The first Ducks were delivered in late 1934. The last Grumman version was the J2F-5 and these were delivered in 1940. Most of the JF/J2F Ducks remained in service throughout WW II. They were operated from carriers and land bases in a variety of roles, including patrol, bombing, photo-survey, rescue and target towing. This particular model is painted for the 3rd Section Leader of Marine Squadron 3 circa 1940. Many thanks to Mick Morrissey for help with the color scheme. It has the usual FS9 animations including the tail hook, sliding transparent canopies, plus pilot figures, Nav and Landing lights. The 2D panel and VC are based on a real photo. This FSDS2.24 project was compiled into FS2004 and has not been tested in any other simulator.
INSTALLATION: Unzip Gduck.zip into a temporary folder. Copy the folder Grumman Duck into the Aircraft folder of FS2004. If you have not already done so, you must copy the default DC-3 and Lockheed Vega gauge .cab files from their respective panel folders into the Gauges folder of FS2004. The gauges are a "no show" otherwise.
LEGAL: This project is released as freeware. You may modify it, repaint it, etc., upload to another website as long as it is not for profit. You need my written permission to use any of these files for commercial purposes; otherwise just give me credit for the original design. This airplane should not hurt your computer but I am not responsible if it causes problems.
