Messerschmitt Bf109G-2 by Design Team Daedalus Unit: 4./JG52 Russia, September 1942 Pilot: unknown During the summer of 1941, the Messerschmitt design team was engaged in updating the BF 109F-4 as the dictates of the air war was forcing the need for greater speeds. The result was the Gustav series, of which the first substantial production run was the Bf 109G-2. Adopting the more powerful but heavier Mercedes Benz DB 605 engine required airframe and landing gear strengthening which also added weight. But it was felt the increase in speed made the loss of some maneuverability acceptable. The fuel filler access was moved to the spine behind the cockpit. No change was required for the cowling shape but a deeper oil cooler was needed. The broad blade of the F4/Z was made standard. The lower quarter cockpit window panel was deleted and vent scoops could be added to the new replacement metal panel. The wheel wells reverted to a squared end in anticipation of wheel covers that in the event were not adopted. Generally speaking the appearance of the G-2 was very similar to the F-4 without close examination. Deliveries of the G-2 began in May 1942 with 1,587 produced by February 1943. However, there is no "standard" Bf 109G-2. Although production only ran 10 months before the G-3 and G-4 were introduced, three separate companies and multiple sub-assembly production facilities were involved which inevitably produced minor variations, such as pilot head armor type, cockpit vents and tail wheel types. So each model we have created has its own unique features to portray the specific aircraft presented as accurately as possible. This aircraft had a cockpit vent on the starboard side only, a 2 piece curved top pilot armor and a retractable tail wheel. Pstrany developed the models using Paul Rebuffat's Messerschmitt model - with permission - as a starting framework and updated the shape, and added a plethora of details, new parts, and ideas. Pstrany also developed the models for the drop tanks, weapons and racks. Captain Kurt created paints for each, the 2D instrument panel, the individual .dp files, the air files and the aircraft.cfg files. Mav SCASM edited each model so that they have animated wing slats, drop tanks, and other features, as well as optimizing models for the best possible framerates. Mav also developed the idea for the 2d panel to be offset for the Revi gunsight to match the CFS2 reticle.

What happens when you graft a PT-6 turboprop engine into a Storch? It's quite different. GPLv2 EULA

FS98 Soar California by Ed Dumas Sr. Soar_CA.zip is a scenery archive for FS98 that generates thermals around the Hemet-Ryan airport. Thermals are marked by simulated cumulus clouds. A group of thermals near the airport allow local flying while more thermals scattered along a heading of about 060 allow you to fly across the high mountains and desert to Palm Springs. File size 178850. Ed Dumas Sr

FS2002/2000 AGUSTA 109 SOUND FILE. These are sounds for the FS2000 Agusta 109 helicopter Installation; unzip all files to the aircraft\a109ph\sound directory where flight simulator 2000 is installed (usually C:\program files\microsoft games\fs2000) Original exterior sound are from Olle Kauppi. FS2000 Agusta 109 helicopter can be downloaded from Keiths Virtual helicopter web site and was remodelled by Royden Scott from an original FS98 model by Keith Whyte. 13MB

FMA IAe-27 Pulqui VERSION 2.0 FMA IAe-27 Pulqui - The Pulqui (Arrow) was the first jet fighter designed in Argentina for the Argentine Air Force. First flow on August 9th of 1947. Model and paint by Ignacio Alfredo Mendive. 647K

General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VC-4 on USS White Plains (CVE-66) 1944 In 1942, automobile manufacturer General Motors converted several of its east coast factories to aircraft production under the name Eastern Aircraft Division. Eastern received contracts to build F4F-4 Wildcat fighters and TBF-1 'Avenger' torpedo planes, allowing Grumman to gradually reconcentrate its energies on the new, urgently-needed F6F 'Hellcat' fighter. The GM F4F-4s, redesignated FM-1s, had only four .50 caliber machine guns, but were otherwise little changed from the original model. Well over a thousand FM-1 fighters were delivered in 1942-43, including some three hundred for the British Royal Navy. Meanwhile, Grumman had prototyped a new Wildcat under the designation XF4F-8, which was to be produced by Eastern Aircraft as the FM-2. With lightened structure and a more powerful Wright R-1820 radial engine, the FM-2 was notably quicker, faster climbing, longer ranged and more maneuverable than its predecessor. To help control the increased power, the new plane had a distinctive, taller vertical tail. All-in-all, it was a great improvement, and more than four thousand FM-2s were built in 1943-45. Of those, over three hundred went to the British. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tanks, bomb racks, rockets, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp Shessi: Pilot figure Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an FM-2 version Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture Microsoft: Gauges and .air file AliCat: Oxygen meter gauge

FS98 The Cross-Country Soaring 98 adventure program creates realistic soaring conditions and simulates realistic cross-country and competition flying, complete with flight task choices, navigational functions, turnpoint photographs, and task performance analysis during flight and upon landing out or crossing goal. The fundamental principle of soaring flight is to find rising air and climb in it. In Cross-Country Soaring 98, this rising air is in the common form of thermals. These thermals are randomly placed and varyrandomly from one another in size, strength, and duration. File size 263964

FS98 Soaring in New Zealand, a scenery archive that adds scattered thermals for soaring in the mountains nearQueenstown, New Zealand. Size 161056. Ed Dumas Sr

General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VC-82 on USS Anzio (CVE-57) off Okinawa April 1945. In 1942, automobile manufacturer General Motors converted several of its east coast factories to aircraft production under the name Eastern Aircraft Division. Eastern received contracts to build F4F-4 Wildcat fighters and TBF-1 'Avenger' torpedo planes, allowing Grumman to gradually reconcentrate its energies on the new, urgently-needed F6F 'Hellcat' fighter. The GM F4F-4s, redesignated FM-1s, had only four .50 caliber machine guns, but were otherwise little changed from the original model. Well over a thousand FM-1 fighters were delivered in 1942-43, including some three hundred for the British Royal Navy. Meanwhile, Grumman had prototyped a new Wildcat under the designation XF4F-8, which was to be produced by Eastern Aircraft as the FM-2. With lightened structure and a more powerful Wright R-1820 radial engine, the FM-2 was notably quicker, faster climbing, longer ranged and more maneuverable than its predecessor. To help control the increased power, the new plane had a distinctive, taller vertical tail. All-in-all, it was a great improvement, and more than four thousand FM-2s were built in 1943-45. Of those, over three hundred went to the British. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tanks, bomb racks, rockets, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp Shessi: Pilot figure Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an FM-2 version Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture Microsoft: Gauges and .air file AliCat: Oxygen meter gauge

Texture file: painted by UncleTgt This is a copyrighted freeware program.Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer. Thanks for downloading this aircraft, have fun! Andrew Wai