The Grumman G-44 J4F Widgeon, was the "little sister" of the Grumman Goose, built in 1940. It was used as a small patrol and utility aircraft by the US Navy and the Royal Navy. (The Royal Navy gave it the name "Gosling") Military Operators of this little amphibian were Brazil, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay. A brief history on the Fleet Air Arm's Gosling can be read on the Home Page of FLEET AIR ARM ARCHIVE 1939-1945 (http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net) -------- This repaint represents Royal Navy Gosling FP462. (You might recognize it as the 1/72 scale Airfix kit you once built long time ago.....) I have used Heather Sherman's splendid all metal textures as a template. Thank you Heather for giving us so many great "basic metal" repaints to start from. -------- Installation: a/ First of all you need the original model of the Grumman G44 Widgeon by Joe Binka. Available on Avsim and Simviation.(grumman_widgeon.zip) b/ Make a temporary folder. c/ Extrude all the files of this repaint ZIP file into the new folder. d/ There you will see a folder Texture.rnavy, this Readme_Gosling.txt file and two screen prints. e/ Add the Texture.rnavy folder to the original Grumman Widgeon directory. f/ Then copy the total [fltsim.X] text at the bottom of this page and add it to the existing Aircraft.cfg file. Alter the "X" to the next number in sequence, and you're done. h/ After this, if you start Flight Simulator, you should be able to select the Royal Navy Gosling. I hope you enjoy this repaint. Any comments, tips or sugestions are welcome. My e-mail: jp1508@hetnet.nl Also visit my Web Page if you like. The Plane CAD Page: http://home.hetnet.nl/~jp1508/index.html --------- [fltsim.X] title=Grumman Gosling ROYAL NAVY sim=g44a model= panel= sound= texture=rnavy kb_checklists=Cessna208_Check kb_reference=Cessna208_ref atc_id= atc_id_color=0xff000000 atc_parking_types=RAMP ui_manufacturer=Grumman ui_type=G-44 Widgeon ui_variation=Gosling, ROYAL NAVY atc_heavy=0 atc_airline= atc_flight_number= description=The Grumman Widgeon was known in the ROYAL NAVY as the GOSLING. This repaint depicts FP462.\nRepaint by Jaap de Baare, based upon Heather Sherman's all metal textures.