Fs98/Cfs Douglas Dc-6B Twin Pack

FS98/CFS Douglas DC-6B Twin Pack. LAN-CHILE Air Lines & Chilean Air Force FACH. The Chilean National Air Lines LAN operated the Douglas DC-6B between 1955 to 1968, being sold to the Chilean Air Force, who operate them to 1980 (some converted to C-118 for cargo duties). The modern four-engined airplane with capacity for 100 passengers, was destined by LAN to flight national and international routes, opening the comercial flights to Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) on central South Pacific. On April 1962 the DC-6B registration #406 equipped as VIP plane, war used as Air Force One by the president Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez on his presidential tour to United States, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador and Peru. During Beagle Crisis with Argentina in 1978, the FACHs Dc-6B received camouflage in green/tan colors with low visibility markings, operating as tactical transport on southern border regions. Aircraft model is fully animated: moving gears, control surfaces, flaps, propellers, landing lights, with ficcional armament of 2 x 0.30 machine guns in the side windows. FS98 Aircraft Designers: Tom Gibson and Harry Follas. DC-4 Panel Designers: Petros Protopapas & Stephan Grille Chilean textures and DP: Edmundo Abad Dec. 2009 Also special thanks to Juan Concha & Roberto Ibarra, former FACH officers, by the great provided information for the development of this virtual model.