The first JRM-1 (BuNo 76819), the "Hawaii Mars", was completed in late June 1945 and flown several times before being christened and launched on 27 July 1945. Before testing was completed the Hawaii Mars was lost on 5 August 1945. The present Hawaii Mars operating out of Port Alberni (Sproat Lake) as part of Flying Tankers Inc., was delivered April 23, 1946, as part of the last four remaining JRM's which were bought by the British Columbia forest industry to fight forest fires, The Marianas Mars was lost on 23 June 1960 when the Captain disregarded the spotter plane and attacked a fire directly uphill. The Winter of 1962 claimed another Mars, the Caroline. She was tethered to the ramp at Patricia Bay when Hurricane Frieda hie. Frieda tossed the big boat about as if it was a toy, and by morning she laid bent and broken, her flying days over. The owners of the last two remaining JRM's in the world are looking to sell the giants, as operating costs, and spare parts get harder to find. On Sunday April 15 it was announced in the Victoria "Times Colunist" that the planes had been sold by Timber West to Coulson Aircrane Ltd. of Port Alberni. The model is by Peter Hall using FSDS 3.0. (my first attempt at modeling an aircraft). The Flight Dynamics for this aircraft were written by Bob Chilico, Windsor, Ontario. Sounds: For this first release I have included the DC-3 sounds. You candownload a really nice set of heavy radial engine sounds by Des Braban,from "fltsim.com" or Avsim. Please read his readme file for a description of the sounds. I really like them. The panel was developed by Mike Stone for his Boeing 314 Clipper, and looks good in the Mars. Just make sure that you copy the "b314" and the "Douglas_DC3" zip files (included in the panel folder) to your main gauges folder. Thanks to Jens B. Kristensen for putting me straight on Polygon smoothing groups.

MGMM Mundo Maya International Airport and the Tikal Ruins in Guatemala. The site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This is an update for FSX of Volume one of Doherty's Difficult & Dangerous Approaches. Contains a series of dangerous approaches. I changed most of the aircraft to ones that are default in FSX. I also changed a few other things to my preferences. Like the outside view to locked spot. All but the first flight start on pause, as that is how I changed things and left the aircraft starting position almost exactly where the original flights began. I don't have permission for this update because I could not contact Mr. Doherty. For that reason, and other reasons, this may be the only update that I do for his flights.

CFS3: These are the stock ships converted to facilities - unzip into your facilities folder. They will then be available for use in Mission Builder or in any missions created with them. All credits/copyrights with the original authors. Capt Black. 7K

Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai "Lorna" For CFS2 Anti submarine patrol Airplane.It entered service in 1944.A total of 153 were built.Tokais operated from bases in Japan,Formosa and China to protect convoys bringing raw materials and oil from the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya, but their effectiveness was badly impared by their slow speed and insufficient defensive armament which rendered them easy prey for allied aircraft. Sean Anderson 860K

Scenery Riem Airport 1945. Allied forces discovered a large cache of aircraft at this location. File size 110545

UK ATC chatter for FS98 & FS2000. A series of three zips containing wave files of real ATC chat between London Control Upper Section East and aircraft over-flying the UK at FL260 or above. For use with BSATC (BSATC113.ZIP), Ear Candy II (ec2full.zip) or Enviro! By Tony Smith. Part 1 (1.5MB) Part 2 (1.2MB) Part 3 (1.6MB)

FS2004 Eurocopter EC130 Tasman Helicopters Textures only. Repaint of Antti Pankonnen's Eurocopter EC130 in the colors of Tasman Helicopters based in New Zealand. You need the original EC130 here. George A.Arana. 799K

FS2004 MIG-15 CSSR 3834 Textures only. Requires the Mig 15 by oldliner52, Jean-Pierre, Jean-Pierre Bourgeois and Benoit M. Dubé Langer above. Repaint by Sean Doran. 2MB

Super Tucano FAB - Sivam Program. Painting of the Brazilian Sivam Program to protect the Amazon Region. This Livery was presented in the FIDAE 2000, by Embraer and will be used by the Brazilian Air Force. Original by Jean-Louis Coumont & Jim Goldman. Painted by Luiz Lins. 3.6MB