Post by Dennis the menace on Sept 23, 2014 17:15:06 GMT -5
Just wanted to let you all know I have uploaded to Flightsim and Avsim textures for Caledonian Airways DC-7C. This file "caledonianDC7C.zip" contains two texture folders. The first texture is for G-ARUD "Star of Robbie Burns". This DC-7C was leased from SABENA and began flights with Caledonian in November of 1961 but crashed after takeoff at Douala, Cameroon in March 1962 killing all onboard. The cause turned out to be faulty elevator spring tabs. Douglas had issued a work order to have these faulty units replaced but for some reason or another SABENA never fixed the problem, nor told Caledonian about it, and Caledonian didn't know about the airworthiness directive. After the crash, Caledonian leased another SABENA DC-7C G-ARYE "Flagship Bonnie Scotland". Caledonian flew out of London-Gatwick with low cost non-scheduled safari flights from European cities to Africa. They also flew pre-packaged holiday flights to the Mediterranean and the Caribbean such Barbados and Jamaica. By mid 1962 they were also flying low cost flights to and from North America.
The first example, G-ARUD, had a small Scottish lion on the tail and no Scottish flags on the fuselage. The second example, G-ARYE had a large Scottish lion on the tail. By the fall of 1962 Caledonian had also added the Scottish flags on the fuselage. Note that these two early types have the upswept cheatline at the nose, whereas the additional DC-7Cs acquired in 1963 had the cheatline turn down at the nose. Both aircraft were configured with three lavatories and five abreast seating for 104 passengers.
If you wish to simulate a full load, go to the aircraft/fuel/payload menu in FS, and enter 1600 pounds for the crew and relief crew, and then for each passenger section enter 8840 pounds. For each cargo/baggage section enter 2080 pounds. This will give you maximum weight with eight crew, all 104 seats sold with 40 pounds of baggage each. You will have just enough fuel to fly non stop from KBOS Boston to either EGPK Prestwick or EGKK London Gatwick. A real sardine can!
Don't expect to climb more than 400 to 500 feet a minute, and you won't get higher than FL 150 until you burn off some fuel.
Make sure you have the latest update for the DC-7C base pack. Tom made some minor corrections in the model.
You can read about the crash of G-ARUD here: www.flightlevel42.co.za/FlightCA153_Story.pdf
G-ARUD as it appeared in 1961:
Notice no forward bathroom on the left side, and sleeper windows in the rear.
G-ARYE as it appeared in the fall of 1962 by now with a large lion and Scottish flags:
Enjoy!
The first example, G-ARUD, had a small Scottish lion on the tail and no Scottish flags on the fuselage. The second example, G-ARYE had a large Scottish lion on the tail. By the fall of 1962 Caledonian had also added the Scottish flags on the fuselage. Note that these two early types have the upswept cheatline at the nose, whereas the additional DC-7Cs acquired in 1963 had the cheatline turn down at the nose. Both aircraft were configured with three lavatories and five abreast seating for 104 passengers.
If you wish to simulate a full load, go to the aircraft/fuel/payload menu in FS, and enter 1600 pounds for the crew and relief crew, and then for each passenger section enter 8840 pounds. For each cargo/baggage section enter 2080 pounds. This will give you maximum weight with eight crew, all 104 seats sold with 40 pounds of baggage each. You will have just enough fuel to fly non stop from KBOS Boston to either EGPK Prestwick or EGKK London Gatwick. A real sardine can!
Don't expect to climb more than 400 to 500 feet a minute, and you won't get higher than FL 150 until you burn off some fuel.Make sure you have the latest update for the DC-7C base pack. Tom made some minor corrections in the model.
You can read about the crash of G-ARUD here: www.flightlevel42.co.za/FlightCA153_Story.pdf
G-ARUD as it appeared in 1961:
Notice no forward bathroom on the left side, and sleeper windows in the rear.
G-ARYE as it appeared in the fall of 1962 by now with a large lion and Scottish flags:
Enjoy!
