Roland Garros’ Morane Saulnier Type L Although not well known, the two seat Morane Saulnier Type L parasol played a large role in WWI aviation between 1914 and 1916. Some 600 were produced by France and used it extensively in the unglamorous reconnaissance role. But it was also the first operational tractor airplane to be armed with a fixed machine gun firing through the propeller arc. The design dated from August 1913 and first 50 Type L parasols were ordered by Turkey rather than by the France. The Aviation Militaire permitted this but required these were to be powered only by a Gnome 50hp engine as all 80hp engines were reserved for French aircraft. They had prototype’s wing span of 33ft, 5 1/2in. When full production was begun, the Type L had a wingspan of 36ft, 9in, wing cutouts to accommodate the observer in the rear seat, a lengthened nose section and other differences. With war imminent and mobilization ordered, the Turkish Moranes were impressed, apparently re-engined with the 80 hp LeRohone 9c, and used to equip two reconnaissance Escadrilles, MS23 and MS26. One of the MS26 pilots was Roland Garros, who was a prewar celebrity air race pilot. The story goes that Garros secured a machine gun and enlisted designer Raymond Saulnier and his personal mechanic Jules Hue to figure a way to enable it to fire forward through the Type L’s propeller arc. Saulnier had been experimenting with a synchronizing interrupter gear, but it was proving erratic. So between Saulnier and Hue they designed a bullet deflector wedge fitted to the propeller which would prevent a bullet from piercing the prop. From photographs it is apparent that Garros was able to equip one of the MS26 impressed Turkish Type L aircraft with the deflector propeller and a Hotchkiss machine gun. This he used to shoot down his first German aircraft on April 1, 1915. He shot down two more on April 15 and April 18. But on April 18 he was also brought down behind German lines by engine trouble. He was able to land uninjured but was captured and the secret of being able to fire directly through the propeller arc was in German hands. The model, textures. panel and air files are by Captain Kurt. The pilot figures were developed from Wolfi's freeware Japanese pilot .fsc source file. The prop spinning texture is by Kelticheart. Gauges are by Martin Klein. Sounds are from the Nieuport 17 by Gary Aumaugher

The Morane Saulnier Type L Although not well known, the two seat Morane Saulnier Type L parasol played a large role in WWI aviation between 1914 and 1916. Some 600 were produced by France for the unglamorous reconnaissance role. But it was also the first operational tractor airplane to be armed with a fixed machine gun firing through the propeller arc and the first aircraft used to destroy a German Zeppelin in flight. The design dated from August 1913 and first 50 Type L parasols were ordered by Turkey rather than by the France. The Aviation Militaire permitted this but required these were to be powered only by a Gnome 50hp engine as all 80hp engines were reserved for French aircraft. They had the prototype’s wing span of 33ft, 5 1/2in. With war imminent and mobilization ordered, the Turkish Moranes were impressed, apparently re- engined with the 80 hp LeRhone 9c, and used to equip two reconnaissance Escadrilles, MS23 and MS26. At the same time, full production was begun for the Aviation Militaire. With full production, the Type L had an increased wingspan of 36ft, 9in, and wing cutouts to accommodate the observer in the rear seat. Soon design improvements included a lengthened nose section and repositioned landing gear legs among other minor variations. The Aviation Militaire used the Type L extensively throughout 1914, 1915 and early 1916. In 1914, the British RFC in France accepted 52 Type L Parasols for No.3 Squadron with a few going to No.1 and No,12 Squadrons. Also an order of 25 was placed by the RNAS for No.3 wing at Mudros, Lemnos, Greece and No.1 Wing at Dunkerque. Flying from Dunkerque, on June 7, 1915, Flt Sub Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford destroyed Zeppelin LZ37, the first in mid air, by bombing it with six 20Lb Hales bombs. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his success. Under licenses obtained just prior to hostilities, Pfalz Flugzeugwerks GmbH produced some 60 virtually identical aircraft, powered by Oberursel engines as the Pfalz A.I, A.II and E.III types (carrying a Spandau MG with an interrupter gear). These were flown by the Bavarian flying units up to mid 1916. Also under license, the Russian companies Duks and Lebed manufactured approximately 450 Type L Parasols for the Czar’s Imperial Russian Air Force.

FSX/P3D Boeing 787-9 LOT Polish Airlines with FSX Native 787 VC. Poland's flag carrier airline is based at Warsaw Chopin Airport and currently have 7 Boeing 787-9 and fly to destinations worldwide. The high quality Boeing 787-9 from TDS. The VC is the Erik Bender great adaption of the X-plane Mariano Gonzalez (MagKnight)'s 787 VC. Cockpit textured lighter grey. TDS high spec. native FSX Boeing 787-9 model. See Document to get the best out of the VC. Revised, textured, assembled and tested in P3D v5 by Chris Evans. Should also work in earlier P3D & FSX.

P3D/FSX Thomas Ruth Lockheed L1011 Tristar in Tarom New Colors livery. Description and instruction in the archive. Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09. Link to my products on SimMarket: http://secure.simmarket.com/paintsim.mhtml

P3D/FSX Thomas Ruth Lockheed L1011 Tristar in Tarom Classic livery. Description and instruction in the archive. Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09. Link to my products on SimMarket: http://secure.simmarket.com/paintsim.mhtml

FS9/FSX Thomas Ruth Lockheed L1011 Tristar in Delta Airlines livery. Description and instruction in the archive. Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09. Link to my products on SimMarket: http://secure.simmarket.com/paintsim.mhtml

FS9/FSX Thomas Ruth Lockheed L1011 Tristar in China Southern livery. Description and instruction in the archive. Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09. Link to my products on SimMarket: http://secure.simmarket.com/paintsim.mhtml

FSX/P3D Boeing 757-200 Jet2 Holidays package. UK leisure airline Jet2 is based at Manchester Airport and is the UK's 3rd largest airline. Currently Jet2 have 8 Boeing 757-200 in their fleet. The FSX Native Boeing 757-200 model from TDS. The VC is the FSND upgraded Boeing 737-800 VC cockpit brown tinted to be more like the 75. This VC model includes Working wipers (right mouse click on switch) with rain effect. Switches for LCD Screens, EICAS, PFD, MFT. Autobrake switch. Opening pilots window. Cabin Lights switch. Realistic FMC. Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) and additional G1000 MFD and PFD screens. Added wing views. Checklist included. See VC docs to get the best out of the VC and FMC. Textured and assembled for P3D v5 & FSX by Chris Evans.

FSX/P3D Boeing 777F Kalitta Air (operated for DHL) with updated with re-animated and revised virtual cockpit. US cargo airline Kalitta Air currently have 6 Boeing 777F with another 3 purchased and awaiting commission/repaint. Model by Hiroshi Igami, Yosuke Ube with support of Posky members. Original VC by Jacob Kubique. Converted to FSX native by Zachary777. VC updates by Speedbird77 with gauges by G. Munro and Ken Wiggington. See Credits for more. Textured and assembled for P3d v5 by Chris Evans. Should also work in FSX nd previous P3D.

FSX/P3D Boeing 737-800 GOL Transportes Aereos package. Brazilian low cost airline GOL is based in Rio de Janeiro and currently have a fleet of 89 Boeing 737-800. TDS high spec. native FSX Boeing 738-800 model. The VC is the FSND modified version of the Microsoft Boeing 738 VC to include various upgrades. Thank you to Alrot for this. I retextured the VC to make it more resemble the darker grey of today's 737's. See Document folder to get the best out of the VC. Textured, packaged and prepared for FSX & P3D up to v5 by Chris Evans.