FSX and FS2004 Douglas C-74 Globemaster I By Jens B. Kristensen, january 2009. Version 1.0 The C-74 was planned during World War 2 as a much bigger successor to the C-54 Skymaster. An airliner version was also planned, and PanAm actually ordered it as the 'DC-7'. After the war it became obvious that a better design could be made, so only 14 C-74 Globemasters were built. The airliner version was cancelled, and the military version was developed into the C-124 Globemaster II with a much larger fuselage. Nevertheless, the C-74s gave good service until retired in the mid 'fifties, a few of them continued in use as commercial cargo transports. For more information, see the pdf document installed in the \Documetation folder. ---- *To install for Flight Simulator X: Run the included setup_fsx program. If you have FSX Gold, FSX Service Pack 2, or the Acceleration expansion pack, remember to enable "FSX SP2 support" in the "Custom setup" dialog. The model should work with all versions of FSX, including the 'DirectX 10 preview'-mode in Windows Vista. *To install for Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight: Run the included setup_FS2004 program. ---- Model, panel, virtual cockpit and textures by Jens B. Kristensen, made with FSDS 3.5.1, FS Panel Studio, Paint Shop Pro and DXTbmp. Sounds: The sounds included here are, with permission from Tom Gibson, borrowed from the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser model available at www.calclassic.com. They were originally released for FS98 by H. P. Christeler, but have apparently been modified since, and I have used FS Sound Studio to update the sound.cfg to FS2004 / FSX format. Please read H. P. Christelers original readme file for this soundset, ReadMe_original.txt. Gauges: The gauges are to some extent based on default gauges of Flight Simulator, some of them modified by me for four engines. Other gauges are by me but with much inspiration from standard FS gauges by Microsoft. The ILS indicator is based on xml code by Saviero Maurri (Vickers Varsity panel), bitmaps by me. A number of gauges (mostly switches) are, with permission from Tom Gibson, www.calclassic.com, based on work by Tom himself, Kevin Trinkle, Ernie Kennedy and Ken 'Mitch' Mitchell. I have used complete gauges from them (cowl flap switches), or used the bitmaps from their c-style gauges and made xml-versions of them. Finally, a big 'thank you' to Hans-Joerg Naegele, who gave me permission to use gauges from his Lockheed 049 Constellation panel (VNConnie049.cab), directly or modified. ---- Good luck flying the C-74 Globemaster! Jens B. Kristensen, 4. january 2009 Jens.B.Kristensen@mail.tele.dk 2017 With Jens kind permission: FSx native, MDL X materials and animations, 3D props &c. Pilots by Tim 'Piglet'Conrad Airdrop door(aft well doors) Shift+E Main cargo door&cargo jib (fwd) Shift+E2 Crew hatch Shift+E3 Tail pogo stick Shift+E4 C-74 model and a late second block (cancelled) C-74A with n\v radar, models with loads and no loads. station_load.1= 21000lbs load of pallets on weight condition LLS