Post by emmemm on Nov 23, 2014 20:57:10 GMT -5
Hi all,
just to let you know I have uploaded today to Flightsim and Avsim Textures for Jens B. Kristensens Bristol Britannia 300 model (BRT_V10.ZIP). These textures decipt Britannia 307 c/n 12921, built at Belfast as Britannia 305 destined for the U.S. Northeast Airlines. But not taken up she was delivered 1958 as Britannia 307 G-ANCE to Air Charter Ltd. London, the first airline founded by the famous aviation intrepreneur Freddy Laker. The aircraft made severall trooping flights between London-Stansted and Christmas Island in the Pacific via Goose Bay, Vancouver and Honolulu. Carrying up to 124 passengers, troops and service personal in a journey time of 29 hours to the Island, which was used for the British nuclear test programme. The Britannia made many further trooping flights to the at that time numerous British overseas bases in the Gulf, Australia, Singapore, Ceylon, Canada and Hong Kong, carrying servicemen and their families. One of these flights reached around the world for 26 100 miles in 72 hours from London via Bahrain, Colombo and Singapore to Adelaide and Sydney, then to Christmas Island and back eastbound via San Francisco and Montreal to London. G-ANCE went together whis sistership G-ANCD to British United Airways BUA in merger and was sold 1965, converted to freighter 307F, to Lloyd International, then 1972 to Monarch and 1974 to Aer Turas. Withdrawn from use in 1979 she was stored at Manston and later at Dublin, 1981 finaly broken up at Dublin.
G-ANCE in September 1959 at Honolulu
By the way, I use the JBK Britannias with the wonderful 2D panel from Fraser A. McKay, available at flightsim.com as brit2531.zip. This panel has many Britannia systems simulated and was original made for the Mike Stone model, but it works fine on Jens’ model too. Use the aircraft cfg and air file from Frasers panel with the contact points and lights from Jens’ aircraft cfg. The flight model is excellent and you can fly the plane by the numbers in the manual. I removed all gauges fom Jens’ VC Panel, so you see only the window frames and sidewalls etc. from the VC if you look sideways. Moreover I altered the Fraser panel for my wide screen monitor.
This is only a recommendation, of course you may use Jens B. Kristensens original, much simpler, 2D and VC panel, it’s a matter of personal taste.
Fraser McKay's panel in my Britannia.
MM
just to let you know I have uploaded today to Flightsim and Avsim Textures for Jens B. Kristensens Bristol Britannia 300 model (BRT_V10.ZIP). These textures decipt Britannia 307 c/n 12921, built at Belfast as Britannia 305 destined for the U.S. Northeast Airlines. But not taken up she was delivered 1958 as Britannia 307 G-ANCE to Air Charter Ltd. London, the first airline founded by the famous aviation intrepreneur Freddy Laker. The aircraft made severall trooping flights between London-Stansted and Christmas Island in the Pacific via Goose Bay, Vancouver and Honolulu. Carrying up to 124 passengers, troops and service personal in a journey time of 29 hours to the Island, which was used for the British nuclear test programme. The Britannia made many further trooping flights to the at that time numerous British overseas bases in the Gulf, Australia, Singapore, Ceylon, Canada and Hong Kong, carrying servicemen and their families. One of these flights reached around the world for 26 100 miles in 72 hours from London via Bahrain, Colombo and Singapore to Adelaide and Sydney, then to Christmas Island and back eastbound via San Francisco and Montreal to London. G-ANCE went together whis sistership G-ANCD to British United Airways BUA in merger and was sold 1965, converted to freighter 307F, to Lloyd International, then 1972 to Monarch and 1974 to Aer Turas. Withdrawn from use in 1979 she was stored at Manston and later at Dublin, 1981 finaly broken up at Dublin.
G-ANCE in September 1959 at Honolulu
By the way, I use the JBK Britannias with the wonderful 2D panel from Fraser A. McKay, available at flightsim.com as brit2531.zip. This panel has many Britannia systems simulated and was original made for the Mike Stone model, but it works fine on Jens’ model too. Use the aircraft cfg and air file from Frasers panel with the contact points and lights from Jens’ aircraft cfg. The flight model is excellent and you can fly the plane by the numbers in the manual. I removed all gauges fom Jens’ VC Panel, so you see only the window frames and sidewalls etc. from the VC if you look sideways. Moreover I altered the Fraser panel for my wide screen monitor.
This is only a recommendation, of course you may use Jens B. Kristensens original, much simpler, 2D and VC panel, it’s a matter of personal taste.
Fraser McKay's panel in my Britannia.
MM