Classic AI Airliners, GA, and Traffic

Classic AI Airliner Traffic for FS2004

Now over 1000 aircraft worldwide!

See below for classic GA and MATS Traffic!

By Tom Gibson and Mike Stevens

These files include a complete classic AI environment for FS2004 - just install the files and they will start flying their routes!  Includes accurate flights from vintage timetables for most of the world (coded by Tom Gibson, Jason Krogmann, Manuel Jagmann, Bill Towers, Nikko Yaginuma, Richard Wright, Frederick Coleman, Dave Jones, Paul Haak, Marty Lochmiller, Ake Lindberg, and Harland Sandberg. Richard Wright provided many timetable scans; Gary Harper provided some too. Other scans provided by timetableimages.com).  Also includes flights for the rest of the world from FSAviator's notes and other sources, adjusted to give an accurate mix of propliner flights at the rest of the world's airports. Mike Stevens painted over half of the planes himself and adapted most of the rest of the textures - thanks a lot!! Easy to install. AI aircraft include night lighting and airstairs. Timetable traffic typically has 3 digit (or fewer) flight numbers; accurate but not scheduled traffic (charter, freight, etc.) typically has 4 digit flight numbers. (Pictured: LAX in 1959.)

Updated on 1/17/10. Added many more schedules (for all three years) along with more liveries. See the Airline Lists in the Traffic file (#7) for details.

Warning! These files are highly compressed. If you install the Basic Package (files 1 through 7), it will require aproximately 1400 MB of disk space.

Red indicates new aircraft in the major update (1/17/10).

AI File One  Contains the Boeing B307 and B377, Martin 202 and 404, Douglas DC-3 and DC-4, and Aero 145 (14 MB).  Required Updated on 2/1/10!
AI File Two  Contains the Aviation Traders Carvair, Douglas DC-6, DC-6B, DC-7, and DC-7C, and Consolidated PBY (13 MB).  Required. Updated on 1/17/10!
AI File Three  Contains Lockheed Constellations (L-749, L-1049, L-1649A), turboprops (Lockheed L-188, Fokker/Fairchild F-27), Russian aircraft (Antonov An-2 and An-10, Lisunov Li-2, Ilyushin IL-14, IL-18, Tupelov TU-114) and the Curtiss C-46 (21 MB). Required. Updated on 1/17/10!
AI File Four Contains Convair-Liners (CV-240, CV-340, CV-440), British/Commonwealth aircraft (Vickers Viking, Percival Pembroke, Avro York, Scottish Twin Pioneer and Shorts Sandringham) and the Grumman Albatross and Goose (17 MB). Required. Updated on 2/1/10!
AI File Five Contains British/Commonwealth aircraft (Vickers Viscount and Vanguard, Canadair North Star and CL-44, Bristol B-170 and Britannia, DeHavilland Heron) Airspeed Ambassador, and the Handley Page Hermes (16 MB). Required. Updated on 2/1/10!
AI File Six Contains Boeing jets (707-120, -120B, -138, -138B, -320, -320B, 720, and 720B), Douglas DC-8 and DC-8-52, Convair 880 and 990, Sud Est Caravelle, DeHavilland Comet, and the Tupolev Tu-104 (20 MB). Required if you want to see jet aircraft. Updated on 2/1/10!

AI File Seven Contains the Traffic Files to provide the flights that the AI Aircraft will fly (15 MB). These files have been modified to use all the classic airports, including Denver Stapleton (XDEN) instead of Denver International, Hong Kong Kai Tak (VHHX) instead of Chek Lap Kok, Munich Riem instead of International, etc. Required. Updated on 1/17/10!

AI File Eight Contains AFCAD files that have backdated parking (the planes make a terminal turn), runway and taxiway markings, and other improvements. Certain airports also contain backdated airport layouts, and newer terminals and runways have been removed. Airports recently constructed have been removed from FS. These files are added to the CalClassic Core scenery layer to make them easy to turn on and off. These do not contain new terminal buildings or extra airport details often found in actual scenery packages. Required. Updated on 2/1/10!

AI File Nine Contains AI Sound Effects. These effects will provide the tire "chirp" upon touchdown and also play a reverse thrust sound for those aircraft that had reverse. It also contains the standard AI idle sounds that I use for my classic propliner AI, in case you would like to try them. Optional. Updated on 1/17/10!

AI File Ten If you want the turboprops and jets to smoke a bit, you also need to download and install Nick's AI Jet Exhaust package. You only need to install the effects files into the FS Effects folder; you do not need to install the gauge in this case. Optional. Updated on 1/17/10!

AI File Eleven Contains Editvoicepack import files from Mike Stevens and myself, to give you virtually all the phrases required for all the new liveries and planes! (0.25 MB)  Warning!  The file changes the name of the KSAC airport to Sacramento (from Executive), KJFK to Idlewild (from Kennedy), etc.   Do not import these airports if you don't want this to happen.  You need to download and install EditVoicePack 3 first before you can import the phrases (File/Import).  Make sure you do the web update too to get all the phrases. Optional. Updated on 2/1/10!

AI File Twelve Contains Miscellaneous AI Aircraft never or only rarely used in the supplied Traffic Files (VC-118, CV-580/600/640)(0.5 MB). Not Needed. Last updated on 8/4/09.

Note: If the frame rates drop at night (but not during the day) to a point that is a problem, here is a Nightmap Removal Tool that will remove all the night maps from any folders that are moved into it's folder. You need to know how to move folders from place to place in Windows Explorer/My Computer.

Aircraft Included:

I have not identified all of the painters of some of these schemes - please let me know if you painted anything not credited.  The credits for the original planes are in the plane's folders - I have made significant changes/improvements to almost all of them. The credits for the liveries are in each of the texture folders. Red indicates new aircraft/liveries in the last major release.

1) Original aircraft by Tom Gibson and Harry Follas
2) Original aircraft and paint by Dave McQueen and Rui Cristina.
3) Original aircraft by Tom Gibson, Dee Waldron, and Dave McQueen
4) Original aircraft by Dave McQueen, modified by Tom Gibson
5) Original aircraft by George Hauzenberger; textures used by permission.
6) Original Aircraft by Tom Gibson and Rob Bennis
7) Original Aircraft by JAI, used with permission. Base textures by Jan Visser and Mark Beaumont, used with permission.
8) Original Aircraft by George A. Vega, adapted for Mike Stone's texture map by Tom Gibson, textures used by permission of Mike Stone and Tony Madge.
9) Aircraft by Mehlin Rainer
10) Original Aircraft by Kevin Trinkle
11) Aircraft by Tom Gibson
12) Aircraft by Pavel Hvatkin.
13)  Original aircraft by Frank Safranek, Kevin Trinkle, Dee Waldron, and Tom Gibson
14)  The CV-580, 600, and 640 not included in the AI traffic.  Included here for those who may wish to use them.
15)  Painted in 1974 Texas International paint by Sheppard Avery.
16) Original aircraft by Tom Gibson, Dee Waldron, Frank Safranek, Harry Follas, and Dave McQueen
17) Original aircraft by Bill Lyons, used with permission
18) Aircraft by Dimitri Samborski , painted by Dimitri Samborski and Andrei Maslov
19) Aircraft by Tim Conrad
20) Aircraft by Dee Waldron
21) Original aircraft by Dee Waldon, modified by Tom Gibson
22) Convair 880 by Dee Waldron, converted to 990 by Tom Gibson
23) Aircraft by Anton Nikolaev, Dmitry Dobronravin
24) Original aircraft by Rick Piper, converted to AI by Tom Gibson
25) Aircraft by John Walton
26) Aircraft by Mike Cronin
27) Includes takeoff flap settings.
28) Aircraft by Mike Stone, used with permission
29) Aircraft by Manfred Jahn
30) Aircraft by Jens Kristensen

Optional AI L-1649A Starliner

Manfred Jahn has taken his wonderful flyable Starliner and created an AI version! While it is not as easy on the frame rate as the one included in the package above, it is not too hard on them either.

If you wish to use this Starliner instead, install the AI traffic package (above) first, then install Manfred's AI Starliner, and then install this conversion file that will replace the default Starliners (passenger versions only) with Manfred's.

Classic GA Traffic for FS2004

Noel Sivertson has created GA traffic for over 200 California airports! He also has a plane doing touch and goes at most airports. We have also included a default GA traffic file for the rest of the world, using the classic GA aircraft. His file uses detailed GMAX aircraft from Milton and others, and may be hard on frame rates in crowded areas (like LA) unless you have a powerful computer. Thus I have modified his file to use more frame rate friendly classic GA aircraft (but there is less variety). Please note that the aircraft themselves are not included - they are to be downloaded separately. Filenames and download locations are given to make this easy, along with a few AI modifications (included). (While flightsim.com is often listed, most of these planes are also available at AVSIM).

Updated on 10/15/08 to remove almost all GA traffic from the Soviet Bloc, China, and other communist countries.

Classic GA Traffic using detailed aircraft (5 MB) Updated on 10/15/08.
Classic GA Traffic using frame rate friendly aircraft (5 MB) Updated on 10/15/08.

Classic Seaplane Traffic also available! Noel has also created scenery and traffic for 11 Northern California Seaplane bases! Last updated on 10/5/08.

Classic Helicopter Airline Traffic for FS2004

Back in the classic era, several airlines utilizing helicopters were in operation, and Sabena had a helicopter operation of their own. This has now been recreated for FS! Designed to be used with the AI Propliner Traffic packages (above) and the CA59/62 scenery (from the Scenery page), this package will add helicopter traffic to your 1957, 1959, and 1962 AI traffic. Seen above is LAX in 1962, with LA Airways Sikorsky S-61's lined up for their morning departures to Disneyland and other heliports. Jason Krogmann coded some of the schedules, and I did the rest.

Harry Biard has also created the incredibly detailed Sabena heliports - you'll want to see every one of them!

Airlines included:

LA Airways (S-55 in 1957 and 59, S-61 in 1962)
SFO Airlines (S-62 in 1962 only)
Chicago Helicopter Airways (S-58)
New York Airways (V-44 in 1957 and 59, V-107 in 1962)
Sabena (S-58)

Sikorsky S-55 by Marinha do Brasil - Project FAB Veteranos, LA Airways livery by Randy Cain
Sikorsky S-58 by Paul Bradshaw, Chicago Airways livery by Randy Cain, Sabena livery by Joop van Dijk
Sikorsky S-61 by Dave Hardcastle, LA Airways livery by Heather Sherman
Sikorsky S-62 by Nate Rosenstrauch, SFO Airways livery by Tom Gibson
Piasecki V-44 (H-21C) and NY Airways livery by Mick Posch
Vertol 107 by Rory Kelly, NY Airways livery by Randy Cain

Classic MATS Military Traffic for FS2004

Seen above is the lineup at Hickam Field, Honolulu Hawaii - two C-124 Globemasters, a C-97 Stratofreighter, and a big C-133 "Weenie Wagon"!

Now Version 2! More liveries, and better scheduling of the traffic. Improvements by Mike Stevens.

This package by Mike Stevens and myself will do two things - add military parking to many of the MATS bases around the world, and add classic AI traffic to those bases. Note that this will NOT add military traffic other than MATS (Military Air Transport Service) aircraft (i.e. no fighters or bombers). The aircraft included are listed below. You will need to download and install the DEW Line scenery from my Scenery page to see traffic in the far north. You should also import the latest EVP file above (#9) to get the "Air Force" called out. 4.5 MB. Last updated on 8/4/09.

C-46: Original aircraft by Dave McQueen
C-47: Original Aircraft by John Kelley, Marcel Ritzema and Alexander Schmidt
C-54: Original aircraft by Tom Gibson and Harry Follas
C-97: Original aircraft by Dave McQueen and Rui Cristina, improvements by Dee Waldron.
C-118A: Original aircraft by Tom Gibson and Harry Follas
C-121A: Original aircraft by Dave McQueen, modified by Tom Gibson
C-121C: Original aircraft by Dave McQueen, modified by Tom Gibson
C-124: Original aircraft by FS-Berlin
C-131: Original aircraft by Tom Gibson, Dee Waldron, and Dave McQueen
C-133: Original aircraft by Mike Stone
VC-137: Original aircraft by Dee Waldron, modified by Tom Gibson

Classic AI for FS2002

Note: some of these files are designed for users that are familiar with the tools required by these files.  These are not designed to be used by beginners.  Files for users not comfortable with these programs are so indicated.  You will be able to have everything except the new spoken airline voices.  New animated versions now available!

AI Propliners

1) Original aircraft by Tom Gibson and Harry Follas
2) Original aircraft by Dave McQueen and Rui Cristina
3) Original aircraft by Tom Gibson and Dave McQueen
4) Original aircraft by Dave McQueen
5) Original L1049 by Dave McQueen, Braniff painted by Rudy Stubbs and Kristopher Crook
6) Original Aircraft by Tom Gibson and Rob Bennis
7) North Central painted by Jody Gregg
8) Braniff painted by Kristopher Crook
9) Northeast painted by Guy Caron
10) Eastern painted by Rich Boehringer
11) Original Aircraft by Kevin Trinkle
12) TWA painted by Dave McQueen and Kristopher Crook
13)  American and Braniff painted by Mike Stevens, Northwest painted by Kevin Trinkle and Mike Stevens

I have modified all these airliners for AI use.   They are frame rate friendly, and now feature animated gear, flaps, props, and wheels.  These AI airliners are designed for use with my 1959 CA traffic (below), my 1959 flight plans, or a flightplan editor.  However, you may also just replace the default AI airliners, if you wish.  These are simple to install - anyone who has installed a plane can do it.  They will not show up in the Select Aircraft menu; they are for AI use only.

Each airline's aircraft is set to a different radius, so that if you set that airline's gate's radius (with AFCAD) just slightly larger, then the plane will park there preferentially.

You can set the radius of your aircraft using AI Traffic Mover, available from AVSIM.

Example:
United aircraft are set with a radius of  24 meters.  If you set the United gates at an airport at 79 feet, the United planes will park there.

Airline(s)	Aircraft Radius	Parking Radius
	meters	feet
Pacific, Bonanza, and West Coast	19	63
Continental	20	66
PSA	21	69
Western	22	73
American	23	76
United	24	79
TWA	25	83
BOAC, Japan,Mexicana,SAS, Pan American	26	86

California 1959 AI Traffic and Flight Plans

These are based on real flights taken from vintage timetables and represent over 90% of the traffic to, from and within California (including international flights), although most flights with a stop in California include all other stops, wherever they may be.  There are only default flight plans for the rest of the world, although they will be flown by propliners.  These plans will work best with my CA59 scenery and AFD files, although they are not required.  These plans include the overlay airports 2LAX and 2SFO which allows 2 runways in operation, and you should either use my CA59 AFD/AFCAD files to include them, or you should change these back to KLAX and KSFO using search and replace (flight plan files only).

You can switch between default (modern) and 1959 flight plans by switching traffic.bgl file files in Explorer and restarting FS.

Replacement traffic file.  This file will replace all of your AI flights with accurate California flights, and has default flights in the rest of the USA (flown by propliners); there are few flights in the rest of the world (to keep file size down).  You can use this while flying in the US, and then switch files when you want to fly in the rest of the world.   This file is simple to install, and will automatically use the AI propliners listed above; you will need to install all of them..  Note:  the default plans are not necessarily flown by the correct aircraft, but the aircraft have been generally localized to the correct regions.  (2.3 MB)

Plans designed to replace the default flight plans.  These replace the flights in, to, and from California, and use the default flight plans in other parts of the world (but with propliners doing the flights).  You will need to install all the AI Propliners available above.  Note:  the default plans are not necessarily flown by the correct aircraft, but the aircraft have been generally localized to the correct regions..  (800K)

Plans designed to be added to your custom flight plans.  These are only the plans in, to, and from California.  You will need to provide plans for the rest of the world.  (50K)

AFCAD Taxiway fixes for CA59 for FS2002

Here are my AFCAD files that will alter the taxiway patterns, gates, runways, and other features to make them compatible with my CA59 scenery for FS2002 (above).  KSFO and KLAX feature two runways in operation!  The gate radii have already been set for the correct airline parking (see table above).   You can use either one; you shouldn't use both.

AFD Files.  These are ready to use AFD files; you can just rename the corresponding default files and then copy these files into the folder.  These files are simple to install; you do not need AFCAD for this.  Use these if you have made no changes to your AFD files in the Western US using AFCAD. (550K)

Import Files.  You will need to import them using AFCAD 1.2 (available at AVSIM).  These should be used if you have altered other airports in California using AFCAD.  (80K)

Classic AI WAV Files   (780K)

These files are designed to be used to create a new GVP file using the MS VoicePack SDK (available from the MS web site) and the GVP Decompiler (available at AVSIM).  You will need to know how to decompile and compile a GVP file.

Changes:

1. Adds Southwest, Western, Pacific, West Coast, Air West, Bonanza, Braniff, Piedmont, Trans Texas, Canadian Pacific, Trans Canada, Central, Lake Central, North Central, National, Southern, Frontier, Capital, Mohawk, Northeast, and PSA to the airline voices.
2. Fixes many of the errors in the original GVP file.
3. Quiets the background chatter.
4. Adds Visalia, Marysville, and Wake Island to the airport voices.
5. Allows my 2SFO and 2LAX AFD overlays to be called by their proper names.
6. Changes a few CA airport names to their older equivalent.
7. Removes the female voices not typical in the 50's and 60's.

FSTraffic Propliners for FS2000 and FS98

I have prepared a few aircraft for your FST propliner fleet.  These feature transparent prop circles.  Enjoy!

American CV-240
Western CV-240
United CV-340
California Central M202
Pacific M404
Pacific F-27
West Coast F-27
American DC-6B
United DC-6B
Western DC-6B
PSA L-188 Electra
Western L-188 Electra

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Static Propliners

FS98, FS2000, FS2002, or FS2004 Static Planes

Just download M98 to BGL, a program that let's you put your favorite FS98/FS2000 plane(s) at any airport.  Watch your frame rate if you add too many! A tutorial is also available.