**********Texas International Convair 580 ver 1.0 repaint*********

HISTORY:

Houston, Texas based Texas International Airlines, Inc. was formed in the early 1940's as Aviation Enterprises and later changed their name to Trans-Texas Airlines or TTa. In 1968 the corporate name was again changed to Texas International to reflect growth into international markets. By the early 1980's, the carrier had major hubs at Houston Intercontinental and Dallas/Ft Worth Regional airports, a system which served cities from coast to coast, from the northeast to the southwest and more markets in Mexico than any other US airline! Expansion in the late 70's saw the formation of New York Air which served the northeast shuttle markets of Boston-New York/Newark-Washington D.C. That carrier later expanded itself to serve cities up and down the atlantic coast as far south as Florida. A failed attempt in the early 80's to aquire National Airlines yielded a cash windfall enough to give it the buying power it needed to purchase Continental Airlines. All three carriers were later merged, and because it was decided that the Continental name had a broader market appeal, the Texas International brand faded into history.

Get in touch with former TTa/TI employees or just stop by and take a look around the TTa/TI website created and maintained by a former TTa/TI Flight Attendant, Cheri Clark-Lowrey at:
http://www.geocities.com/cherifliestta/

INCLUDED:

This file contains Texas International Convair 580 textures only for use with Greg Peppers Convair 580.

INSTALLATION:

1. Copy the texture.ti file into your main DC-9-10 folder.
2. Copy the following and paste into your DC-9-10 aircraft.cfg file (the cfg file can be opened with notepad):

[fltsim.x]
title=TI CV580
sim=Cv580
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=ti
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=TI 580
atc_airline=Texas International
atc_flight_number=454
ui_manufacturer=Texas International
ui_type=Convair CV-580
ui_variation=TI
description=The Convair 580 was a General Motors modification of the existing CV340 and 440 airframes. The 501-D13H engine was flat rated at 3750 shp and max rated at 4000 shp. This 50 passenger airliner can still be found in regular passenger service today.

3. Replace the "x" in [fltsim.x] with the corresponding number of texture installation. i.e.: if the TI textures are the second you are adding to your convair folder, the x=2, likewise if is the third addition, then x=3, and so on.

4. Save your changes, fire up FS2002 and start flying:)

COPYRIGHT:

These textures may not be altered, uploaded to any site which requires payment, nor added to any pay/share-ware software without the authors permission.

Contact:

Comments or questons? contact Sheppard Avery at: BraniffPlace@aol.com (note: type "FLTSIM" in subject field to avoid being filtered out with junk mail!)

ADDITIONAL:

Previous Texas International Uploads include textures for the VANS DC-9-10, -20, -30 and -50. Also system Texas International flight plans and a TI Editvoicepack file. Textures for the Flight1, Aardvark and FFX DC-9's are forthcoming.

Anyone who has a later Convair era TI timetable and are able to scan it, please contact me as I am interested in compiling flight plans for use with this repaint.
Thank You.