FSX and FS2004 Douglas C-74 Globemaster I
By Jens B. Kristensen, january 2009.

Version 1.0

The C-74 was planned during World War 2 as a much bigger
successor to the C-54 Skymaster. An airliner version was
also planned, and PanAm actually ordered it as the 'DC-7'.
After the war it became obvious that a better design could
be made, so only 14 C-74 Globemasters were built. The
airliner version was cancelled, and the military version
was developed into the C-124 Globemaster II with a much
larger fuselage. Nevertheless, the C-74s gave good service
until retired in the mid 'fifties, a few of them continued
in use as commercial cargo transports.

For more information, see the pdf document installed in
the \Documetation folder.

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*To install for Flight Simulator X:

Run the included setup_fsx program.

If you have FSX Gold, FSX Service Pack 2, or the Acceleration
expansion pack, remember to enable "FSX SP2 support" in the
"Custom setup" dialog.

The model should work with all versions of FSX, including
the 'DirectX 10 preview'-mode in Windows Vista.


*To install for Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight:

Run the included setup_FS2004 program.

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Model, panel, virtual cockpit and textures by Jens B. Kristensen,
made with FSDS 3.5.1, FS Panel Studio, Paint Shop Pro and DXTbmp.

Sounds:

The sounds included here are, with permission from Tom Gibson,
borrowed from the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser model available at
www.calclassic.com. They were originally released for FS98
by H. P. Christeler, but have apparently been modified since,
and I have used FS Sound Studio to update the sound.cfg to
FS2004 / FSX format. Please read H. P. Christelers original
readme file for this soundset, ReadMe_original.txt.

Gauges:

The gauges are to some extent based on default gauges of
Flight Simulator, some of them modified by me for four engines.
Other gauges are by me but with much inspiration from standard
FS gauges by Microsoft.

The ILS indicator is based on xml code by Saviero Maurri
(Vickers Varsity panel), bitmaps by me.

A number of gauges (mostly switches) are, with permission
from Tom Gibson, www.calclassic.com, based on work by Tom
himself, Kevin Trinkle, Ernie Kennedy and Ken 'Mitch' Mitchell.
I have used complete gauges from them (cowl flap switches),
or used the bitmaps from their c-style gauges and made
xml-versions of them.

Finally, a big 'thank you' to Hans-Joerg Naegele, who gave
me permission to use gauges from his Lockheed 049 Constellation
panel (VNConnie049.cab), directly or modified.


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Good luck flying the C-74 Globemaster!

Jens B. Kristensen, 4. january 2009
Jens.B.Kristensen@mail.tele.dk