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

Halberstadt Cl.IV The Halberstadt Cl.IV was a further development of the successful Haberstadt Cl.II two seat fighter and infantry support aircraft. Arriving at the front in late June, 1918, too late to have a major impact on the closing stages of the war but it was still arguably the best ground attack aircraft of WWI. Those Schlashta units that received them were very satisfied with them. They were employed in the ground attack role trench strafing, attacking artillery positions and rear areas. The crews often carried extra machine gun drums, hand grenades and small bombs to increase their effectiveness. Some 1200 were ordered and approximately 900 delivered before the end of the war. --- 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. The Hand Weapons models and textures are by Captain Kurt. Kdriver and Martin Klein did the conversions to exploding weapon. Gauges are by Martin Klein (with a couple of texture change outs by Captain Kurt), Bastian Hundt, and Horst Weingartner.

VistaLiners Boeing 737-300 in Tarom livery. Texture only for VistaLiners model. Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09. Description and instruction in the archive. Link to my products on SimMarket: http://secure.simmarket.com/paintsim.mhtml

Textures for Dino Cattaneo's payware EF2000 Typhoon T3 in the recent 12 Squadron Colours. Find product at https://secure.simmarket.com/indiafoxtecho-eurofighter-typhoon-fsx-p3d.phtml

Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport fix. The Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (KBKV) scenery uploaded to the library (brooksville_fl.zip) did not include the necessary file to change the airport name from "Hernando County". Download this additional file if you wish to have the name change. By: Art Poole

FS2004 Rutas Aereas. Rutaca Airlines Boeing 737-200 YV1381 Textures for the B737-200 by TinMouse II Collins. Texturized and Master Paint Kit by Jose Blanco Repaint By Jose Blanco and Jesus Martinez.

Glider and An-2 at the airport Pruszcz Gdanski EPPR Splashscreen for FS2004.

Friesland Promotions textures for the payware Level D Boeing 767-300ER. Textures by Peter Franeker.

CFS2 B25-B Mitchell Doolitte's Raiders A/C No. 40-2278 Textures only, April 18, 1942. Painted over The B24 Guy's B25 Mitchell Overhaul Model (required here).Texture and Damage Files.Repaint by: Evan G. Butterbrodt. 1.5MB

CFS2 B25-B Mitchell Doolitte's Raiders A/C No. 40-2282 Textures only, April 18, 1942. Painted over The B24 Guy's B25 Mitchell Overhaul Model (required here).Texture and Damage Files.Repaint by : Evan G. Butterbrodt. 1.5MB