FS2004 North American P-51D Mustang "Moose/Candyman"
Who don't knows the Mustang?
It was the best land-based fighter of the war, and after the war, every country and many particulars had at least one. Even today, you can find Mustangs in flying condition in many airports of the world.
The first aircraft in what was to become The Fighter Collection was this North American Mustang and was acquired in April 1980. This aircraft was delivered to the US Army Air Force in England in 1945. In 1947 it was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force at Suffield, Alberta, where it flew until 1957. The plane passed through two civil owners in California and was flown over the Atlantic to England later. Up to this time it had a bright red color scheme with white trim and the name CANDYMAN on the nose and fuselage. In the mid-1970s the P-51 was repainted in an authentic war colour scheme as flown by the 362nd Fighter Squadron, to which the plane originally was supplied. It continues to carry the name CANDYMAN on the starboard nose cowl. On the port side the name of the original is worn, this being "MOOSE", after Lt. "Moose" Becroft who flew her during 1944. In 1985 the plane went on to star in the films "Empire of the Sun" and "Memphis Belle".
In 1989, after filming in Memphis Belle, the aircraft was given a complete overhaul by The Fighter Collection at Duxford. The airframe was remarkably free of corrosion and damage, but a full strip down and component overhaul was undertaken. An overhauled original flying panel was installed. The rear fuel tank in the fuselage has been removed and a wartime style modification made to fit a dickey seat. This mod in 1944 allowed Eisenhower to survey the D-day beaches from the back of a Mustang. A special 1720hp Merlin engine now powers the aircraft. The plane was sold to "The Old Flying Machine Company" in 1999 and renamed "Ferocious Frankie".
I was expecting to find many repaints of Candyman for FS2004, or at least, for FS2002. I couldn't. I only found a FS5 one from 1997. So, enjoy and try to fly in formation with the "Menphis Belle"!
This is a Paint Kit By the Digital Aircraft Team. Aircraft Originally Designed by Andrew C Wai, repainted by Alejandro Hurtado
I have made another Mustang repaints, one of them a black and red plane with the serial number N5420V. I received an email from T J Johansen, from Oslo, Noruega. He asked me why I said that N5420V was actually in flying state, and I answered that I was using the information I obtained in internet. He wrote me this:
Unfortunately the photo of N5420V at the airshow in 2002 is
mislabeled. It is actually the CAF's 44-73264 N5428V
"Gunfighter II". This serial is also somewhat wrong as the
fuselage of that plane is in reality 44-73273. N5420V is no
more than paperwork with the Coutches family today. They sold
several 51s to Cavalier in the 1960's which were reduced to
spares by them. Coutches kept the identity which can be
assigned to another plane later on. The canopy of N5420V is
laying in the attic of a friends hangar in California!
Well, I'm sad to know that there is another P-51 less in the world. And the lesson from this is that you can't trust in some information until you checked it from two or three independend sources.
My previus repaints are:
For Fs2002 only:
b190ah6: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express
b190ah7: Beech 1900D from the canarian island's Air Atlantic
b737ah8: American Airlines Astrojet, a 2001 plane painted like the 60´s
b737ah12: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration.
c235ah13: The CN-235 was used by the spanish line Binter Mediterraneo
d328ah15: The two Do-328 (prop) of Welcome Air
d328ah16: Air Engiadina was the launching client of the DO-328
For FS2002, in Fs2004 the night cockpit lightning doesnt looks well from outside:
b727ah1: Green and yellow Braniff's 727
b727ah2: 727 flow by Viasa when was bought by Iberia
b727ah3: Braniff 727 painted by Alexander Calder
b727ah4: One of the first 727 flow by Kulula.com
b727ah11: Alaska Airlines 727 leased to the Seattle NFL Team Seahawks
I Dont know how it works in Fs2004:
Ju52mlka: Ju-52 owned by Milka chocolats company, in flying state
tornah10: Tornado in 2001 Tiger Meet painting
For FS2004 and FS2002:
md11ah5: MD-11F from Eva Air Cargo
l1011ah9: Two L1011 leased by Iberia
d328ah14: The only Do-328JET of Welcome Air
atr4ah17: Two of the ATR-42 owneds by Lai, a venezuelan company
pby5ah18: A water bomber PBY Catalina, the Canso 71 was used in Spain
pby5ah19: A water bomber PBY Catalina, in red painting from Spain.
b727ah20: 727 flow by Singapore Airlines
d328ah21: DO-328 (prop) Welcome Air, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff 727
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff's 727.
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
d328ah27: Do-328 prop of Air Engiadina, upgraded for FS2004
p51dah28: P-51D Cripes a'Mighty 3rd, a beautifull warbird
b757ah29: Three liverys of the same B757 from LTE to Volar Airlines
b727ah30: Viasa's 727 with Iberia-like colors, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah31: Do 328 flow by VIP Airlines.
b737ah32: Rutaca's 737 in the colors of the Vinotinto Football Club
p51dah33: The only venezuelan P-51D
b727ah34: Red Braniff 727
a320ah35: A320 when LTE was renamed as Volar Airlines
b737ah36: American Airlines Astrojet, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah37: 727 charter flow by Amerijet
b757ah38: 757 Prestige, the biggest spanish private plane
p51dah39: Two P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah40: Another P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah41: P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
p51dah42: Another P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
d328ah43: Do 328-110 from Swisswings
met3ah44: Metro 3 Air Catalunya, a spanish charter company
met3ah45: Three Metro 3 operateds by Key Lime Air
p51bah46: A civilian P-51D in black and red colors.
b737ah47: The famous spanish 737 from Air Europa with Martini stickers
crvlah48: Two Finnair's Caravelle.
b737ah49: two 737-200 owned by the venezuelan company Avior.
crvlah50: Two Caravelles from the spanish line Hispania
Fixes:
fix01ah: Fixes the bottom color of b727ah24
fix02ah: Improves the flight dinamics of b757ah29 and b757ah38
Warranty:
I love the warranty wrote by Andrew W. Hall:
"None. Zip. Nada. Use at your own risk. I dont think
this will harm your computer in any way, but if it does, I
dont even want to hear about it."
A last remark: Why don't become a repainter? There are a lot of planes with special markings. I'm tired of the usual F-16 low-vis scheme, or the usual 757 in Delta markings. Why don't a "Bat's outa Hell's" B-25 or a serie of Qantas 737s? The plane modelers like Andrew C Wai are very important, but they can't make all the painting schemes by himselfs. So why don't help him and his friends?
INSTALLATION:
Just unzip p51dah51.zip in your "Aircraft" folder of FS2002, FS2004 or FS9 (make sure "use folder names" is checked) and copy the gauges folder content in the correspondent one.
