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| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Consolidated PBY Catalina C-FCRR |
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This folder contains a repaint for the Aerosoft PBY Catalina for FSX. It is shown here as C-FCRR, with Air France colors. Built by Boeing of Canada at Vancouver, it became RCAF Canso 9767 on March 4, 1943, and was allocated to Squadron 162, coded S, at Reykjavik, Iceland. In 1944, piloted by Flying Officers Thomas Charles Cooke and Eric Walter Wiskin, 9767 sank the German U-boat U-342 off the coast of Iceland on April 17. The amphibian was removed from the military service on April 1, 1946. The same year it was sold to Canadian Pacific Airlines, registered CF-CRR and assigned fleet number 233 (later 933), it was operated until 1959, thereafter by Northland Airlines (1960-1968), Midwest Airlines (1969-1970), and Ilford Riverton until 1973. The registration was changed to C-FCRR when Avalon Aviation acquired it as a water bomber in 1977, listed as Tanker number 791.
In 1995 the aircraft was bought by Powell Eorp. Of Parry Sound, Ontario, subsequently it was owned by the Canadian Air Legend. The French pilot Franklin Devaux bought C-FCRR in 1995 and converted it to a flying television studio, it was based at Le Bourget, Paris, France. During 1996 C-FCRR was the star of monthly French television programme Operation Okavango, while in September 1998 it was the eye catcher of the three-week Champs-Elysees (Paris) static air show. The following October the aircraft started an 8,078 mls (13,000 km) trip to Chile via Dakar (Senegal) and Natal (Brazil) to commemorate early Air France South Atlantic mail service, returning to France in June 1999. On January 19, 2002 the aircraft was stored at Orly Airport, Paris, and has not flown since. Its Canadian registration was cancelled on October 7, 2005. At present it seems to be registered as N9767, and in airworthy condition again. Here's a youtube movie on this aircraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jyzV8Gawc. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the repaint kit by Aerosoft.
| Filename: | Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_CFCRR.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 26th September 2010, 11:33:47 |
| Downloads: | 1,194 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 9.83 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Canadian Airlines Boeing 747-8i |
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This is a repaint for the amazing SkySpirit 747-8i Series II. It includes the base model, high-quality textures, a VC, and custom ground service vehicles.
Canadian Airlines never flew the 747-8i, as by the time the company was absorbed by Air Canada in 1999 the aircraft did not exist. The largest aircraft flown by Canadian Airlines was the Boeing 747-427. However, in our new universe, Canadian Airlines has taken delivery of one single Boeing 747-8i, available to fly any route of your choice. It flies under the registration C-FCDN and the tail number 848.
The Rhys T. Eyton Memorial 747-8i
Canadian Airlines named all of their 747's, and this one is no different. Like the real-life 747-427 flown under registration C-FGHZ, this aircraft honors the late Rhys T. Eyton, Canadian Airlines CEO between 1989 and 1995. Rhys was a pioneer in Canadian Aviation. He passed away in 2023.
Livery Info
Upon its founding in 1987, Canadian Airlines revealed its new livery using the colours light grey, dark grey, navy blue, and red. The paint scheme was an adaptation of the recently introduced livery from its predecessor Canadian Pacific Airlines. The lower half of the aircraft's body was navy blue, topped with light grey and red stripes, while the tail was blue, with approximately one-third taken up by the carrier's new logo. The new Canadian Airlines logo was a combination of Canadian Pacific's five grey stripes, representing the five continents served by the carrier. Over these stripes was a thick, bright red chevron. The chevron was a simplification of the Pacific Western Airlines logo. The chevron was placed over the stripes, which then represented "Wings over 5 continents". It was also an ingenious and subtle way to represent the takeover of CP by PWA. The same logo, in a square form, became a clever alternative to a true bilingual name on the fuselage replacing the French "e", and the third "a" in English (Canadian/Canadien).
| Filename: | Canadian_Airlines_Boeing_7478i.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 20th April 2024, 21:55:57 |
| Downloads: | 61 |
| Author: | Julian Flight |
| Size: | 65.56 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Tok Junction 6K8 in Alaska, USA |
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Tok Junction is a village, or small town, on the Alaska Highway some 180 miles east of Fairbanks and 60 miles west of the Alaska-Canada border. The town is spread over a wide area on the flat terrain and barely registers among the trees, and as such is not shown in FS9 except as a grid of roads as there is no town terrain texture like it used in FS9. The airfield is at the eastern end of the town and adjacent to the Alaska Highway and I have included some surrounding houses, workshops, shops, lodges, etc. The single runway is 3,000 feet of 50 feet wide asphalt aligned 07-25 and lit. There is a small airline based on the airfield called 40-Mile Air. Their hangar is red and the name written large and 100LL fuel is available beside it at all times. Jet A-1 is available by a telephoned pre-arangement. They are, I believe, no longer flying scheduled flights but they do still function as an air taxi and they have a contract to deliver mail to surrounding villages that are not served by all-weather roads. The airfield now has a new icao "PFTO" but in FS9 it remains as the original FAA LID, 6K8. The FS9 roads are not accurately placed, and the grass airfield background is not really appropriate as the reality is more like gravel mixed with earth; it is however difficult to replicate this with the available textures and still prevent bushes or trees appearing. But, in the winter and with snow on the ground it looks as it should. A note here about my scenery making. There will not be many more to follow this as I am almost at the end of the photos I either took or found for scenery purposes, plus I expect to move on from FS9 at some point during next year.
| Filename: | Tok_Junction_6K8_in_Alaska_USA.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 14th January 2020, 17:49:21 |
| Downloads: | 176 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 25.47 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Consolidated PBY-5A (C-FCRR) |
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This folder contains a repaint for the Aerosoft PBY Catalina for FSX. It is shown here as C-FCRR, with Air France colors. Built by Boeing of Canada at Vancouver, it became RCAF Canso 9767 on March 4, 1943, and was allocated to Squadron 162, coded S, at Reykjavik, Iceland. In 1944, piloted by Flying Officers Thomas Charles Cooke and Eric Walter Wiskin, 9767 sank the German U-boat U-342 off the coast of Iceland on April 17. The amphibian was removed from the military service on April 1, 1946. The same year it was sold to Canadian Pacific Airlines, registered CF-CRR and assigned fleet number 233 (later 933), it was operated until 1959, thereafter by Northland Airlines (1960-1968), Midwest Airlines (1969-1970), and Ilford Riverton until 1973. The registration was changed to C-FCRR when Avalon Aviation acquired it as a water bomber in 1977, listed as Tanker number 791.
In 1995 the aircraft was bought by Powell Eorp. Of Parry Sound, Ontario, subsequently it was owned by the Canadian Air Legend. The French pilot Franklin Devaux bought C-FCRR in 1995 and converted it to a flying television studio, it was based at Le Bourget, Paris, France. During 1996 C-FCRR was the star of monthly French television programme Operation Okavango, while in September 1998 it was the eye catcher of the three-week Champs-Elysees (Paris) static air show. The following October the aircraft started an 8,078 mls (13,000 km) trip to Chile via Dakar (Senegal) and Natal (Brazil) to commemorate early Air France South Atlantic mail service, returning to France in June 1999. On January 19, 2002 the aircraft was stored at Orly Airport, Paris, and has not flown since. Its Canadian registration was cancelled on October 7, 2005. At present it seems to be registered as N9767, and in airworthy condition again. Here's a youtube movie on this aircraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jyzV8Gawc. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the repaint kit by Aerosoft.
| Filename: | Consolidated_PBY5A_CFCRR.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 13th July 2018, 20:34:21 |
| Downloads: | 151 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 9.83 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Canadian Airlines Airbus A380 |
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This is a repaint for Project Airbus' Airbus A380 in a fictional Canadian Airlines livery. Includes base model, high-quality textures, and updated VC.
*Mask Options*
This livery also includes cockpit window "Mask Options". Please see the included readme in the .zip file for instructions for applying these options.
Canadian Airlines never flew the A380, as by the time the company was absorbed by Air Canada in 1999, the aircraft did not exist. The largest aircraft flown by Canadian Airlines was the Boeing 747-427. However, in our new universe, Canadian Airlines has taken delivery of one single Airbus A380, available to fly any route of your choice. It flies under the registration C-CSPN and the tail number 383.
*Livery Info*
Upon its founding in 1987, Canadian Airlines revealed its new livery using the colours light grey, dark grey, navy blue, and red. The paint scheme was an adaptation of the recently introduced livery from its predecessor Canadian Pacific Airlines. The lower half of the aircraft's body was navy blue, topped with light grey and red stripes, while the tail was blue, with approximately one-third taken up by the carrier's new logo. The new Canadian Airlines logo was a combination of Canadian Pacific's five grey stripes, representing the five continents served by the carrier. Over these stripes was a thick, bright red chevron. The chevron was a simplification of the Pacific Western Airlines logo. The chevron was placed over the stripes, which then represented "Wings over 5 continents". It was also an ingenious and subtle way to represent the takeover of CP by PWA. The same logo, in a square form, became a clever alternative to a true bilingual name on the fuselage replacing the French "e", and the third "a" in English (Canadian/Canadien).
Model by The Project Airbus Team Textures by Julian Flight - March 31st, 2024 Virtual Cockpit by Thomas Ruth Virtual Cockpit updated by Chris Evans and Louis Quintero
| Filename: | Canadian_Airlines_Airbus_A380.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 5th April 2024, 17:19:08 |
| Downloads: | 52 |
| Author: | Julian Flight |
| Size: | 65.85 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Sounds | |
| ATC Voices - Airport names set 13 |
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File Description:
A collection of 67 additional, improved or corrected airport names, for
use with Flight Simulator 2004 and FS2002. Installation requires the
EditVoicepack software (see
http://bevelstone.xs4all.nl/FlightSimulator/EditVoicepack) by Lars
Møllebjerg which is also available as a free download from the usual
Flight Simulator download sites such as Avsim.
The airports represented here are:
1X1 Higgins (United States of America),
2E3 Cluck Ranch (United States of America),
CYCC Cornwall Regl (Canada),
EDSK Kehl-Sundheim (Germany),
EFKJ Kauhajoki (Finland),
EG74 Jurby (United Kingdom),
EKOD Odense (Denmark),
ENOP Oppdal (Norway),
ENZ6 Frya (Norway),
EPZP Przylep (Poland),
ES0G Mantorp Park (Sweden),
ESGS Stromstad/Nasinge (Sweden),
ESGV Varberg (Sweden),
ESSK Gavle-Sandviken (Sweden),
ESSW Vastervik (Sweden),
FD98 Ferguson (United States of America),
FZRA Manono (Congo DRC),
KBJJ Wayne Co (United States of America),
KDYR Dyersburg Mun (United States of America),
KELD El Dorado/South Arkansas Regional (United States of America),
KIDL Indianola (United States of America),
KLLQ Monticello Mun/Ellis (United States of America),
KPBF Grider (United States of America),
KPKD Park Rapids (United States of America),
KUOX University-Oxford (United States of America),
KVPC Cartersville (United States of America),
KWWR West Woodward (United States of America),
LFIM St Gaudens/Montrejeau (France),
LFRI Les Ajoncs (France),
LIRQ Florence/Peretola - fixed (Italy) - fixed,
LKCT Chotebor (Czech Republic),
LKPO Prerov (Czech Republic),
NFNK Lakeba (Fiji),
O07 Westheimer (United States of America),
OICS Sanandaj (Iran),
OIMN Bojnord (Iran),
ORSU Sulaymaniyah International (Iraq),
RJSC Yamagata (Japan),
RJSY Shonai (Japan),
RPUW Gasan/Marinduque (Philippines),
RPVT Tagbilaran (Philippines),
SBNF Navegantes (Brazil),
SPAS Andoas (Peru),
SPMS Yurimaguas (Peru),
SSGB Guaratuba (Brazil),
TFFS Les Saintes (Guadeloupe),
TN83 Cedar Glade (United States of America),
ULL9 Gostitilsy (Russian Federation),
ULLD Gromovo (Rusian Federation),
ULLG Gorelovo (Ruissian Federation),
ULPW Sortavala (Russian Federation),
W11 Menomonie (United States of America),
WARR Surabaya/Juanda (Indonesia),
WARS Semarang/Achmad Yani (Indonesia),
WIOD Tanjung Pandan/Buluh Tumbang/H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin (Indonesia),
XCN Coron/Busuanga (Philippines),
Y95 Hillman (United States of America),
YADD Arubiddy Station( (Australia),
YBAL Balladonia (Australia),
YECL Eucla (Australia),
YNRB Narembeen (Australia),
Z19X Aozou (Libya), plus
BOJNORD INFORMATION Beajnord (Iran),
BUDEJOVICE PRECISION Budejovice (Czech Republic),
KARSHI Karshi South (Uzbekistan), and
PRYZLEP AERO Przylep Aero (Poland),
| Filename: | ATC_Voices__Airport_names_set_13.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 22nd February 2008, 09:20:06 |
| Downloads: | 3,083 |
| Author: | John Hinson |
| Size: | 44.06 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AI Aircraft | |
| 43 x Boeing 737-200 (replacement of lost files) |
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File Description:
Here are some of my repaints of B737-200 that got lost through the attack on AVSIM file library. You'll find zip-files corresponding t0 the registration numbers of the aircraft. readme-files are included in every zip-file. Just unzip the b732.zip and use what you like. Following aircraft are included:
AerolÃ�ÂÂnea Principal 737-236 Adv (CC-CZO) Chile /
Africa Charter Airline 737-200 (ZS-SIL) South Africa /
Air Corridor 737-200 (C9-BAM) Mozambique /
Air Inuit 737-200C (C-GAIG) Canada /
Air Malawi 737-200 (ZS-PUI) Malawi /
Airfast Indonesia 737-200 (PK-OCP) Indonesia /
Avolar Aerolineas 737-200 (XA-UHY) Mexico /
Best Aviation 737-200 (S2-AAI) Bangladesh /
Bionic Aviation 737-200 (ZS-PVU) South Africa /
CityLine Hungary 737-200C (HA-LEW) Hungary /
Delta Connection 737-200 (5Y-JAP) Kenya /
East Air 737-200 (EY-533) Tajikistan /
Eastok Avia 737-200 (EX-736) Kyrgyzstan /
EuroLine 737-200 (4L-EUL) Georgia /
Flying Carpet 737-200 (OD-LMB) Lebanon /
Inter Air Airlines 737-200 (ZS-SIH) South Africa /
Inter Air Airlines 737-200C (ZS-IJJ) South Africa /
Jatayu Airlines 737-200 (PK-JTY) Indonesia /
Kartika Airlines 737-200 (PK-KAD) Indonesia /
Marsland Aviation 737-200 (ST-SDA) Sudan /
NasAir 737-200 (E3-NAD) Eritrea /
NasAir 737-200 (E3-NAS) Eritrea /
National Airways Cameroon 737-200 (XU-UHZ) Cameroon /
Norse Air 737-200 (PK-YGF) South Africa /
Pacific Pearl Airways 737-232 (RP-C8777) Philippines /
Pamir Airways 737-232Adv (YA-PIR) Afghanistan /
Pamir Airways 737-268 (EX-311) Afghanistan /
PMT Air 737-200 (XU-U4F) Cambodia /
Principal Airlines 737-236 Adv (CC-CZK) Chile /
Regional Paraguaya 737-200 (ZP-CAJ) Paraguay /
Rollins Air 737-200 (N332DL) Honduras /
SAT Airlines 737-200 (RA-73003) Russia /
SCAT Airlines 737-200 (UN-B3707) Kazakhstan /
Slok Air International 737-200 (C5-NYA) Gambia /
Tahmid Air 737-200 (EY-533) Kazakhstan /
Tahmid Air 737-200 (UN-B3709) Kazakhstan /
Tahmid Air 737-200 (UP-B3703) Kazakhstan /
Tajik Air 737-200 (EY-532) Tajikistan /
Top Air 737-200 (PK-BPW) Indonesia /
Transworld Aviation 737-200C (JY-TWC) Jordan /
Weststar Aviation 737-200 (N413JG) Malaysia /
Xpress Air 737-200 (PK-TXF) Indonesia /
Zara Airways 737-200 (ZS-SIL) Tanzania /
| Filename: | 43_x_Boeing_737200_replacement_of_lost_files.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 6th June 2010, 09:00:58 |
| Downloads: | 3,437 |
| Author: | Uwe Hoffmann |
| Size: | 20.21 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Nome PAOM on the northwestern coast of Alaska |
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There are four main northwestern Alaska towns which have good airports and are serviced by Alaska Airlines. From these airports local flights connect to nearby villages, "nearby" in Alaska meaning up to 200 miles away. The northernmost is Barrow. Southwest of Barrow is Kotzebue, then Nome, and the furthest south is Bethel. The town of Nome is south of the Bering Strait on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula, around 185 miles south of Kotzebue, with a population of about 3,800. It is the town that led to the creation of the most famous dogsledge race in the world, the Iditarod, which is based on the delivery to Nome of diphtheria serum during the blizzard conditions of the winter of 1925. The Nome airport (it currently has no other name) was originally built as the last of the refuelling airfields for planes being ferried to Russia during WW2. It has two runways, aligned 09-27 and 02-20 in FS9 (the wandering magnetic north has recently renamed the magnetic headings) and both of them around 6,000 feet with an ILS on 27. There is a modern airport layout diagram included showing taxiway names etc. Alaska Airlines, ERA, and Bering Air (which is headquartered in Nome), along with the shared cargo terminal for Northern Air Cargo and Everts Air, are all on the southern apron. The northern apron is mainly for GA, along with maintenance facilities, a garage building that also houses a weather bureau, and at the far northern end of runway 02-20 an apron and hanger for the Alaska Air National Guard. All AI aircraft in FS9 much prefer to use a runway that has an ILS and so will continue to use 09-27 even if the wind is from the north or south, right up until it reaches 30+ knots, so for AI realism in FS9 a permanent wind from the west would be the most realistic on a daily basis. There is also a small gravel strip just north of the town and this is included (94Z), as are some old line-of-sight radio communication reflectors on the hills above the town. There is a note about making adjustments to Ultimate Terrain Alaska-Canada regarding both realistic road lighting and also auto-generation.
| Filename: | Nome_PAOM_on_the_northwestern_coast_of_Alaska.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 18th October 2016, 02:38:42 |
| Downloads: | 486 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 22.65 MB |
| Category: Prepar3D V1-4 - Flight Plans | |
| CargoJet Flight Plans |
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File Description:
Attached is an Excel Flight Planner including recent (Jan/Feb 2019) scheduled flight plans for CargoJet for use with the CaptainSim 757-III Freighter expansion.
A couple of weeks ago, I made two CargoJet liveries for the CS 757-III Freighter, available at Avsim:
https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=&Author=meier&CatID=p3dacrp
To use these files, copy the attached .rt files to your Captain Sim route directory:
*\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Captain_Sim\757-III\Routes\
These accompanying route files (60+) DO NOT include any SID or STAR data, nor do they include any performance information (cargo/fuel weights)...I've intentionally tried to keep these files customizable with any ATC program you may be using.
The Excel spreadsheet use should be pretty straight forward (it was designed using MS Excel 2019...you'll need MS Excel 2013 or newer for the macros to work correctly).
The spreadsheet will open to a worksheet containing CargoJet's current, scheduled route network. From this worksheet, simply select a departure location from the buttons on the world map.
Once a departure location is selected, a second "Flight Planning" worksheet will open with a UserForm Box directing you to select an airport destination based upon your selected departure location.
The UserForm box is pre-populated only with current destinations from that departure airport (based upon current CargoJet Jan/Feb 2019 schedules obtained from online flight tracking data).
I've included a weather snapshot download from each of the departure and destination airports into the flight planning worksheet.
I have not yet included enroute weather information...that may come in a "V2" of this flight planner.
As I have not yet included enroute weather information, flight fuel calculations/fuel burn are only approximate for now. Down the road, I may also include calculations for derate temperatures...that will take considerable more work.
I think this Flight Planner is a pretty good version 1 for sharing. In the absence of a website dedicated to a "CargoJet Virtual Airline", I thought this Excel spreadsheet and accompanying flight plans may be of benefit to anyone who might enjoy flying the CS757-III Freighter expansion with CargoJet livery.
Personally, I was fortunate to already have the full compliment of SimAddon airports (Canada wide) which makes for enhanced enjoyment of the CaptainSim 757-III add-on and this flight planning spreadsheet. (That statement wasn't intended as a promotion for people to go out and buy the SimAddons software!!!)
I haven't had a chance to test all the flight plans yet...I'm hoping I haven't made any errors!
Anyhow, I hope this spreadsheet and flight plans can be of benefit to others.
Feedback always appreciated!
Rob
February 15, 2019
| Filename: | CargoJet_Flight_Plans.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 16th February 2019, 22:00:12 |
| Downloads: | 169 |
| Author: | Rob Meier |
| Size: | 1.93 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX EN186 Bluebird |
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Spitfire IXc EN186 was the personal aircraft of S/L L.C. Wade, an American flying with the RAF. Wade was born in the small farming community of Broaddus, Texas in 1915. He was the second son of Bill and Susan Wade, who named him L.C. (only after the RAF demanded a forename did he call himself Lance Cleo Wade). After the family moved to a farm near Reklaw, Texas in 1922 he worked on the family farm and attended the local school. He was unable to join the US Army Aviation Cadet Program due to a lack of a college education. He began flying at age 17, at Tucson, Arizona. In 1934 at age 19, Wade joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Arizona. He joined the RAF in Canada in December 1940 and trained with No. 52 Operational Training Unit (OTU). Wade was then sent to the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal and flew off her deck in Hawker Hurricane to reinforce the depleted ranks of aircraft on the island of Malta. He was then sent to Egypt as a Hawker Hurricane Mk I pilot in September 1941, and was posted to 33 Squadron. The squadron's mission was to provide close air support for Operation Crusader, the British assault launched on November 18, 1941, against the German Afrika Korps. His first kills were two Fiat CR.42s on 18 November. He attained the rank of "ace" on 24 November 1941. He began flying Hurricane Mk IIs in April 1942, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He had 13 victories as of September 1942. He spent the next several months back in the US on various RAF projects including evaluating some American fighters at Wright Field. He returned to combat as a Flight Commander in 145 Squadron with a Bar to his DFC, flying Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vs. Promoted to squadron leader, he had a busy 60 days, as by the end of April his score was 21, by then flying Spitfire Mk IXs. His squadron moved to Italy, and as a Spitfire VIII pilot he claimed two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of Schlachtgeschwader 4 on 2 October 1943. His last claims were three FW 190s (again of SG 4) damaged on 3 November. Wade became a wing commander and joined the staff of the Desert Air Force but was there only briefly, as he was killed in a flying accident on 12 January 1944 at Foggia, Italy. In 30 fights for which he made claims he was credited with 23 victories including two shared), one probable, and 13 damaged. He is also credited with one destroyed and five damaged on the ground.
Wing Commander Wade is usually listed with 25 victories but official RAF records show that he had 22 solo victories and half each of two more for a total of 23, not counting one probable. Regardless of whether his score is 25, or 23 victories, he is still the leading American fighter ace to serve exclusively in any foreign air force.
Since he never transferred to the USAAF, or any other American Air service, Wade never got the publicity that other American aces received and thus is more obscure than his peers.
The aircraft depicted in this repaint, EN186, started its active career with 249 sqn on Malta, who used it for high flying reconaissance, and who were responsible for replacing the dark green with Mediterranean Blue. The aircraft was then transferred to Tunisia, where it was the personal aircraft of W/C Gleed of the 244 wing. After his death, it went to L.C. Wade, who scored 5 victories with it in april 1943. He did not apply any codes to it, and referred to it in his logbook as BB, for Blue Bird. He flew it till august 1943, when he changed to flying Spitfire MK VIII JF472
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by RealAir.
| Filename: | Supermarine_Spitfire_MkIX_EN186_Bluebird.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 11th July 2018, 16:54:01 |
| Downloads: | 103 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 3.59 MB |
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