*************** Lockheed T33 A model for FS2000,FS2000/pro *************

Original Visual Model by Massimo Taccoli,
Air File by Bruce Thorson
Texture by Gerardo Taccoli.

Model : T33A_USAF.zip
File model version 1.0 - November 2001

This model is a reproduction of the famous american aircraft trainer. Here is an example textured to represent an USAF's aircraft serialled 56-3659 assigned to Jet training schools.


The AIRCRAFT

A variant of Lockheed's F80 "Shooting Star" the T33A is the most widely used tandem two-seat advanced trainer in the world. It has been supplied to the air arms of some twenty-five countries, and built under licence in Japan by Kawasaki, (210 machines) and in Canada by Canadair as the CL-30 Silver Star (T-33AN), (656 examples). The Silver Star Mks. 2 and 3 differed from the U.S. manufactured T-33A in being powered by a 5,100 lb.s.t. Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet. The parent company had manufactured a total of 5,691 T-33A and T-33B trainers when the last was delivered in August 1959, the latter being a version for the U.S. Navy. The RT-33A is a single-seat photo reconnaissance model, and the DT-33A and WT-33A are respectively drone director and weather reconnaissance models. The prototype flew for the first time on March 22, 1948.

MODEL

This model for Flight Simulator 2000 was created using Flight Simulator Design Studio Pro (FSDS Pro), from Abacus Publications (http://www.abacuspub.com). The model features full moving parts with a realistic rendered motion of the main gear,with recessed wheel wells a nose wheel steering, and pilots in a virtual cockpit.

The realistic FS2k Air file made by Bruce Thorson is an adaptation of my former F 80 fighter.


******************* PANEL ***********************

Panel file is the same as the F 80 model and comes from Bruce Thorson.
Original panel bitmap by Phil Perrot.

___________________SOUNDS________________________

The archive doesn't contains a specific sound file , but points to the default Lear 45 sound file. To have a more realistic sound, you can use that contained in my model of the F 80 available from my web site or from www.SurClaro.

Installation

Unzip with Winzip the archive T33A_USAF.zip in the aircraft directory of Fs2000 checking the option "use folder names" . After that you'll find the following directory structures:

Lockheed T33-A Usaf_____________
|__ model
|__ texture
|__ panel ( see note above)
|__ sound ( see note above)


That's all
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Credits

A particular thanks goes to my brother Gerardo for his works on the textures of the model and to Bruce Thorson for letting me use his panel and air file.


Copyright and Distribution

This archive is released as Freeware. Copyright 2001 © Massimo Taccoli.
As freeware you are permitted to distribute this archive subject to the following conditions.
- The archive must be distributed without modification to its contents. Redistributing this archive with any files added, removed or modified is prohibited.
- The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another archive without the prior permission of the author is prohibited.
- This aircraft model is made available for the private use. Under no circumstances may this zip file be modified or sold for profit.

Disclaimer
I have had no problem using the files ,however there is NO warranty, guarantee of any kind and I am not liable for any problems on hardware or software you may encounter while using this file.
You use this software at your own risk.

Web site: http://www.maxtac.it
E-mail : maxtaccoli@tiscalinet.it