Tom Gibson

FS2004/FSX AFCAD Files For 1962 AI World. This file is not to be used for modern FS Installations! Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. This file includes modified AFCAD files and exclude files to provide a simple backdate of default FS2004 airports. It includes backdated parking (using the "terminal turn"), aprons, taxiways, and runways. It sometimes includes shortened/removed runways and modified airport aprons. It does NOT include new terminal buildings, airport details, and other changes that would be included in a true scenery package. Some modern airports are removed. Refer to the Airport Changes text file (found in the zip file and in the FS2004/Addon Scenery/Propliner AI Traffic folder) for the older airports used instead of the current major airport in many cities, so you can plan your flights into the correct airports. By Tom Gibson

FS2004/FSX MATS For 1955 To 1962 AI World. This file is not to be used for modern FS installations! Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Includes AFCAD files, simple AI aircraft, and flight plans for Military Air Transport Service flights around the world in the 1955-1962 era. An optional part of the CalClassic AI World. By Tom Gibson

FS2004 Flight Plans For the 1955-1962 AI World. This file is not to be used for modern FS installations! Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Provides AI traffic around the world for almost all airlines in the 1955-1962 AI World. In FS2004 format but can be converted to FSX format by AIFP. Allows a choice of 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1962. Requires 8 aircraft files and AFCAD file. By Tom Gibson

FSX/P3D 1960 American Airlines Douglas DC-7B. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7B in American Airlines colors, circa 1960 to 1966. This model is the domestic version without nacelle fuel saddle tanks. This is the FSX/P3D DC-7B Base Pack without saddle tank nacelles, add liveries other than PAA or SAA to this package.  Requires the FSX/P3D DC-7 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FS2004 1960 American Airlines Douglas DC-7F Freighter. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7F in American Airlines colors, circa 1960 to 1966. Features opening cargo doors. This is the FS2004 DC-7F Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FS2004 DC-7 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, Frank Gonzalez, and FSAviator

FSX/P3D 1960 American Airlines Douglas DC-7F Freighter. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7F in American Airlines colors, circa 1960 to 1966. Features opening cargo doors. This is the FSX/P3D DC-7F Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FSX/P3D DC-7 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, Frank Gonzalez, and FSAviator

FS2004 1960 American Airlines Douglas DC-7B. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7B in American Airlines colors, circa 1960 to 1966. This model is the domestic version without nacelle fuel saddle tanks. This is the FS2004 DC-7B Base Pack without saddle tank nacelles, add liveries other than PAA or SAA to this package.  Requires the FS2004 DC-7 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FS2004 1958 United Air Lines Douglas DC-7. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7 in United Air Lines 1958 jet delivery colors. The DC-7 allowed the inauguration of non-stop transcontinental service. Most large US airlines had DC-7's. United had 57 in their fleet. The DC-7's were eventually replaced by jets, and usually converted to or sold as freighters. The DC-7 was a domestic aircraft with no navigator position. This is the FS2004 DC-7 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  A complete aircraft, includes model, panel, and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FS2004 1959 GA AI Traffic Noel's traffic was made exclusively for Tom Gibson's California Classics CA59/62 scenery, and is also designed to be used with the Cal Classic Propliner AI Traffic. It contains 846 flight plans for 54 general aviation aircraft circa 1959 (about) covering 221 California airports. You will also find one aircraft performing touch and goes at each airport he developed traffic for. There are also default flight plans for the rest of the world, but using the same classic planes. THIS PACKAGE REQUIRES YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL MOST OF THE AI AIRCRAFT SEPARATELY! By Noel Sivertson and Tom Gibson

FSX/P3D 1958 United Air Lines Douglas DC-7. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-7 in United Air Lines 1958 jet delivery colors. The DC-7 allowed the inauguration of non-stop transcontinental service. Most large US airlines had DC-7's. United had 57 in their fleet. The DC-7's were eventually replaced by jets, and usually converted to or sold as freighters. The DC-7 was a domestic aircraft with no navigator position. This is the FSX/P3D DC-7 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package. A complete aircraft, includes model, panel, and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FSX/P3D 1958 United Air Lines Douglas DC-6B CB-16. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-6B in United Air Lines 1958 jet delivery colors. The DC-6B was generally considered to possess the best operating economics of any piston airliner built. Passengers also appreciated their smooth, quiet ride. United had 43 DC-6B's, and used them throughout their US system. Flight dynamics for Pratt & Whitney R2800 CB-16 engines used on domestic aircraft. This is the FSX/P3D DC-6B CB-16 Base Pack, add other US domestic DC-6B liveries to this package.  A complete aircraft, includes model, panel, and sounds.  If your engines stop running after engine start, be sure to advance the throttles to about 1000 RPM.  By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FS2004 1958 United Air Lines Douglas DC-6B CB-16. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-6B in United Air Lines 1958 jet delivery colors. The DC-6B was generally considered to possess the best operating economics of any piston airliner built. Passengers also appreciated their smooth, quiet ride. United had 43 DC-6B's, and used them throughout their US system. Flight dynamics for Pratt & Whitney R2800 CB-16 engines used on domestic aircraft. This is the FS2004 DC-6B CB-16 Base Pack, add other US domestic DC-6B liveries to this package.  A complete aircraft, includes model, panel, and sounds.  If your engines stop running after engine start, be sure to advance the throttles to about 1000 RPM.  By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, and FSAviator

FS2004/FSX/P3D LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation) gauge.  Long before GPS, a method was developed to be able to navigate on long overwater flights without the issues of weather and visibility involved with celestial navigation.  LORAN was originally used during WWII to assist the Allies in bombing raids and in transport duties.  It was later used by the airlines to navigate across the oceans.  This gauge from CalClassic simulates the operation of the AN/APN-4 instrument of WWII vintage, complete with peak alignment and reading the time delay values from the oscilloscope screen.  It uses the station pairs included on the coverage map from 1954, but can be used in any era from WWII to around 1975.  Installation instructions include adding the gauge to the JBK DC-6, CalClassic DC-6 and DC-7, and the Manfred Jahn L-749 Constellation, L-1049G Super Constellation, and the L-1649A Starliner 4.0.  Instructions are also included to add the gauge to any other panel.  By Jorge Rechani and Tom Gibson.  Thanks to loran-history.info for providing the LORAN coverage map.

FS2004/FSX CalClassic Convair 340/440 Paint Kit. Paint kit for the CalClassic Convair CV-340 and CV-440. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. These layered PSD files can be used in Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop to allow easier repainting of the Greg Pepper GMAX ConvairLiner aircraft: CV-340_CALCLASSIC.ZIP and CV-440_CALCLASSIC.ZIP. By Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson.

FS2004 Convair CV240 Paint Kit. These layered PSD files can be used in Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop to allow easier repainting of the Greg Pepper Gmax CV-240 aircraft. By Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson. Bare metal textures by Greg Pepper.

FS2004 1959 Chicago Midway Airport Scenery. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. We've produced this scenery to provide taxiways, buildings and details as they were around 1959 for Chicago Midway airport, the busiest airport in the USA in 1959. Joachim has created and textured a new GMAX main terminal, with many details included. Tom has created (or reused) the South Terminal (international flights), the hangars, and the rest. Don't forget to check out the classic billboards around the airport. Requires the FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries 1 and Classic Scenery Libraries 2.  By Joachim Neff and Tom Gibson

FS2004 Douglas DC-4 Operations Procedures Update. This package installs more realistic handling notes specific to military versus airline use of different variants in different decades. Multiple CalClassic Notepads become available for the first time. New VC and 2D panel content better reflects changes over time. The flight dynamics have improvements and add an extra engine variant. However, this increased accuracy requires higher levels of comprehension, judgement, and knowledge - all of which requires careful reading of the original Propliner Tutorial, the included C-54/DC-4 Tutorial, and the more detailed handling notes for each subtype. If you are not willing to make this effort, this update will do little to improve the original JBK C-54/DC4 V3 package, which should be used instead. PLEASE NOTE: This version also assumes that you are a relatively experienced FS user and know how to make file edits, etc. on your computer. This package is not designed for beginners to propliner flying. Again, if you are just starting out we suggest you install the JBK DC-4 V3 package. By Jens Kristensen, FSAviator, and Tom Gibson

FS2004/FSX Scenery--1956 London Airport (Heathrow) UK. This scenery depicts London Airport as it was in the summer of 1956. All international traffic was at the North Terminal, and the second BEA and BOAC hangars were not yet built, nor was the Air India hangar. London Airport was not officially renamed Heathrow until 1966, but was called that at least informally throughout its existence. Having started in the 1930's as a small grass airfield near the hamlet of Heathrow and used by Fairey Aviation, it was then officially named The London Airport at the start of passenger operations in 1946. Includes accurate renditions of the terminals, hangars, buses, GCA trucks, and statue. Requires the FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries 1 and Classic Scenery Libraries 2.  By Chris Helton, Ken Lawson, Bill Douglas, and Tom Gibson.

FS2004/FSX Scenery--1959 London Airport (Heathrow) UK. This scenery depicts London Airport as it was in the summer of 1959, when all international traffic was still at the original North Terminal. London Airport was not officially renamed Heathrow until 1966, but was called that at least informally throughout its existence. Having started in the 1930's as a small grass airfield near the hamlet of Heathrow and used by Fairey Aviation, it was then officially named The London Airport at the start of passenger operations in 1946. Includes accurate renditions of the terminals, hangars, offices, buses, GCA trucks, and statue. Requires the FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries 1 and Classic Scenery Libraries 2.  By Chris Helton, Ken Lawson, Bill Douglas, and Tom Gibson.

FS2004/FSX Scenery--1962 London Airport (Heathrow) UK. This scenery depicts London Airport as it was in the summer of 1962, after all international traffic had moved from the North Terminal to the Oceanic Terminal (later called Terminal #3). London Airport was not officially renamed Heathrow until 1966, but was called that at least informally throughout its existence. Having started in the 1930's as a small grass airfield near the hamlet of Heathrow and used by Fairey Aviation, it was then officially named The London Airport at the start of passenger operations in 1946. Includes accurate renditions of the terminals, hangars, offices, buses, GCA trucks, and statue. Requires the FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries 1 and Classic Scenery Libraries 2.  By Chris Helton, Ken Lawson, Bill Douglas, and Tom Gibson.

FS2004 Boeing B377 Stratocruiser And C-97. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Provides new and accurate flight dynamics and models for the American Overseas, Pan American, Northwest, BOAC, Transocean, and RANSA B377 Stratocruiser, and the USAF C97. Textures not included, but links provided for download. Requires the FS2004 United Stratocruiser for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, and FSAviator.

FSX/P3D Continental Convair CV-440. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Belatedly intended to compete with the Vickers Viscount, the CV-440 Metropolitan made its airline debut with Continental in March 1956. With a significant maximum weight increase this allowed the CV-440 to make full use of 145 Octane AVGAS in R-2800 engines configured as CB-17s. Weather radar in an extended nose became optional. The earlier, less than fully successful and noisy, twin exhaust thrust augmentation system gave way to a much quieter single wide exhaust. Of the 199 built just over 150 went to airlines. Military and naval designations were C-131D/E/F and R4Y-2. One hundred civilian and military CV-340s were then upgraded to a similar standard. This is the FSX/P3D CV-440 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FSX/P3D CV-340 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Wayne Tudor, and FSAviator

FS2004 Continental Convair CV-440. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Belatedly intended to compete with the Vickers Viscount, the CV-440 Metropolitan made its airline debut with Continental in March 1956. With a significant maximum weight increase this allowed the CV-440 to make full use of 145 Octane AVGAS in R-2800 engines configured as CB-17s. Weather radar in an extended nose became optional. The earlier, less than fully successful and noisy twin exhaust thrust augmentation system gave way to a much quieter single wide exhaust. Of the 199 built just over 150 went to airlines. Military and naval designations were C-131D/E/F and R4Y-2. One hundred civilian and military CV-340s were then upgraded to a similar standard. This is the FS2004 CV-440 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FS2004 CV-340 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Wayne Tudor, and FSAviator

FSX/P3D United Air Lines Convair CV-340. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The CV-340 made its debut with United Air Lines in November 1952. It had little in common with the CV-240, having a much larger wing and a longer fuselage to lift more weight. Improved transonic characteristics allowed it to cruise higher despite its greater useful load, surface area and drag. The larger CV-340 was more profitable then the CV-240, but when also powered by R-2800-CB16 engines it needed longer runways due to its greater weight. Of the 311 built, 102 were military transports for the USAF and USN under the designations C-131B/D and R4Y-1. Includes model, panel, and sounds.  This is the FSX/P3D CV-340 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, and FSAviator

FSX/P3D Western Air Lines Convair CV-240 CB-16. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The post war CV-110 unpressurized thirty seat DC-3 'replacement' was poorly timed, but AAL invited Convair to develop it into a pressurized 2 engine 40 seat CV-240 creating the first pressurized twin engine airliner. The CV-240 made its debut with American Air Lines in June 1948, but only 171 of the 556 CV-240s built were for airline use, the remainder were varieties of T-29 flying classroom and 26 x C-131A Samaritan air ambulances for the USAF and USCG. By the end of 1952 the CV-240 was giving way to the much stronger, heavier, and larger winged CV-340. This version has flight dynamics for the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 CB-16 engine. This is the FSX/P3D CV-240 CB-16 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FSX/P3D CV-240 CA-18 Base Pack for panel and sounds.  Provides updated flight dynamics for the VBF CV-240s. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, and FSAviator