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(AP.6.6a) - FOR FS2004 - NEW FSDS2 Version
dc44paa.zip
Douglas DC-4 (ex C-54G), Pan American World Airways, Clipper Berlin, early livery
registration N88944.
FOR FS2004
With FS Design Studio Version 2.20 complete reworked and improved model. Features full animated moving-parts with rolling wheels, suspension, steerable nose gear...
Little improvements like folding landing lights, thinner antenna cable, better transparent prop disks, improved brake chocks, co-pilot with rotatable head, the holes in the virtual cockpit were removed and so on...
To open the door please use the "main door" key ("shift + e"). If you want to turn the head of the copilot, move the rudder. Please note that the pilot appears in the cockpit if the Nav lights are switched on.
Remarks for using previous textures:
FS2002: All of our previous C-54/DC-4 textures will work on this new C-54/DC-4 version in FS2002 but you should complete the texture folder of the older repaints with the following bmp's: cockpit_LM.bmp, Engine_parts.bmp, vc.bmp and vc_LM.bmp (copy them from "texture.2ala" folder into the other texture folder and overwrite...). By the way, all new liveries can be used at the older model versions.
FS2004: Unfortunately, we had to notice that there are some unexpected problems with transparent textures in FS2004 (wing_bottom.bmp). Sometimes quite black areas appear transparent. Therefore some previous textures with black areas must be modified for FS2004. You should try to use your favorite liveries in FS2004 and if there are transparent areas you should change the black areas into a little brighter black.
Remarks for the new FS2004 textures:
Please note: All FS2004 texture sets of previous FS2002 textures are little modified.
They don't have transparency problems in FS2004 and the cabin windows are rounded
a little finer. Such little improved texture sets are recognizable at the number 2 in the title line (for example "texture.2sas"...).
Because of the mentioned problems with transparencies in FS2004 we want to improve
existing repaints of most important liveries.
- Brian Horsey whose flightdynamic was a fantastic base for our flightmodel,
- Wolfram Beckert who testet and fundamentally improved the flightdynamic,
- Guenter Kirschstein who revised the FDE for FS2004,
- Michael Vader, James Underwood and Dave Haskell for their excellent DC-4 panels,
- Dale DeLuca, who made a lot of very nice repaints of classic liveries for our C-54/DC-4 and who beta-tested this FSDS2 version,
- Ulf Nordin from FS Lulea-Kallax who provided us with a lot of webspace and who beta-tested this FSDS2 version.
- Dieter Ramthun (of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation), who helped us to answer some questions on technical details of the C-54.
THIS AIRCRAFT IS FREEWARE.
DO NOT SELL, CD-BUNDLE OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS FILE SEEKING MONETARY PROFITS.
YOU MAY REPAINT OR MODIFY THIS MODEL AND UPLOAD IT TO ANY FREE INTERNET SITE AS LONG AS
ARIK HOHMEYER AND FS-DESIGN BERLIN ARE CREDITED FOR THE ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT MODEL.
IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY PARTS OF THIS MODEL/FOLDER FOR ANOTHER PROJECT/MODEL - for
example paintings/ textures - IT SHOULD BE NATURAL THAT YOU GIVE US CREDIT, TOO (also if you continue to work on these parts).
Note:
Naturally, nobody can guarantee that these data will function properly and that no problems will occur along with installation and usage. We ourselves have no problems at all running this aircraft on our system.
We hope you like this aircraft. If you don't, then simply delete it. It was free!
From 1945 to 1963 Pan American had 88 C-54/DC-4's in use. From 1948 to the beginning of the sixties Pan American used circa 13 C-54/DC-4's also to Berlin-Tempelhof Central Airport.
N88944 was in use by Pan Am from 1947 to 1954 and was the first DC-4 of Pan Am named "Clipper Berlin". For several months it was operated by Pan Am from Berlin-Tempelhof Central Airport on the routes to Western Germany.
The Douglas C-54/DC-4 was developed under the darkening clouds of World War 2,
and upon USA's entry into the war all DC-4s then on the production line
were requisitioned for the US military. The result was that the 1st DC-4
off the production line flew in 1942 wearing olive drab camoflage as the
C-54 Skymaster.The C-54 admirably fitted into the USAAF's long range
transport role and 1162 were built through the war years.
Post war many surplus C-54s were available for airliner conversion. The
type initially formed the mainstay of most long haul passenger carriers.
An additional 78 additional DC-4s were produced by Douglas to new orders.
Eventually the type was replaced by faster, pressurised DC-6s and
Constellations. DC-4s eventually filtered down to third level operators
and freight operators.
Notable developments of the DC-4 include Aviation Trader's much modified
Carvair freighter while Canadair built a number with RollsRoyce Merlin
engines and pressurised fuselages. The DC-4 also formed the basis for the
larger DC-6 and DC-7. The C-54/DC-4 was the first airliner to introduce a
circular section, constant diameter fuselage which made stretching the basic
aircraft relatively simple).
The C-54 was the workhorse of the Berlin Airlift 1948-49. More than 240 C-54
of the U.S. forces came here to use.
Powerplants:
Four 1080kW (1450shp) Pratt & Whitney R20002SDBG Twin Wasp 14 cylinder twin row
radial piston engines driving three blade constant speed propellers.
Performance:
Max speed 451km/h (244kt), cruising speed 365km/h (197kt).
Service ceiling 22,300ft. Range with a 5200kg (11,440lb) payload 4023km (2172nm).
Weights:
Empty 19,460kg (43,300lb), max takeoff 33,112kg (73,000lb).
Production:
Total DC-4 production comprised one DC-4E, 78 commercial DC-4s, 1162 military
C54 Skymasters and 42 Canadair developed Merlin powered derivatives. Almost 80
remain in commercial service, most as freighters.
DOUGLAS C-124 C GLOBEMASTER (AP.1.2) - NEW FSDS2 VERSION - FS2002 (FS2004)
- (AP 1.2a) Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II, Utah Air Guard, 02.03, FS2002 (FS2004)
- (AP 1.2b) Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II, MATS 1950's livery, 06.03, FS2002 (FS2004)
- (AP 4a3) Avro 685 York, Skyways of London, 06.02, FS2002
- (AP 4b) Avro 685 York, BOAC, 03.02, FS2002
- (AP 4c) Avro 685 York, Dan-Air London, 06.02, FS2002
- (AP 4d) Avro York, Royal Air Force, 11.02, FS2002
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DOUGLAS C-54 Skymaster (AP.6.1) - FS2002
- (AP 6.1a) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, USAF, Troop Carrier, 05.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.1b) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, USAF, Troop Carrier "Candy Bomber / Rosinen Bomber", 05.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.1c) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, 05.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.1d) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Transocean Air Lines, 05.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.1e) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, USAF, MATS Pacific Division, 06.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.1f) Douglas C-54 Skymaster, FS-Design Berlin, 07.02, FS2002
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DOUGLAS DC-4 (AP.6.2) - FS2002
- (AP 6.2a) Douglas DC-4, American Overseas Airlines, 07.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2b) Douglas DC-4, Delta Airlines, 07.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2c) Douglas DC-4, Trans World Airways, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2d) Douglas DC-4, Seaboard & Western, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2e) Douglas DC-4, Air France, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2f) Douglas DC-4, Swiss Air Lines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2g) Douglas DC-4, Capital Airlines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2h) Douglas DC-4, United Airlines, 08.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2i) Douglas DC-4, South African Airways, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2j) Douglas DC-4, Northwest Airlines, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2k) Douglas DC-4, Qantas, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2l) Douglas DC-4, UAT, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2m) Douglas DC-4, SAS, 09.02, FS2002 - this model is offered only on
FS Lulea-Kallax http://hem.bredband.net/b100379/fs%20Kallax.htm
- (AP 6.2n) Douglas DC-4, BOAC, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2o) Douglas DC-4, Western Airlines, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2p) Douglas DC-4, KLM, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2q) Douglas DC-4, TACA, 09.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2r) Douglas DC-4, Eastern Air Lines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2s) Douglas DC-4, Japan Air Lines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2t) Douglas DC-4, Invicta Airlines, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2u) Douglas DC-4, Pan American World Airways, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2v) Douglas DC-4, Sabena, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2w) Douglas DC-4, TAI, 10.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2x) Douglas DC-4, Braathens SAFE, 10.02, FS2002- this model is offered only on
FS Lulea-Kallax http://hem.bredband.net/b100379/fs%20Kallax.htm
- (AP 6.2y) Douglas DC-4, Icelandic, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2z) Douglas DC-4, World Airways, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aa)Douglas DC-4, Air Afrique, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ab)Douglas DC-4, British Eagle, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ac)Douglas DC-4, North American Airlines, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ad)Douglas DC-4, Aerolineas Argentinas, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ae)Douglas DC-4, American Airlines, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2af)Douglas DC-4, Philippine Air Lines, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ag)Douglas DC-4, Olympic Airways, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ah)Douglas DC-4, Iberia, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ai)Douglas DC-4, Braniff Airways, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2aj)Douglas DC-4, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ak)Douglas DC-4, Air Ferry, 01.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2al)Douglas DC-4, National Airlines, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2am)Douglas DC-4, Cathay Pacific Airways, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2an)Douglas DC-4, Air Viet Nam, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ao)Douglas DC-4, CGTA-Air Algerie, 02.03, FS2003
- (AP 6.2ap)Douglas DC-4, United Air Lines, 02.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aq)Douglas DC-4, Cathay Pacific Airways, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ar)Douglas DC-4, Lan Chile, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2as)Douglas DC-4, Starways, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2at)Douglas DC-4, Air Zaire, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2au)Douglas DC-4, VASP, 03.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2av)Douglas DC-4, LTU, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2aw)Douglas DC-4, Northeast Airlines, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ax)Douglas DC-4, Royal Air Lao, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ay)Douglas DC-4, Balair, 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2az)Douglas DC-4, Sabena (40's), 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2ba)Douglas DC-4, Aviaco, 06.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bb)Douglas DC-4, Transocean, 07.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bc)Douglas DC-4, Dan-Air London, 07.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2bd)Douglas DC-4, Faucett, 08.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.2be)Douglas DC-4, Satena, 09.03, FS2002
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DOUGLAS DC-4 Freighter (AP.6.3) - FS2002
- (AP 6.3a) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Lufthansa, 11.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.3b) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei, 12.02, FS2002
- (AP 6.3c) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Brooks Fuel, 01.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3d) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Ace Freighters, 02.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3e) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Ansett, 04.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3f) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Aer Turas, 05.03, FS2002
- (AP 6.3g) Douglas DC-4 Freighter, Transportflug, 06.03, FS2002
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