This is a full package (aircraft and panel) for FSX or FSX plus Service Pack 1.

(Please read Notes at the bottom of this page before installing).

DO NOT INSTALL THIS FILE IF YOU DON'T FEEL SURE ABOUT NOTES 1 AND 2

This file works also on FS 2004, but the sound configuration might require a change.

FOREWORD
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Called the italian Constellation, the B.Z.308 was a large low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, the fuselage had an oval cross-section. It had a large tailplane with endplate fins and rudders, retractable landing gear. Powered by four Bristol Centaurus radial engines driving five-bladded propellers, it was designed for a flightcrew of five, and 55 passengers in two cabins, a high-density model was planned with seats for 80. Although flight testing went well, financial problems and the realisation that competition from American-built airliners would take a major share of the post-war airliner market, along with the pressures to close down the Aeronautical section of the Breda, led to the project being abandoned. Breda stopped producing airplanes subsequently.

Thank you for downloading this package, we hope you'll enjoy it.

IMPORTANT!
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You MUST also insert the enclosed 'GougeSound.dll' in the Main FSX folder, otherwise you will experience an FS crash!!


FREEWARE!
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Two liveries are provided, one for Italian Air Force and one for Factory paint.
This model features reflective metallic skin and full animations.
The panel background has been created modifying the default DC3 panel, and it is not intended to reproduce the real panel, due to lack of documentation about it.
Some gauges are default gauges and some have been created by the authors.
Included in this model there is also a simple Virtual Cockpit, with working essential flight instruments and animated flight controls.


INSTALLATION
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Unzip this file into your Flight Simulator X \ airplanes folder and you will find the "Breda Zappata BZ308" folder with the usual subfolders and a 'GougeSound.dll' , then operate as follows:

Step 1-Copy/Paste the enclosed 'GougeSound.dll' in your main Flight Simulator X folder (if you don't have it yet).

This should be the end of the installation procedure.

...Many happy flights!

TIPS
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Please do not hesitate to use elevator trim as required to fly the plane hands-off.
Flying on virtual cockpit please move the eyepoint as required for better vision (check your eyepoint keyboard on FS options\controls\assignements for the keys required to move the 'eyepoint of view' (left/right/up/down/back or forward).

Cowls operation:
Control+Shift+C to close ; Control+Shift+V to open (Check your own keys assignements).


DISCLAIMER
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THE MODEL HAS BEEN TESTED MANY TIMES TO ENSURE THE PROPER
OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE, AND ALL IS DONE TO AVOID ERRORS.


WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL
OR ANY SYSTEM DAMAGE DUE TO THE FAILURE OR IMPROPER OPERATION OF
THE SOFTWARE. THERE IS NOT ANY WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR
ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

NOT TO BE SOLD! THIS SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE !

Any comments and suggestions please write to:

Capt. I. D'Attomo
mdattom@tiscali.it

Capt. G.Quai
giovanni.quai@tin.it

The authors grant permission for repainting purposes only.

NOTES:
We installed, succesfully, this model on our FSX original and FSX Deluxe Edition plus SP1 , in airplanes folder without installers, simply following the above procedure.
Simmers running Sp2 or accelerators might encounter some undesired effects.

Note 1: Launching the aircraft for the first time you will get an 'unknown author' message for each of our gauges (24 gauges).
Click 'YES' if you like our gauges or 'NO' if you don't. If you say 'NO' you will not have our instruments displayed on the panel, except the default ones.

Note 2: You will get a second message asking you to "trust" the related gauge; if you "trust" it and say "Yes" when asked, you will never be asked again.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BOTH MESSAGES .

Note 3: If you want to see a different panel, copy or aliase a panel of a Four engine Prop-airplane of your choice or create a panel by yourself, in these cases the VC will not be shown correctly.

Note 4: Installing & using this package is at your own risk.

Note 5: Settings\Display\Graphics; selecting ''Light_Bloom'' check box, in the global options window, might not be compatible with our model and the selected plane may not appear.



April, 2009

P.S. more free aircrafts from the above authors may be found in 'SurClaro'. Just write one of the authors' name in the 'search for text' box.