The Caravelle was the european precursor of the DC-9, or better said, the DC-9 was a improved copy of the Caravelle. There were build 280 Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle in Toulose, in the same building where today is assembled the ATR. The nose of the plane, including the cockpick instruments, where made the more similar to the Comet ones, to improve the pilots transition and the aerodinamics. Later, the cockpick windows were changed to improve the taxing vision. It was the first reactor with engines at both sides of the tail, a patented design that even today paids money to Matra (Sud Est heir) each time sombody use it. The plane has one of the better gliding coeficient, only paired by the Boeing 757. One of them made a demostration flight, with passengers but engines in iddle, gliding from Paris (starting at 43.300 feets) to Dijon (speeding up again the engines at 5250 feets).
The plane could be adquired with or without reverses.
Aviaco (Aviación y Comercio SA) was a spanish airline constituyed on February 18, 1948 when was released a law breaking the monopoly ostented by Iberia until this moment.
The first planes of the company were three cargo Bristol 170 and three passenger ones. The operation started with fruits from Zaragoza, Barcelona and Murcia to France. The passenger transportation started with the Bilbao-Madrid and Bilbao-Barcelona rutes on september 1948.
On July 16, 1959 the 65.82 percent of the Aviaco stock was adquired by Iberia. Since this moment, Aviaco mainly dedicated to the less important peninsular rutes, and Iberia served the main national and international ones. Iberia took charge of all the Aviaco handlings, administratives, comercial and tecnical ones.
On 1972 Aviaco bought six Caravelle 10R from Iberia, and painted this in gold and red colors. In 1973 bought five more Caravelle, this time 6R. On 1974 the gold paint was changed to dark blue. The Caravelle were replaced by DC-9 in the 80's.
At the end of the 90's Iberia made a reconstitution of the group, buying the totality of the Aviaco stock, and thus the airline desapeared from the market.
In this file I'm including the same plane (EC-BIE), as was before and after the year 1974. It's interesting that even on 1972 the engines already had the word "IBERIA" on them. Model by Mike Stone. Repaint by Alejandro Hurtado
There is a Sud Aviation Caravelle 10R of Aviaco for FS98 made by Rob Bennis in blue color, and "club simuvuelo", a spanish web, seems to have both models but there are "members only".
Aircraft Data:
POWERPLANTS
2 x Rolls Royce Avon 522 (series 1 and 1A) turbofans, rated at 46.7 kN each.
2 x Rolls Royce Avon 527 (series 3) turbofans, rated at 50.7 kN each.
2 x Rolls Royce Avon 531 (series 6N) turbofans, rated at 54.3 kN each.
2 x Rolls Royce Avon 533R (series 6R) turbofans, rated at 56.2 kN each.
2 x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 (series 10B, 10R, 11R and 12) turbofans, rated at 62.3 kN each.
FUEL CAPACITY
Standard: 21,500 l
ACCOMODATION
Flight Crew : 2
Passengers : 80 Pax (series 1, 1A, 3, 6N, 6R, 10R)
99 Pax (series 10B and 11R)
105 pax (Series 12)
Freight Holds : 2, underfloor, forward and aft of main landing gear bay.
DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL
Wing Span : 34.30 m
Wing Area : 146.7 sq m
Length Overall : 32.01 m (series 1, 1A, 3, 6N, 6R, 10R)
33.01 m (series 10B)
32.94 m (series 11R)
36.24 m (Series 12)
Maximum Height : 8.72 m
PERFORMANCES
Max cruise speed.............mach .80
Max speed (Vmo)..............mach .84
Service Ceiling..............10.700 m
Runway length t/o............6,500 ft
Clean stall..................110 kts.
Dirty stall (flaps & gear)...90 kts.
My previous repaints are:
For Fs2002 only:
b737ah8: American Airlines Astrojet, a 2001 plane painted like the 60´s
b737ah12: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration.
d328ah15: The two Do-328 (prop) of Welcome Air
d328ah16: Air Engiadina was the launching client of the DO-328
For FS2002, in Fs2004 the night cockpit lightning doesnt looks well from outside:
b727ah1: Green and yellow Braniff's 727
b727ah2: 727 flow by Viasa when was bought by Iberia
b727ah3: Braniff 727 painted by Alexander Calder
b727ah4: One of the first 727 flow by Kulula.com
b727ah11: Alaska Airlines 727 leased to the Seattle NFL Team Seahawks
I Dont know how it works in Fs2004:
Ju52mlka: Ju-52 owned by Milka chocolats company, in flying state
md11ah5: MD-11F from Eva Air Cargo
tornah10: Tornado in 2001 Tiger Meet painting
c235ah13: The CN-235 was used by the spanish line Binter Mediterraneo
For FS2004 and FS2002:
b190ah6: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express
b190ah7: Beech 1900D from the canarian island's Air Atlantic
l1011ah9: Two L1011 leased by Iberia
d328ah14: The only Do-328JET of Welcome Air
atr4ah17: Two of the ATR-42 owneds by Lai, a venezuelan company
pby5ah18: A water bomber PBY Catalina, the Canso 71 was used in Spain
pby5ah19: A water bomber PBY Catalina, in red painting from Spain.
b727ah20: 727 flow by Singapore Airlines
d328ah21: DO-328 (prop) Welcome Air, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff 727
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff's 727.
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
d328ah27: Do-328 prop of Air Engiadina, upgraded for FS2004
p51dah28: P-51D Cripes a'Mighty 3rd, a beautifull warbird
b757ah29: Three liverys of the same B757 from LTE to Volar Airlines
b727ah30: Viasa's 727 with Iberia-like colors, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah31: Do 328 flow by VIP Airlines.
b737ah32: Rutaca's 737 in the colors of the Vinotinto Football Club
p51dah33: The only venezuelan P-51D
b727ah34: Red Braniff 727
a320ah35: A320 when LTE was renamed as Volar Airlines
b737ah36: American Airlines Astrojet, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah37: 727 charter flow by Amerijet
b757ah38: 757 Prestige, the biggest spanish private plane
p51dah39: Two P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah40: Another P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah41: P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
p51dah42: Another P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
d328ah43: Do 328-110 from Swisswings
met3ah44: Metro 3 Air Catalunya, a spanish charter company
met3ah45: Three Metro 3 operateds by Key Lime Air
p51bah46: A civilian P-51D in black and red colors.
b737ah47: The famous spanish 737 from Air Europa with Martini stickers
crvlah48: Two Finnair's Caravelle.
b737ah49: two 737-200 owned by the venezuelan company Avior.
crvlah50: Two Caravelles from the spanish line Hispania
p51dah51: This P-51D appeared in the movies "The Empire of the Sun" and "Menphis Belle"
b190ah52: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express, upgraded for FS2004
c130ah53: A civilian C-130 from Tepper Aviation.
b727ah54: Boeing 727-200 from Pride Air
b737ah55: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration. Upgraded for FS2004.
b737ah56: A Boeing 737 from Lauda Air in Star Alliance painting
d328ah57: The only Do-328 owned by Federico II
pby5ah58: Two PBY Catalina in red painting
b737ah59: B737-200 of Phoenix Airlines painted in "Boeing-like colors"
b727ah60: The five prototypes of the Boeing 727 in "house" colors.
1011ah61: L-1011 converted in a Flying Hospital
b737ah62: Ryanair's Boeing 737 with Christmas decoration as was in 1995
md11ah63: Finnair's Md-11 as Official Airline of Santa Claus.
p51dah64: Swedish P-51D, Wing F21
Fixes:
fix01ah: Fixes the bottom color of b727ah24
fix02ah: Improves the flight dinamics of b757ah29 and b757ah38
fix03ah: improves de wing textures of crvlah48 and crvlah50
Warranty:
I love the warranty wrote by Andrew W. Hall:
"None. Zip. Nada. Use at your own risk. I dont think
this will harm your computer in any way, but if it does, I
dont even want to hear about it."
A last remark: Why don't become a repainter? There are a lot of planes with special markings. I'm tired of the usual F-16 low-vis scheme, or the usual 757 in Delta markings. Why don't a "Bat's outa Hell's" B-25 or a serie of Qantas 737s? The plane modelers like Mike Stone are very important, but they can't make all the painting schemes by himselfs. So why don't help they?
Installation:
Unzip crvlah65.zip in your "Aircraft" folder of FS2004 or FS2002, install your desired panel and that's all. This panel needs concorde.gau. If you don't know how to install a panel, just let the default one, but I don't like it.
If you like this, or any observation, send me a mail to dracosist@cantv.net
