The Horsa glider was a mainstay for RAF airborne operations during WW2. The most notable were D-Day itself and Operation Market Garden in Holland later in 1944. The Horsa was larger than the American Waco CG-4 glider and could carry 30 troops vs. 15 for the Waco. It could be towed by a C-47 but usually was towed by something more robust such as the Short Stirling or Handley Page Halifax.
This is a FSDSv3.51 project and has been compiled with Makemdl into FS2004. The glider has the usual animations plus the front door, steps and tail cone are animated. They open and close with the "Shift + E" command. The 2D panel and VC are based on a actual photo. The VC has working gauges and the flight controls are animated.
I have added the FSX DG808S glider sound file to this project because I like the external sounds.
INSTALLATION: Unzip Horsafs9.zip into a temporary folder. Copy the folder called Horsa into the Aircraft folder of FS2004. The gauges are default, but be sure the files Lockheed_Vega.cab and Vickers_Vimy.cab are copied from their respective panel folders into the Gauges folder of FDS2004, or they will be a "no show".
LEGAL: This project is released as freeware. You may repaint it, make panel modifications and upload to this or another website as long you give me credit for the original design. You need my written permission to use any of these files for commercial purposes. Be advised this project will be uploaded by me to www.SurClaro and www.simviation.com. If you find it and download from another site, I am not responsible for the integrity of the files.
This airplane should not hurt your computer but I am not responsible if you think it causes problems.
This project and my earlier Waco CG-4 were inspired by my trip to Holland in 2006. My wife of 12 years is from the Delft area and that was our 4th trip together. We spent several days in and around Arnhem and visited the cemeteries and museums. I learned much about Operation Market Garden ("A Bridge Too Far"). When we returned I found out one could tow a glider in FSX and so these projects were born.
