Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Boeing 737-314 (fictional)
For Microsoft FS98 and later
Original AFX (Model) Design by Kim Simmelink
AFX Mods by Bruce Bridges
Flight Dynamics (FDE) by Christine Derksen
Original Textures by Frank Safranek
Checklist by Chris van Bijlert
Assembled by Derek Wakefield
Introduction:
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This aircraft was 'cobbled' together using parts from pre-existing planes. Specifically, it was created by combining the AFX and FDE of Bruce Bridges' & Christine Derksen's FS98 Continental Airlines Boeing 737-3T0 (CO733302.ZIP) and the textures of Frank Safranek's FS5 PSA Boeing 737-214 (B737PSA.ZIP). Also included is a 737 Checklist created by Chris van Bijlert (B737CH.ZIP). My only contribution to the project was searching for and assembling the parts and touching up a few of the textures that weren't fully compatible with the model.
This effort started as out of a personal desire of mine to have a FS98 compatible 737-300 in PSA's final 'fruit stripe' livery. Of course, PSA never operated a -300 series 737, so this is a completely fictional/'what-if' aircraft. That said, given PSA's legacy as the premier California intrastate carrier from the 60s until it's untimely demise in 1988, I believe if it had survived into the 90s, the 737-300, etc. would've been the idea aircraft for it's west coast operations.
For more information about the PSA story, please visit Kevin Trinkle's PSA History Page at http://www.cactuswings.com.
Note to the more techically minded: Since I adapted textures designed for a -200 series 737 to a -300 model, I can honestly say they probably aren't a 100% accurate. This is my first real attempt to rework a plane for FS to this degree and my repaint skills remain well behind the power curve.
Credits:
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Above you will find a list of all the original authors who created the various parts used to assemble this product.
The original AFX file and textures were created by Kim Simmelink and put up for download at the Freeflight Design Shop website (http://www.freeflightdesign.com). I have included the standard text file required by that group when using their AFX/Model files (FFSTD.TXT).
Mr. Safranek has graciously given me permission to reuse his original PSA 737-214 texture files. All rights to these textures revert back to Mr. Safranek as the original artist. Please visit Mr. Safranek's website at http://www.mirage4fs.com
Unfortunately, I was unable to find current contact information for either Mr. Bridges or Ms. Derksen for permission to reuse their modified MDL and FDE files. Since they didn't include any disclaimers in their documentation forbidding the reuse of these, I have used them in this plane without permission. All rights to both the MDL and AIR file used in this product revert back to them. Likewise, this product will be withdrawn from all sites I have uploaded it to should they send me a written request to do so.
I would also like to thank and acknowledge the following software authors for providing programs to the flightsim community that I've found invaluable in this project.
- TEXTURE CONVERTER by Kai-Wang Erlandsen (TEXCON01.ZIP & TEXCONU1.ZIP)
- TEXTURE VIEWER by Masakazu Irie (DPTXV11.ZIP)
- AIRED 1.42 by William Ross
Legal:
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THIS PRODUCT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHORS AND CANNOT BE SOLD OR PACKAGED WITH ANY PRODUCT FOR SALE, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF ALL THE AUTHORS. IT MAY BE UPLOADED TO ANY SERVER ETC. THAT HAS *NO* DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS. THIS IS FREEWARE!!
THIS PRODUCT CARRIES NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES. I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THEY MIGHT CAUSE TO YOUR COMPUTER. THEY WORKED ON MY SYSTEM, BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE THEY WILL WORK WITH YOUR SYSTEM/SOFTWARE.
Texture Commentary:
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(lifted from Mr. Safranek's original documentation)
COLOR NOTES (PURISTS PLEASE FORGIVE ME -- ITS JUST A HOBBY)
The initial markings for PSA's 737s were red stipes on white. An nice example of this finish is available in Kevin Trinkle's PSA737 file. This livery was replaced with the 'shocking pink' scheme -- tricolor bands of pink/orange/red over a white fuselage -- in 1970 and eventually included the prominent smile under the nose. Flight Simulator does not include any sort of pink in the color palette so a truely accurate aircraft is not possible. The colors I've used here as a compromise are those adopted by PSA during the late 1970s. The layout of the stripes is the same. This scheme was sometimes known as the "Fruit Stripes".
Addenda
When PSA adopted the 'Fruit Stripes' scheme, the PSA lettering on the sides of the fuselage and tail were changed from a solid black font to an open font (white lettering with black outlines). Mr. Safranek's textures used the late-period fruit-stripe colors with the shocking-pink era solid lettering. Since this is a fictional "what-if" plane, I didn't see the need to change this. YMMV, but I happen to prefer the solid lettering.
Installation:
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Unzip this archive into your Flight Simulator\Aircraft directory. The files should automatically be directed into the proper folders as follows:
Aircraft.CFG and *.AIR: Main folder which has the same name as the aircraft files
All other folders are in this one
Model.CFG and *.MDL: MODEL folder
Sound.CFG : SOUND folder
*.*AF : TEXTURE folder
NOTE: This plane requires the Microsoft FlightShop Converter for FS98!!! The plane is fully FS98 compatable and does not need to be converted. However, without the converter installed FS will not be able to locate the default panel and the plane will not show up in the Select Aircraft Menu.
Closing:
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Thank you for downloading this aircraft. If you have any comments, feel free to contact me at the address below
