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- 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTRA L-10 -
l104nat.zip
LOCKHEED ELECTRA L-10 - National Airlines 1940's livery
registration NC14915
FOR FS2004 - Made with FSDS 2.24
Including 2D PANEL & WEIGHT TOOL
The new model features full animated moving-parts, high detailed and reflectice
textures and a high detailed Virtual Cockpit.
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3D and 2D model design and textures:
Arik Hohmeyer
2D panel design:
Arik Hohmeyer
(some gauges are also designed by Arik Hohmeyer)
Technical and organizational support:
Chris Grabow
FDE (flight dynamic) based on Dave Eckert & Nick Botamer,
updated and revised for FS2004:
Wolfram Beckert
WEIGHT TOOL
Programming & design by Arik Hohmeyer (programmed with Borland Delphi 6.0)
Special thanks to:
- Dale DeLuca for data support, 1. pilot image and beta testing,
- Wolfram Beckert for the new flight dynamic and beta testing,
- Steve Good for 2. pilot image,
- Dave Eckert & Nick Botamer whose flightdynamic was a fantastic base for
our flightmodel,
- Ulf Nordin from FS Lulea-Kallax who provided us with a lot of webspace.
This model is dedicated to the Uncle of Dale DeLuca, who had made it possible
for the young Dale to fly the Electra.
1. Unpack/extract the contents of the main zip-file into FS2004's Aircraft folder.
2. Unzip the contents of VC_Gauges.zip to the \Gauges directory of FS2004.
Sound:
Unfortunately, we don't know any original Electra sound. But Dale DeLuca - who still has flown the Electra - recommends the P-40 sound by Mike Hambly. In this way Dale remembers the powerful sound of the Electra. This sound was recently offered in the T-6 Texan file (t6v2.zip).
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WEIGHT TOOL
With Weight Tool you can edit/change the aircraft weights (passangers & baggage) of your Electra.
How to use:
- Weight Tool is started by double-clicks of the Weight Tool.exe which is in the main folder of the Electra. If you want to use Weight Tool you had to start it before
starting Flightsimulator. The passengers and pilots have to be loaded and unloaded on
the airplane graphic with the Mouse.
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THIS AIRCRAFT IS FREEWARE.
DO NOT SELL, CD-BUNDLE OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS FILE SEEKING MONETARY PROFITS.
YOU MAY REPAINT OR MODIFY THIS MODEL AND UPLOAD IT TO ANY FREE INTERNET SITE AS LONG AS
ARIK HOHMEYER AND FS-DESIGN BERLIN ARE CREDITED FOR THE ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT MODEL.
IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY PARTS OF THIS MODEL/FOLDER FOR ANOTHER PROJECT/MODEL - for
example paintings/ textures - IT SHOULD BE NATURAL THAT YOU GIVE US CREDIT, TOO (also if you continue to work on these parts).
Note:
Naturally, nobody can guarantee that these data will function properly and that no problems will occur along with installation and usage. We ourselves have no problems at all running this aircraft on our system.
We hope you like this aircraft. If you don't, then simply delete it. It was free!
National Airlines was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1934 with the award of a 142-mile mail route between St. Petersburg and Daytona Beach, via Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando.
Service over the route was inaugurated on October 15, 1934. The fleet consisted of two second-hand Ryan aircraft. The airline had five employees, including the president and founder, G. T. Baker.
On July 8, 1937, the company was charted under the laws of the State of Florida as National Airlines Inc. Used were Stinson Trimotor and Lockheed Electra L-10.
Routes were extended to Jacksonville and to Miami in that year and from Jacksonville to New Orleans in 1938. The most popular route of National at that time was the famous Buccaneer Route from New Orleans to Miami. The company relocated it's general offices and principal base of operations in Jacksonville in 1939. The new Lockheed Lodestars were introduced in 1940.
During World War II the carrier operated a portion of its fleet for the Air Transport Command and operated Air Corps contract schools for pilots, mechanics, radio operators
and navigators.
In 1944 National became a major airline with the award of the New York-Florida route. On February 14, 1946, National inaugurated with DC-4's the first non-stop service between Miami and New York and the first four-engine commercial flights between the two cities.
DC6s were introduced in 1947 and Convair 340s in 1953. That year DC7s were also used with more sevens in 1957 along with Super Constellations.
You can find more informations about National at http://www.nationalsundowners.com/home.php
On the airplane
In the summer of 1932 Robert Gross determined that the reborn Lockheed should start fresh with the very latest type of aircraft. Initially, it was to embody the usual low-drag and single engine design, but other development dictated major changes.
In February 1933 Boeing launched it's revolutionary model 247 which was the first low-drag twin engine all metal transport. Seating 10 passengers in comfort, it was 50 MPH faster than any other airliner in service. Five months later Douglas introduced their DC-1 which was even faster and had more payload than the Boeing. The impact of these two, and later the improved DC-2 compelled Lockheed to rethink their new plane and design a twin engine transport that would surpass it's competitors. It was decided that the model 10 was laid out as a twin engine, all metal, ten passenger plane, with a crew of two and a toilet compartment. Baggage could be loaded into the nose, and sometimes also into the rear fuselage. There were also small baggage areas in the tops of each wing. It had an all metal stressed skin fuselage, motor driven retractable landing gear, and retractable flaps, something that the Boeing did not have. It was also faster than the Boeing, and competitive with the DC-2.
The first Model 10 Electra was tested by Marshall Headle at Mines Field, Los Angeles on February 23, 1934. Northwest Airways and Pan American placed the first orders and it first went into service with Northwest in June 1934, and within twelve months they operated a fleet of thirteen aircraft.
Eventually four main versions of the Electra were produced. L 10-A with Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior R-985SB/SB-3 engines. The model B with Wright Whirlwind R-975-E3s, the Model C with Wasp SC-1s, and the Model E with Wasp R 1340 S3H-1 engines.
The Electra was an immediate success. At it's introduction it was one of the fastest airliners available and orders flowed in from all over the world, with eventual sales to 23 airlines in 13 countries. The total number of Model 10A was 107 the model B was 19, the model C was 8, and the Model E was 15. In all, 115 went to airlines, 7 to the US Government, 2 to the Argentine Government, and 25 to private customers.
First operators were in USA: Northwest Airlines, Pacific/ Pan Alaska Airways, Northeast Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, Mid-Continent Airlines, National Airways; in Canada: TCA, Canadian Airways; in Southamerica: Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, Compania Cubana de Aviacion, Linea Aeropostal Venezolana, Panair do Brasil, LAN Chile, VARIG, KLM Westindies; in Australia & Pacific: MacRobertson-Miller Aviation (MMA), Guinea Airways, Union Airways; in Europe: British Airways, LOT, LARES, Aeroput.
The last Airline to purchase the Electra was LAN Chile, in July 1941.
During WW II. many Electras were confiscated and used by UAAC and RAF. Some of the 10 Polish LOT Electras got into German hand and were used in different transportation units of the German Luftwaffe.
Several Electras achieved fame. The first round-trip of the Atlantic by an airline was by an Eastern Airlines L-10 A in May 1937, carrying first film of the Hindenburg disaster, and returning to the US with films of the coronation of King George VI. ... and of course it was a Lockheed Electra L 10 E that Amelia chose for her ill fated around the world flight in 1937.
[Contrary to other statements the British Prime Minister Chamberlain wasn't flown to Munich in September 1938 to meet with Adolf Hitler in a British Airways L-10-A but in a L-14 (G-AFGN)].
The Electra was finally replaced by the success of the Douglas DC-3 in airline service, but many Electras were used by companies as executive aircraft, and it was still in service as late as 1965 in regular service by Provincetown Boston Airline on the route between Boston and the island community on the tip of Cape Cod.
As of August 1998 there are three model 10-A's still airworthy, and one Model E. It is owned by Ms. Linda Finch in San Antonio Texas, and she flew her Electra on a successful recreation of Amelia Earharts around the world flight.
Aircraft / Flugzeug:
Dimensions / Abmessungen:
Wingspan / Spannweite: 54,99 ft / 16.76 m
Length / Länge / Length: 38,58 / 11,76 m
Hight / Höhe: 9,88 / 3,02 m
Wing area / Flügelfläche: 458 sqft / 42,58 m²
- Pan American World Airways, 10.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6a)
- SAS, 10.03, FS2004 - this model is offered only on FS Lulea-Kallax
http://hem.bredband.net/b100379/fs%20Kallax.htm (AP 6.6b)
- United Airlines 1950's livery, 10.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6c)
- Capital Airlines, 10.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6d)
- Air France "new" livery, 11.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6e)
- American Airlines, 11.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6f)
- Northwest Airlines, 12.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6g)
- PSA, 12.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6h)
- BOAC, 12.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6i)
- Eastern Air Lines, 12.03, FS2004 (AP 6.6j)
- SAS (old livery), 01.04, FS2004 (AP 6.6k)
- Thai Airways, 01.04, FS2004 (AP 6.6l)
- Delta Air Lines, 02.04, FS2004 (AP 6.6m)
- KLM, 02.04, FS2004 (AP 6.6n)
DOUGLAS C-124 C GLOBEMASTER (AP.1.2) - NEW FSDS2 VERSION - FS2002 (FS2004)
- (AP 1.2a) Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II, Utah Air Guard, 02.03, FS2002 (FS2004)
- (AP 1.2b) Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II, MATS 1950's livery, 06.03, FS2002 (FS2004)
- FS2004 FDE UPDATE, 01.04
- (AP 6.2a) Douglas DC-4, American Overseas Airlines, 07.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2b) Douglas DC-4, Delta Airlines, 07.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2c) Douglas DC-4, Trans World Airways, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2d) Douglas DC-4, Seaboard & Western, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2e) Douglas DC-4, Air France, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2f) Douglas DC-4, Swiss Air Lines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2g) Douglas DC-4, Capital Airlines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2h) Douglas DC-4, United Airlines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2i) Douglas DC-4, South African Airways, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2j) Douglas DC-4, Northwest Airlines, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2k) Douglas DC-4, Qantas, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2l) Douglas DC-4, UAT, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2m) Douglas DC-4, SAS, 09.02, FS2002 - this model is offered only on
FS Lulea-Kallax http://hem.bredband.net/b100379/fs%20Kallax.htm
- (AP 6.2n) Douglas DC-4, BOAC, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2o) Douglas DC-4, Western Airlines, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2p) Douglas DC-4, KLM, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2q) Douglas DC-4, TACA, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2r) Douglas DC-4, Eastern Air Lines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2s) Douglas DC-4, Japan Air Lines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2t) Douglas DC-4, Invicta Airlines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2u) Douglas DC-4, Pan American World Airways, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2v) Douglas DC-4, Sabena, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2w) Douglas DC-4, TAI, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2x) Douglas DC-4, Braathens SAFE, 10.02, FS2002- this model is offered only on
FS Lulea-Kallax http://hem.bredband.net/b100379/fs%20Kallax.htm
- (AP 6.2y) Douglas DC-4, Icelandic, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2z) Douglas DC-4, World Airways, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aa)Douglas DC-4, Air Afrique, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ab)Douglas DC-4, British Eagle, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ac)Douglas DC-4, North American Airlines, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ad)Douglas DC-4, Aerolineas Argentinas, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ae)Douglas DC-4, American Airlines, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2af)Douglas DC-4, Philippine Air Lines, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ag)Douglas DC-4, Olympic Airways, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ah)Douglas DC-4, Iberia, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ai)Douglas DC-4, Braniff Airways, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2aj)Douglas DC-4, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ak)Douglas DC-4, Air Ferry, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2al)Douglas DC-4, National Airlines, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2am)Douglas DC-4, Cathay Pacific Airways, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2an)Douglas DC-4, Air Viet Nam, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ao)Douglas DC-4, CGTA-Air Algerie, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ap)Douglas DC-4, United Air Lines, 02.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aq)Douglas DC-4, Cathay Pacific Airways, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ar)Douglas DC-4, Lan Chile, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2as)Douglas DC-4, Starways, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2at)Douglas DC-4, Air Zaire, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2au)Douglas DC-4, VASP, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2av)Douglas DC-4, LTU, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aw)Douglas DC-4, Northeast Airlines, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ax)Douglas DC-4, Royal Air Lao, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ay)Douglas DC-4, Balair, 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2az)Douglas DC-4, Sabena (40's), 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ba)Douglas DC-4, Aviaco, 06.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bb)Douglas DC-4, Transocean, 07.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bc)Douglas DC-4, Dan-Air London, 07.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bd)Douglas DC-4, Faucett, 08.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2be)Douglas DC-4, Satena, 09.03, FS2002
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DOUGLAS DC-4 Freighter (AP.6.3) - FS2002
- (AP 6.3a) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Lufthansa, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.3b) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.3c) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Brooks Fuel, 01.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3d) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Ace Freighters, 02.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3e) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Ansett, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3f) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Aer Turas, 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3g) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Transportflug, 06.03, FS2002
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By FS-Design Berlin
(C) 2001-2004
e-Mail: fsberlin@gmx.net
visit our website www.fsdesign-berlin.da.ru / www.fsdesign-berlin.de.vu
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