Southwest Airlines Boeing 727-200 Adv
Aircraft repaint and Night Lighting Textures: Wes Archibald
EMAIL: NightFlyer@attbi.com

UPDATE 3/2003
This aircraft functions well with FS2002 Pro and strobe and navigation lighting effects
have been added. Aircraft functions include working flaps, rudders, speedbrakes, ailerons,
steerable nose wheel and smoke effects (keyboard command "i").
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ORIGINAL README
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PSA BOEING 727-100 **FSDS VERSION** FOR FS2000, 9/00
AFX and Paint by Kevin Trinkle, FFDS (trinkle@iflypsa.com)
FDE by Sam Chin (samchin1@yahoo.com)
Base textures by Kevin Trinkle, Michael Pickney, and Steve Kempf
Updated by: Gary Carlson

After the launch of the Boeing 707, Boeing engineers decided that airlines who bought the 707 would also buy a short to medium-range aircraft. This aircraft was to be Boeing's first in their "family" concept of Jetliners. While the 720 was produced, it was a derivative of a longer aircraft and not a true short-haul machine.

The 727 had three engines as a compromise - United wanted 4, Eastern wanted 3, and American wanted 2. Eastern did not want Rolls Royce engines on the aircraft, so Boeing went with the JT8-D series, helping to make it the most popular engine on a jetliner. Boeing built 1832 727s, with a majority being the stretched 727-200 series, launched by Northeast.

This 727 is an all-new visual model created using FSDS. It features full animation, a
24-sided fuselage, night lighting, and proper coloration. I designed it to replace
the older 727 models on my web pages.

The aircraft depicted in N970PS, PSA's first 727-14 aircraft, in delivery colors circa 1965. N970PS operated from 1965 through 1969 with PSA, and was traded in as partial payment on
PSA's first L-1011 order. It now operates with the Mexican Air Force.

ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT

The aircraft depicted is N561PE. Southwest leased two of these from Braniff (People's Express) and Texas International, from 1979 - 1981. They were used in service exclusively between Dallas and Houston. Most 727's that are still in existance are gradually being phased out, due to their high fuel consumption, and the installation of "hush" kits, to comply with federal noise guidelines that have been in place since December 31, 1999.
American, United, Delta, Northwest, Continental and TWA, still operate their newer 727-200's, but most of them will probably be retired to freight service within the next few years.

Southwest now exclusively operates a fleet consisting of over over 300 airplanes in 55 cities and has orders for more from Boeing extending into the next decade.


INSTALLATION:

1. Make sure you have "Use stored folders" turned on in your unzipping utility!

2. Unzip all of the files in this archive into your \FS2002\Aircraft directory.
If the archive unzips correctly, you will have a new "SWA 727 Adv" folder inside your \FS2002\Aircraft directory. This airplane will show up in your FS2000 menu as
"Southwest Airlines" under "Boeing 727-200". The 727 smoke effect file should go into the "effects" folder in the main FS2002 folder.

As packaged, this airplane is designed to use the default 737 panel from FS,
and the default sounds. This is to ensure compatibility with FS98 and FS2000. Note
that the textures on this airplane cannot be repainted using FSEdit in FS2000.


DISTRIBUTION:
This file is copyrighted FREEWARE.

THE FILES DISTRIBUTED HERE-IN ARE CREATED BY A THIRD PARTY. THE DESIGNERS HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH BOEING OR US AIRWAYS. THESE FILES DO NOT REPRESENT BOEING OR US AIRWAYS AND ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF EITHER COMPANY. ALL NAMES AND COLOR SCHEMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANY.

This file may not be uploaded to any archive where the archive owners claim copyright, i.e.
Compuserve's FSFORUM. This file may not be redistributed in any other way than this
original ZIP file - which means NOTHING may be added or removed. This includes BBS ads.

The FSC file is available for repaints at the Freeflight design shop. All repaints must credit all of the original authors.

This file may not be bundled with any other files without the author's written permission. This includes bundling with panels, sounds, and in airplane collections.

This file may be uploaded to any other public server, in its unaltered form, with the
exception of any site on the SurClaro.com domain, or any site run by AVSim. This file is only being uploaded to my personal site and SurClaro.

This file may not be uploaded anywhere where a per file fee is charged for download. It may not be sold on any disk or CD in any way, shape, or form, or bundled as part of a 'bonus pack' with any commercial software. This file may not be traded or placed on any restricted server.

No warrantees, implied or written, are offered with this software. The designers accept no responsibility for any damages caused by the installation and use of this software.

The FSC is available from the FREEFlight Design Shop, http://freeflightdesign.com/.
The PSA History Page is located at http://www.iflypsa.com/
Kevin's FS Pages are located at http://www.flightsimmers.net/flypsa/