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| RAF Elvington |
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The station was originally a grass airfield within No. 4 Group. In the early 1940s the airfield was entirely reconstructed with three hardened runways replacing the grass. It re-opened in October 1942 as a station for 77 Squadron RAF and along with RAF Melbourne and RAF Pocklington was known as No "42 Base". The squadron had a strength of approximately 20 aircraft and initially used the twin engined Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber although this was quickly replaced by the Handley Page Halifax four engined heavy bomber which was being introduced. No 77 Squadron suffered heavy losses during its time at Elvington with over 500 aircrew killed, missing or taken prisoner and almost 80 Halifaxes lost as it played a major part in the Battle of the Ruhr and the bombing of Berlin.
In May 1944 No 77 Squadron posted to the newly opened nearby RAF Full Sutton and was replaced at Elvington by two French squadrons, numbers 346 "Guyenne" and 347 "Tunisie" who both played a leading part in the bombing of Germany. Elvington was the only airfield in the United Kingdom used by the remainder of the Free French Forces, they also flew Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers until they moved to Bordeaux in October 1945 where they became the basis for the new air force of liberated France. In September 1957 a memorial was unveiled in Elvington village dedicated to the two French squadrons. While they were at RAF Elvington nearly half of the squadrons' members were killed.
After the war the 400-acre (1.6 km2) airfield was transferred to No 40 Group under the control of Maintenance Command until 1952 when it was greatly enlarged and extended for use by the United States Air Force.
United States Air Force use
The United States Air Force (USAF) built a new 3,094 m (10,151 ft) runway, which was the longest in the north of England, and a huge 19.8 hectares (49 acres) rectangular hardstanding apron as well as a new control tower to turn Elvington into a "Basic Operation Platform" which would have operated as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) dispersal airfield. After spending £4 million the airfield never became operational as a SAC base and was abandoned by the US Air Force in 1958.
Other uses
In the early 1960s the Blackburn Aircraft Company, now part of British Aerospace used the runway for test flights of the Blackburn Buccaneer. Elvington retained its status as an RAF relief landing ground and was used by the RAF flying training schools at RAF Church Fenton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse until the airfield was finally closed in March 1992.
Present day
The airfield is now owned by Elvington Park Ltd. The adjacent buildings and control tower have been restored, and serve as the Yorkshire Air Museum which has many varied and rare aircraft and exhibits, including a complete Halifax bomber. Elvington is also a popular motorsports venue for motorcycle racing.
Source:Wikipedia
| Filename: | RAF_Elvington.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th April 2017, 22:08:13 |
| Downloads: | 170 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 220.79 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Iron Maiden Airbus A380-800 |
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A fictional repaint of an Iron Maiden Airbus A380-800, "Ed Force One". Textures only for the payware Overland/Simmers Sky A380-800 model.
| Filename: | Iron_Maiden_Airbus_A380800.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 16th May 2010, 23:31:36 |
| Downloads: | 164 |
| Author: | Ian Steele |
| Size: | 7.48 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AI Aircraft | |
| Indian Border Security Force Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy |
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A repaint of the AI Malcontent Embraer EMB-135 model in Indian Border Security Force livery. Representative flightplans included. Requires base model (aim_erj135.zip)
| Filename: | Indian_Border_Security_Force_Embraer_EMB135BJ_Lega.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 20th December 2010, 03:41:27 |
| Downloads: | 677 |
| Author: | Jason King |
| Size: | 241.96 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| China Airlines 747SP POSKY |
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747SP China Airlines N4522V Crashed in an Incident Where the aircraft entered a dive due to human error and sustained high G-force loads
| Filename: | China_Airlines_747SP_POSKY.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 24th July 2023, 20:02:40 |
| Downloads: | 76 |
| Author: | MRTEXTURASFS |
| Size: | 6.03 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Val-U-Prop Douglas DC-4M Canadair Plane and Panel |
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FS2002 Val-U-Prop Douglas DC-4M Canadair
Val-U-Prop has now acquired a DC-4 - and it's a special aircraft. Based on the original work of Tom Gibson and Harry Follas, this is a DC-4M Canadair. It features Merlin engines, a pressurized cabin, and is fully animated, with FS2002 strobe/nav/beacon/landing lights added. The superb flight dynamics of Brian Horsey insure an easy to fly and land aircraft, and the spot and tower view frame rates are the highest you will find anywhere. Aircraft will work in FS2000 as well. This package includes the panel Dc4jcuv2.zip, and the two together comprise a combination that makes Val-U-Prop truly the airline where "No job is too small; No fee too large." Val-U-Prop - where WE VAL-U-YOU! By James Underwood
| Filename: | ValUProp_Douglas_DC4M_Canadair_Plane_and_Panel.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 26th February 2003, 16:41:59 |
| Downloads: | 817 |
| Author: | James Underwood |
| Size: | 4.88 MB |
| Category: X-Plane - Original Aircraft | |
| Seaplane Racer for x-plane 6.6-6.7 |
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Seaplane Racer for x-plane 6.6-6.7 - This is the looser (by choice) of my two designs completed for the Seaplane Contest going on at www.x-plane.org. It is the fastest of my two designs capable of 500 mph in level flight at 1500 ft. Powered by two Rolls Royce Merlin V12 engines each developing 2200 HP. The rear engine drives 2- 9' diameter, pusher, four blade, counter rotating props; the front engine drives 2-7.2' diameter, puller, four blade, counter rotating props. Wing tips fold to reduce drag and allow the plane to meet the minimum 200 ft2 wing area. Remove the floats, shorten the landing gear by about 2.7 feet and do over 530 mph. Go to www.x-plane.org go to the forums and click on custom designs to find out more about the seaplane contest.
| Filename: | Seaplane_Racer_for_xplane_6667.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 19th June 2003, 15:59:02 |
| Downloads: | 340 |
| Author: | Robert App |
| Size: | 236.35 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| FSX Dassault Mirage IIIRZ "837", SAAF |
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A repaint of the superb payware Skysim Mirage III/V package. It is painted as Dassault Mirage IIIRZ "837" of 2 Sqn South African Air Force, based at Hoedspruit AFB in the late 1980's. The recce IIIRZ's operated alongside the fighter Mirage IIICZ's at 2 Sqn and they proved to be a very important tactical asset during the long border war in South West Africa/Angola. During the later part of the war, Mirage IIIRZ "837" was painted in the "Air Superiority" low visibility paint scheme also seen on a few Mirage IIICZs and F1CZ/AZs.
| Filename: | FSX_Dassault_Mirage_IIIRZ_837_SAAF.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 18th January 2009, 16:41:20 |
| Downloads: | 411 |
| Author: | Jens-Ole Kjølberg |
| Size: | 5.64 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RCGM Taoyuan Air Base, Taiwan |
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This is an improvement of the default RCGM Taoyuan Air Base in Northern Taiwan. RCGM was the home base of several ROC Air Force units, including the 35th "Black Cat" Squadron that flew deep penetration missions into China using U-2. The base was turned over to the ROC Navy in 2007 and now serves as the home for fixed-wing ASW aircraft. Satellite imagery available online were used to reposition taxiways, add and resize aprons, and add civilian gates and military aircraft parking. Prominent buildings were represented using stock library objects. Created using Airport Design Editor 1.39b by Mike Huang.
| Filename: | RCGM_Taoyuan_Air_Base_Taiwan.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 13th March 2009, 03:22:33 |
| Downloads: | 1,500 |
| Author: | Mike Huang |
| Size: | 365.69 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star / USAF FT-418, FT-508, FT-510 and FT-511 "AcroJets" |
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United States Air Force FT-418, FT-508, FT-510 and FT-511 "AcroJets" liveries for the Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star. The "Acrojets" were the first US jet aerial demonstration team, formed in 1948 by the Fighter School at Williams AFB. The initial purpose was to show the potential of the P-80 to young pilots and those more accustomed to propeller driven aircraft. They soon were soon performing at public air shows. This is a complete aircraft package and does not require the freeware AlphaSim (http://www.alphasim.co.uk) FS9 Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft.
| Filename: | Lockheed_P80B_Shooting_Star__USAF_FT418_FT508_FT51.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 7th July 2010, 18:13:23 |
| Downloads: | 632 |
| Author: | Midnight Aviation |
| Size: | 35.67 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Rockwell B-1B Lancer, 85-0061 "French Connection" |
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This aircraft was delivered to the 96th Bombardment Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas on March 18, 1987. It was given the name "French Connection" and wore no nose art. The aircraft was sent to the Paris Air Show in June 1987. In 1991 it was transferred to Ellsworth AFB where it was renamed "Maverick" with nose art added. This texture set requires the Virtavia B-1B Lancer for FSX.
The B-1B Lancer was developed by Rockwell International, now Boeing Defense And Space Group, and is the US Air Force long-range strategic bomber.
| Filename: | Rockwell_B1B_Lancer_850061_French_Connection.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 17th July 2010, 10:19:01 |
| Downloads: | 339 |
| Author: | Frank Safranek |
| Size: | 3.31 MB |
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