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FS2002 Convair CV-440 American Inter-Island
a "FREEWARE" file
This is a repaint of an odd chapter in the history of American Airlines. Upon the loss of an American Airlines 727 on the island of St. Thomas in the 70's, American decided not to offer anymore jet service to St Thomas until the airport was modernised and the runway lengthened. AA had to get it's customers to St Thomas somhow, and there were no restrictions on jet service to St Croix. AA commishoned five Convair 440's to provide service to St Thomas, connecting with the Jet Service into St Croix. For a few years American Inter-Island provided this link between the two islands. Passengers enjoyed the Convairliner for its roominess, and smooth ride. After the modernization of the St Thomas airport, AA allowed jet aircraft to once again operate into St Thomas. Thus so ended the service of American Inter-Island. Most of the 440's went to Air Resorts, and some still fly today.
Installation;
Unzip the file to a temp folder. Copy the "texture" folder, CV-440.AIR file and aircraft.cfg files to a previously installed Convair 440 package by Greg Pepper/Tom Gibson overwriting the existing files.
If you wish to keep the original aircraft, make a backup copy of the new paint scheme and use that folder for this package.
Steven J Mathis
Captain CV-240 and CV-580, Air Tahoma Inc
cptn747@dtccom.net
Convair, which is a contraction of Consoldated-Vultee Aircraft, was located in San Diego, California, and produced the B-24 Liberator and the B-36 Peacemaker, among other famous planes. The Convair-Liner project started with the CV-110 prototype,
but American convinced Convair to alter it into the CV-240. Convair wanted American's order for 50 aircraft, and took a large loss on the order which CR Smith eventually allowed to be reduced to allow Convair to sell the planes at a profit. Other US operators included Western, Pan Am, Continental, and Northeast. After the aborted negotiations with TWA and Eastern for a "Super 240", Convair realized that airlines were not going to accept their current offering, and
in response to a United inquiry, developed a plane very similar to the cancelled Super 240, and called it the CV-340. United took 55, and more US orders came from Braniff, Continental, Delta, Northeast, and National. The CV-340 earned an enviable reputation for reliability and profitability, and was also popular in South America. The final piston-powered development of the Convair-Liner was the CV-440 Metropolitan, which was 5 mph faster and quieter than the CV-340. Although a fine aircraft, most sales were made overseas, and especially in Europe. In the US, Continental, National, Braniff, Delta, and Eastern all had small fleets.
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Now the legal stuff:
COPYRIGHT 2003 BY TOM GIBSON, GREG PEPPER, ALAN JENNINGS, FSAVIATOR, AND STEVE MATHIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
REPAINTS: REPAINTS ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION, BUT WE PREFER THAT THEY ONLY BE UPLOADED TO TOTALLY FREE SITES - I.E. NO CHARGES OR SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR INCREASED ACCESS. HOWEVER, IF YOU REPAINT THE PLANE YOU MUST CREDIT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS IN YOUR TEXT FILE AND INCLUDE THIS TEXT FILE.
THIS AIRPLANE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHOR, AND CANNOT BE RE-SOLD OR PACKAGED WITH ANY PRODUCT FOR SALE, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS. THIS INCLUDES "FREE" CD COMPILATIONS WITH A CHARGE OF ANY KIND. THIS IS FREEWARE!!
YOU MAY NOT UPLOAD THIS PLANE TO ANY OTHER SERVER, IT MUST REMAIN ON THE ORIGINAL SERVER.
THIS FILE ARCHIVE OR ANY REPAINTS MUST NOT BE UPLOADED TO A SITE OR LOCATION THAT CLAIMS ANY SORT OF COPYRIGHT ON THE FILE; COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR. UPLOADING OF THIS FILE TO SUCH A SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS TO VIOLATE THESE TERMS BY THAT SITE.
THIS FILE ARCHIVE MUST REMAIN INTACT; YOU MAY NOT REMOVE OR UPLOAD PARTS OF THIS ARCHIVE. THIS ENTIRE TEXT FILE MUST BE INCLUDED IN ANY DISTRIBUTION.
THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR AS A RESULT OF USING THESE PRODUCTS. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF USE.
