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 FS2004/FS2002/FSX DOUGLAS DC-7B
       
 National Airlines 1960

Textures Only
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Painted by Greg Pepper, Max, Manfred Jahn, Frank Gonzalez, and Tom Gibson, tgibson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

This package contains the textures only - you MUST have the DC-7B (no saddle tanks) Base Pack installed to fly this plane!

Get the Base Pack at CalClassic Propliners - www.calclassic.com

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Installation:

Quit FS if it is running before installation.

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.  If you are installing into FS2002 or FSX it will NOT find your main FS2002 or FSX folder.  Press the ... button and browse to it.

3.  If installing into FSX, move the DC-7B folder from the FSX/Aircraft folder to the FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes folder.  It will ask if it is OK to overwrite the current folder, say OK.  You will only be adding the texture folder to the existing folder, not overwriting anything.

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=DC-7B National Airlines 1960
sim=dc7B
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=national
kb_checklists=dc7b_check
kb_reference=dc7B_ref
ui_manufacturer=Douglas
ui_type=DC-7B
ui_variation=National Airlines 1960
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=N337AA
atc_airline=National
atc_flight_number=901
description=Up to 4,000lbs heavier than the DC-7 and optimised for Pan American's trans Atlantic routes the DC-7B added saddle tanks incorporated in the engine nacelles to provided non stop intercontinental range against all but the strongest headwinds. Slightly improved engines each provided 50 extra horsepower for the initial climb. Revisions to the flaps also aided post take off acceleration, but more importantly they could be used to/from 190 KIAS. Maximum landing weight increased substantially so when relegated to freighting the DC-7B had a key advantage over the DC-7.
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.

4a.  In My Computer or Windows Explorer, go to your FS2004/Aircraft or FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes folder. If you find a dc7bnal folder you must remove it:

4b.  If a Removed folder is not already present, create a new folder within this folder (right click a blank area of the right panel, choose New/Folder).  Name it Removed.

4c.  MOVE the dc7bnal folder (if present) to the Removed folder (right click on the plane's folder, choose Cut, right click on the Removed Folder and choose Paste).  DO NOT REMOVE the DC-7, DC-7B Dom, DC-7B Intl, or DC-7C folders if present!

After installation of all the files, start FS2004/FSX/FS2002 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 DC-7B was a direct development of the DC-7, which ushered in non-stop transcontinental airline service. The DC-7B was externally identical to the DC-7, except for DC-7C style lengthened nacelles filled with fuel on Pan American and South African examples. This extra fuel often enabled non-stop transatlantic flights under normal circumstances (anything more than light headwinds still required a westbound stop at Gander or Iceland). Thus, many of the DC-7B's were sold to airlines with international routes, although Eastern had a large fleet of the planes, and later DC-7 deliveries to American and Delta were designated DC-7B's. Lockheed, after seeing the impressive speed and range statistics of the DC-7B, hurredly began development of the 1049G model from their current offering (the L1049E), but the DC-7B was still a little faster than even the Super G. 

Douglas ended up selling 112 DC-7B's (more than the 105 DC-7's sold), and the DC-7B proved to be a very popular plane on overseas routes. The DC-7B is often considered the fastest of the Douglas propliners due to aerodynamic improvements over the DC-7, but they proved to be less reliable and economical than the DC-6 series, and almostall DC-7/7B's have been retired and scrapped. 

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 2008 BY TOM GIBSON AND GREG PEPPER.  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.

