Three military Lockheed L-749 / C-121A Constellations 

These FS9 repaints represent 48-612, an early all-silver snub-nosed C-121A with "MATS ATLANTIC" titles ca 1949, 48-614, a polished silver and white VC-121A ca. 1955, and 48-609, a "photoreal" texture alternative for an aircraft already present in the Lockheed 749 base pack by Manfred Jahn and Team 749.


INSTALLATION


(1) Please make sure you have a working installation of our Lockheed L-749 base pack (folders Lockheed_L749_0 and Lockheed_L749_1 in your FS9 aircraft directory). If not present, download and install the base pack first. 

(2) Extract the zip to a temporary folder or open it in Windows Explorer.


(3) Copy the three texture folders to your "Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\Lockheed_L749_0 folder. 

(4) Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the aircraft.cfg contained in Lockheed_L749_0 and paste the [fltsim] sections appended below under the last [fltsim] entry. Make  sure the new [fltsim] entries are in proper numerical order.


[fltsim.4]   // adjust numbering if necessary
title=C-121A MATS 48-612 1948
sim=749
model=mats
panel=	
sound=
texture=612
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=C-121A MATS 48-612 1948
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=8612
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=USAF
atc_flight_number=2604
description=C/n 2604, Air Force serial 48-612, entered service with MATS Atlantic 18 Jan 1949. Flew Westover-Frankfurt shuttle flights in support of Berlin Airlift. Later fitted with radar nose and modified to VC-121A. Withdrawn from service 1967. Painted in KLM colors 2004 and restored to flying condition by the Constellation Group Holland.   
prop_anim_ratio=0.99
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0


[fltsim.5]  // adjust numbering if necessary
title=C-121A 48-609 1998 Photoreal
sim=749
model=usaf
panel=	
sound=
texture=609PR
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=C-121A USAF 48-609 1998 Photoreal
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=8609
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=USAF
atc_flight_number=2601
description=48-609 entered service with MATS Atlantic Division 31 Dec 1948. Modified to VC-121A configuration 1951, serial 80609, 1254 Air Transport Group, later 89 MAW. Withdrawn from military service Mar 1968. Used as budworm sprayer aircraft with Conifair Aviation until 1980. Acquired by Avra Valley Constellation Group, repainted in MATS colors, and flying airshow circuits until 2005 (serial N494TW). 
prop_anim_ratio=0.99  
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0


[fltsim.6]  // adjust numbering if necessary
title=VC-121A USAF 48-614 1955
sim=749
model=usaf
panel=	
sound=
texture=614
kb_checklists=L749_check
kb_reference=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=L-749 Constellation
ui_variation=C-121A USAF 48-614 1955
atc_heavy=0
atc_id=80614
atc_id_enable=1
atc_airline=USAF
atc_flight_number=2606
description=C/n 2606, Air Force serial 48-614, delivered to MATS Atlantic Feb 1949. Converted to VC-121A, serving as personal aircraft to General Eisenhower until 1952. Withdrawn from service Jan 1967. Currently exhibited at Pima County Air and Space Museum, Tucson.
prop_anim_ratio=0.99  
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0



In the aircraft selection menu, the three new Constellations will show up under Lockheed > L-749 Constellation.

6 December 2009

Manfred [dot] Jahn [at] uni-koeln [dot] de