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 FS2004 F-27

Connect Air
       
Textures Only

Version 3  12/2014
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The latest and many other aircraft are available from the CalClassic Propliner Page:
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Painted by Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim

NOTE: This package contains the textures only - you MUST have the Cal Classic F-27A Base Pack installed to fly this plane!
NOTE: This Base Pack must be dated later than November 2014!

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Installation:

You must have installed an F-27 Base Pack dated later than November 2014!

1.  Double click this file archive to open it.  You will find this text file and a file called Setup.exe.

2.  Double click the Setup.exe file to start the installation.  Press the Run button at the warning screen.  If it doesn't find your main FS2004 folder automatically, press the ... button and browse to it.

3.  If you are using the F-27 aircraft.cfg file from the F-27A Base Pack's All CC Liveries folder, you are finished.  If you are using the default aircraft.cfg file, continue the instructions below.

4.  If you don't know how to edit text files, see the bottom of this section.  Copy the following section into the Base Pack's aircraft.cfg file, at the end of the existing livery sections:

[fltsim.1]
title=F-27A Connect Air
sim=f27A
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=ConnectAir
kb_checklists=F27A_check
kb_reference=F27A_ref
ui_manufacturer=Fairchild
ui_type=F-27A
ui_variation=Connect Air
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=N1823L
atc_airline=Connect Air
atc_flight_number=634
prop_anim_ratio=0.9

5.  You will need to re-number the fltsim line of your new livery.  They should be listed in numerical order.  If the last fltsim entry is [fltsim.0], your livery's entry should be [fltsim.1].  If it is [fltsim.5], renumber yours to [fltsim.6].  If it is a different number, renumber your livery's fltsim line to one higher than that.

After installation of all the files, start FS2004 and the plane will appear in the Select Aircraft menu.


NOTE:  If you do not know how to open and edit a cfg file, here are instructions:

a.  In the Base Pack plane's folder, if you only see a file called aircraft with a type of CFG (when viewing the folder using My Computer or Windows Explorer), choose Tools/Folder Options from the menu, click the View tab, and uncheck the box "Hide Extensions for known file types".  Click OK.

b.  Double click the aircraft.cfg file in My Computer or Windows Explorer to open it.  If it asks what program you want to use to open this file, choose Wordpad from the list.  Notepad is also acceptable.

c.  To select a line for copying, drag the mouse across the line, from left to right.  It should become highlighted.  Choose Edit/Copy.

d.  If pasting this copied text into another file, open that file by double clicking it.
   i.  If you are not replacing any text in the new file (i.e. adding a new livery section, etc.), click where you want the new text to be placed, and choose Edit/Paste.
   ii. If you are replacing text in the new file (or within the same file)(i.e. replacing the sim= line of the new livery's section with the sim= line of the top livery section), select the text to be replaced by dragging the mouse, as above.  Choose Edit/Paste and the copied text will replace the original text.


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The first major civil aircraft designed and built by Fokker 
after WW II was the F27.  During 1950, Fokker determined what 
operators would like for a DC-3 replacement, and they developed 
the P.275 concept, with a shoulder-height wing, powered by a 
pair of turboprops.  By 1953, this had developed into the F27 
with Rolls-Royce Dart engines, seating 32 passengers in a 
pressurized cabin and capable of operating from small 
airfields.  The Dutch government was so confident that Fokker 
had a winner that they funded the production of two flying and 
two test aircraft.  The prototype flew on November 24, 1955, 
and the project soon began to yield orders.  Fairchild Aircraft 
also saw the planes potential, and secured a license-production 
agreement for airlines in the United States.  The Fairchild 
machines had a longer nose for weather radar, extra fuel 
tankage, American instrumentation, and seating for up to 40.  
This version received its FAA Type Approval on July 16, 1958.  
The F27/F-27 went on to become the best selling turboprop 
aircraft, with over 700 built.  The intial type was followed by 
the F27 Mk 200/F-27A, with uprated engines, and then the 
Mk300/F-27B with freighter features.  The first major change 
was made in the F27 Mk 500, which had a fuselage stretch of 
almost 5 feet, while Fairchild developed the FH-227, which 
instead stretched the fuselage by 6 feet.  F-27's were very 
popular with the smaller regional and local airlines as DC-3 
and Convair/Martin replacements.  They were very reliable, and 
many passengers enjoyed the fine views from the large windows 
unimpeded by the wing.  Many F-27's are still in service today, 
and manufacture of this popular plane was extended by the 
development of the Fokker 50, with new engines and avionics.  
However, the closure of the Fokker company seems to have 
finally ended the story of this fine aircraft, although those 
examples flying today give good evidence of this fine 
aircraft's longevity.


NOTE: This plane and many other classic airliners can be 
downloaded free from Tom Gibson's Classic Airliner WEB site at - 
http://www.calclassic.com/ 


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Now the legal stuff:

COPYRIGHT 2014 BY TOM GIBSON AND BERNWARD BOCKHEIM.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

REPAINTS:  REPAINTS ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION, BUT WE PREFER THAT THEY ONLY BE UPLOADED TO TOTALLY FREE SITES - I.E. NO CHARGES OR SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR INCREASED ACCESS.  HOWEVER, IF YOU REPAINT THE PLANE YOU MUST CREDIT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS IN YOUR TEXT FILE AND INCLUDE THIS TEXT FILE.  YOU MUST ALSO REMOVE ANY EMAIL ADDRESSES FOUND IN THIS FILE, AND NOT INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR FILE.  WE DO NOT SUPPORT REPAINTS.  PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR TEXT FILE.

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 INCLUDES "FREE" CD COMPILATIONS WITH A CHARGE OF ANY KIND.  THIS IS FREEWARE!!

YOU MAY NOT UPLOAD THIS PLANE TO ANY OTHER SERVER, IT MUST REMAIN ON THE ORIGINAL SERVER.

THIS FILE ARCHIVE OR ANY REPAINTS MUST NOT BE UPLOADED TO A SITE OR LOCATION THAT CLAIMS ANY SORT OF COPYRIGHT ON THE FILE; COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR.  UPLOADING OF THIS FILE TO SUCH A SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS TO VIOLATE THESE TERMS BY THAT SITE. 

THIS FILE ARCHIVE MUST REMAIN INTACT; YOU MAY NOT REMOVE OR UPLOAD PARTS OF THIS ARCHIVE.  THIS ENTIRE TEXT FILE MUST BE INCLUDED IN ANY DISTRIBUTION.  

THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR AS A RESULT OF USING THESE PRODUCTS.  YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF USE.

