number=005
atc_id=67825
description=Lockheed P-38J-10-LO 42-67825 'Texas Ranger IV' flown by 55th FG CO Col. Jack Jenkins. On April 10th 1944 Col. Jenkins was shot down in this aircraft on the Group's first 'Droop-Snoot' bombing raid on Coulmniers airfield in Northen France. Having dived from 20,000 ft. for a low-level strafing run, a fogged-up windscreen spoilt his aim. Alerted AAA gunners brought him down on his second pass. He survived as a POW.

Change the [flightsim.xx] to the next available number and enjoy!

This repaint is based upon the excellent paint kit supplied by FSD and was researched from Peter Randall's invaluable 'Little Friends'website. Some artwork was taken with permission from Mark Styling's Aircraft Illustration website.

You may modify the repaint files as you wish for your own use and it may only be distributed as freeware.

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