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Douglas DC-3 "Dakota"
Continental Airlines

A fully reworked FS2000/FS98 version of the most successfull
Passenger and Transport plane in the world

Reworked for FS2000 and painted by Tom Gibson
tgibson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

Previous FS98 model by Marcel Ritzema and Alexander Schmidt
Previous FS5 version by John Kelley

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This Continental DC-3 is flying today. Continental is using it for company
functions and advertising. Enjoy!

General Specifications: (FS airspeed indicator is calibrated in KNOTS!)

Cruising Speed: 180 mph (157 knots)
Maximum Speed (Vne): 223 mph (194 knots)
Stall Speed (clean): 70 knots
Stall Speed (full flaps): 60 knots

Range: 1000 miles

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Now the legal stuff:

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 IS FREEWARE!!

YOU MAY UPLOAD THIS PLANE TO ANY OTHER SERVER THAT HAS A FREE
DISTRIBUTION POLICY. IF THIS PLANE IS UPLOADED TO RESTRICTED
SERVERS (I.E. COMPUSERVE FSFORUM)(NOT THE AUTHOR'S INTENTION),
IT MAY BE DOWNLOADED AND UPLOADED TO OTHER SERVERS. THIS
NOTICE CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORS PERMISSION TO DO THIS.

THIS ENTIRE TEXT FILE MUST BE INCLUDED IN ANY DISTRIBUTION.

THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU MIGHT
INCUR AS A RESULT OF USING THESE PRODUCTS. YOU ASSUME THE RISK
OF USE.
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Original text of Marcel Ritzema and Alexander Schmidt:

It took four months to almost completely redesign John Kelley's original
model of the Dakota. The whole fuselage and cockpit are redesigned and are
now 12 sided. The wings are also reworked wings, further new - 3D - elevators,
rudder and ailerons are added. Also the engines and propellers are revised.

Many other parts - like intakes, cooler etc. - were replaced by 3D objects as well.

Due to the new tools AF-99 and Aircraft Animator, this DC-3 Dakota now
brings you the following features:

* moving ailerons, elevators, rudder, flaps and gear
* rotating and textured Props
* working cowling-flaps (use the spoiler key "/" to open/close them)

With all this goodies included, the Aircraft consists of over 900 Parts, the
animation eventually "ate" the rest of the possible filesize of the so
called model-file, which is "filled" now up to its limit. Including more
parts or some more cute animation is not possible due to FS98's internal
limits.

If you are interested in more details about the DC-3, we recommend to visit:

http://simflight.com/dc3/dc3fltsim/dc3fltsim.htm

Also we would like to recommend the beautiful DC-3 panel by Bill Rambow,
which you can find on any major flightsim site.

Now, have fun flying...

INSTALLATION:
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FS98/FS2000
1. Unzip this files to a temporary folder and...
2. copy the directory/folder "DC3-XXXX" to your fs98\aircraft folder

REMARKS:
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1. These files are for free use and enjoyment of all MSFS fans and can
be distributed free of charge to any BBS or FTP provided all files that
come with it are present in their original form and no money is made with it.

2. The files must not be altered and / or incorporated into other
shareware or freeware programs or published on any electronic or mechanic
media anywhere in the world without our written permission, except like
stated at remark 1.

THESE FILES ARE COPYRIGHTED.


DISCLAIMER:
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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.

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Alexander Schmidt
E-Mail : Alex_Design@inetmail.de

Marcel Ritzema
E-mail : mgritz@wxs.nl
Homepage : http://home.wxs.nl/~mgritz/index.htm
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