Erick Cantu Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia - Great Lakes Airlines (N299UX)
for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 ACOF
Author: Jeffrey S. Bryner
email: jeffreybryner@hotmail.com
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Background
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The EMB-120 is one of 2 aircraft types flown by Great Lakes Airlines, a United States domestic, regional carrier. Great Lakes provides scheduled passenger service to 59 airports in 15 states throughout the North Central and Southwestern United States using a fleet of 6 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and 30+ Beech B1900D's. Great Lakes operates hubs at approximately eight US airports, with Denver International (KDEN) seeing the greatest number of Great Lakes flights. This repaint is one of Great Lakes' 6 EMB-120's and bears registration N299UX. It is one of the oldest EMB120's in Great Lakes' fleet, beginning its life in the mid 1990's. I experimented with a technique of repainting this aircraft that was intended to bring out the details in the blank textures provided in the paint kit by Adriano Martoni. The fuselage and tail textures in this repaint are 32-bit with no-mips.
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Installation Instructions:
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Prerequisites:
As this is a "textures only" package, you must have Erick Cantu's Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia base package installed. Here is the link at SurClaro.com for that package: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004ac&DLID=95277
Once you have installed the model (or if you already have it installed), extract the contents of this zip file into the folder that contains your Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia. Remember to use the "Use Folder Names" option. The extraction will create textures folder named texture.GLA_N299UX. It will also create a file named fltsim.GLA_N299UX.txt. That file contains the entries that must be added to your Aircraft.cfg file following the last entry. Simply change the 'X' in the [fltsim.X] header to the next sequential number in your aircraft.cfg file. For example, if the last entry is [fltsim.1] then change the 'X' to 2. Start FS9 and look for the aircraft under the Manufacturer Embraer-Cantu, the type of EMB120 and the variation 'Great Lakes Airlines - N299UX'.
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Other Enhancements:
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I suggest that if you want an "as real as it gets" experience in your Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, download and install the following:
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Panel:
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There are several well done freeware Embraer Brasilia panels available, one by Pierre Fasseaux and the other by Marcus Gama. In my opinion Marcus Gama's EMB-120 is quite realistic. To get it, you will need the following file at SurClaro.com:
- e120v1.1-fs9.zip
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Credits:
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- First and foremost, Erick Cantu for the exceptional Embraer E120 Brasilia model,
- The detailed paintkit by the talented Adriano Martoni (email: martoni@ig.com.br). Excellent paint kits like this make repainting easy even for someone like me,
- Martin Wright for the indispensable DXTBMP utility program,
- All the countless other people like you who make this hobby one of the most enjoyable I know!
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Licensing:
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This is freeware with the following restrictions.
- You may not upload this to any other website without my expressed permission,
- You may not sell this package in its entirely or its constituent elements,
- If you do get my permission to use this, you are obligated to post written credit to me and all of the individuals and organizations mentioned in the section "Credits” above.
- If you downloaded this package from a site other than SurClaro.com, SurClaro, Simviation.com or .com you are in direct violation of this license agreement. Do not be confused that "freeware" implies that a work is not protected by terms and conditions placed on it by its author. Freeware simply means the author did not charge you money to license it. But it is still licensed, artistic and intellectual property of the author and subject to his agreement of use and distribution. Asking my permission is a simple task and demonstrates respect for my work.
Keep it free (no payware)!
Jeff Bryner
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