About This File
FS2004 American Flyers Airline L-188 Electra. This is a repaint of the Lockheed L188 Electra by Libardo Guzman in American Flyers Airline livery. The L-188 (base file) by Libardo Guzman is needed for this repaint. AFA was one of the oldest supplemental (charter) airlines based in Fort Worth, USA. The airline was founded by Reed Pigman in 1939, and started operations with a 5 seater Spartan 'Executive'. In 1951 AFA became the first charter airline to operate CAM (domestic trooping) operations. Sadly, Reed Pigman died in an L-188 crash in April 1966 while transporting over 80 military recruits. This was due to him having a heart attack at the controls. Consequently the plane lost control and crashed. All aboard perished. The airline continued to be run by his wife, before being taken over by Universal Airlines in 1971, which was itself absorbed by Saturn Airlines in 1972. Textures are DXT3. By Ted Giana.