Tom Gibson

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 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 NAC And Everts Douglas DC-6BF CB-16. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-6A and DC-6BF in the recent colors of Everts Air Cargo and Northern Air Cargo. Features opening cargo doors. The flight dynamics use the lower octane fuel of the CB-16 engine for modern ops. This is the FS2004 DC-6BF CB-16 Base Pack, add other modern era DC-6A liveries to this package. Requires The FS2004 DC-6B CB-16 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, Jim Campisi, Dave James, and FSAviator

FS2004 Flying Tiger And American Douglas DC-6A CB-17. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Douglas DC-6A in Flying Tiger and American Airlines colors. The flight dynamics use the more powerful CB-17 engines utilizing high octane fuel of the 1950s and 60s. Features opening cargo doors. Both Combi and freight-only versions are included. This is the FS2004 DC-6A CB-17 Base Pack, add other classic era DC-6A liveries to this package. Requires The FS2004 DC-6B CB-16 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, Jens Kristensen, Wayne Tudor, Frank Gonzalez, and FSAviator

FS2004/FSX 1960 Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27. The Fokker F.27 Friendship was an instant success in Europe and from 1958 the F27 and F-27B were also built under license by Fairchild in the U.S. The F-27A was introduced in 1959. This flight model features the wet RDa.7 engines (Dart 528-7E) as used by Bonanza Airlines allowing an increase in max take off weight from 39,400lbs to 42,000lbs. Certificated for 48 passengers, but most had only 40 passenger seats. This is the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  A complete aircraft, includes model, panel, and sounds. By Mike Stone, Bernward Bockheim, Matthias Lieberecht, FSAviator, and Tom Gibson.

Files to convert FS2004 1962 Tokyo Haneda Airport Scenery to FSX.  Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Requires FS2004 Tokyo Haneda Scenery. By Aaron Seymour and Tom Gibson.

FS2004 1962 Pittsburgh Airport Scenery This package will backdate the default Pittsburgh Intl. airport (KPIT) to circa 1962, using the old terminal built by Nick Botamer. Tom Gibson modified Nick's 1975 terminal to its 1962 appearance and added a few hangars and military buildings. Mike Stevens created the ADE file, ground polygons, and all the rest of the details. Thanks to Christian Page for releasing the 1975 KPIT scenery and thus making Nick's terminal available. The new airport, christened as Greater Pittsburgh Airport opened on 31 May 1952. The first flight was on 3 June 1952. In its first full year of operation in 1953, more than 1.4 million passengers used the terminal. "Greater Pitt" was then considered modern and spacious. The airport terminal was the largest in the United States, second only to Idlewild Airport's (now JFK Airport) in New York when it was completed five years later. Requires the FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries 1 and Classic Scenery Libraries 2.  By Mike Stevens, Nick Botamer, and Tom Gibson

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/FSX Aircraft Files for 1955 to 1962 AI World File 1. This file is not to be used for modern FS installations! Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. These simple aircraft are designed to be used as an AI aircraft within FS2004. These planes have animated gear, flaps (many also for takeoff), wheels, and props. They also include airstairs for almost all aircraft. The package includes liveries for almost all airlines of the world in 1955 - 1962. The aircraft included in this file are the DC-3, DC-4, B307, and B377. File 1 of 8 aircraft files. AFCAD and Traffic files also required. By Tom Gibson

FS2004/FSX 1960 American Airlines Douglas DC-6 CB-16. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The DC-6 was the first pressurized Douglas airliner, and due to the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines competed effectively against the Lockheed Constellations. This is the modified version of the DC-6 with CB-16 engines fitted later. Textures only. Requires the FS2004 DC-6 Base Pack or the FSX/P3D DC-6 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson.

FS2004/FSX 1970 Air West F-27 Green/Blue. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Air West colors, circa 1970. Air West used 4 different color schemes. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1970 Air West F-27 Purple/Orange. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Air West colors, circa 1970. Air West used 4 different color schemes. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1965 Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Pacific Air Lines colors, circa 1965-1967. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson, Gary Harper, and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004 American Air Lines Convair CV-240 CA-18. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The post war CV-110 unpressurised 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 engined 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 CA-18 engine. Includes model, panel, and sounds. This is the FS2004 CV-240 CA-18 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package (not VBF liveries).  Also provides panel, sounds, and updated flight dynamics for the VBF CV-240s. By Greg Pepper, Tom Gibson, 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

FS2004/FSX 1970 Hughes Airwest Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Hughes Airwest colors, circa 1970-1975. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1984 Connect Air Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Connect Air colors, circa 1984. Connect Air was a small airline that flew between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara around 1984. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1959 West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in West Coast colors, circa 1959-1967. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX Pacific Air Lines Martin 202A. The Martin 2-0-2A in Pacific Air Lines colors, circa 1959-1964. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Rushed into production after WW2 the unpressurized 2-0-2 delivered from 1947 had fatal structural faults and the thirty that did not fall apart in the air had to be remanufactured as 2-0-2As from 1949. Just twelve more were built from scratch to that higher standard in 1950. The original owners were Northwest Orient. LAN-Chile, Linea Aeropostal Venezolana and TWA. Despite the fatal design flaws of the original 2-0-2 some of the modified aircraft, always subject to severe operating restrictions, had long working lives. This is the FS2004/FSX M202A Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FS2004/FSX M404 CB-16 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Dee Waldron, FSAviator, and Tom Gibson.

FS2004/FSX 1962 Southern Airways Martin 404 CB-3. The 4-0-4 Skyliner was the 1951 pressurized and stretched fuselage equivalent of the modified 2-0-2A having been extensively redesigned to compete with the pressurized and long established Convair CV-240. Production of the Martin 4-0-4 soon ended with only 101 in airline and USCG service after the superior CV-340 was introduced. Flight dynamics for the Pratt & Whitney R2800 CB-3 engine with single speed superchargers. This is the FS2004/FSX M404 CB-3 Base Pack, add other liveries to this package.  Requires the FS2004/FSX M404 CB-16 Base Pack for panel and sounds. By Dee Waldron, FSAviator, and Tom Gibson

FS2004 Lockheed L-188 Electra FD Update Pack. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. Updates the flight dynamics for the Libardo Guzman, Chris Buff, and JR Lucariny FS2004 models of the Lockheed L-188 Electra. Liveries included for Western, PSA, Eastern, VARIG, and KLM. Note that these models do not contain a virtual cockpit. Requires ELEIIVG.ZIP for the Lucariny model and the CV-580 Base Pack for sounds. By FSAviator, Chris Buff, Libardo Guzman, Bill Schulz, Frank Gonzalez, and Tom Gibson

FS2004/FSX 1967 Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Pacific Air Lines colors, circa 1967-1970. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Frank Gonzalez, Tom Gibson, and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1970 Air West F-27 Mustard/Rust. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Air West colors, circa 1970. Air West used 4 different color schemes. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1970 Air West F-27 Blue/Mustard. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in Air West colors, circa 1970. Air West used four different color schemes. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Tom Gibson and Bernward Bockheim.

FS2004/FSX 1966 West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27. Part of the CalClassic Archive Project. The Fairchild F-27 in West Coast colors, circa 1966-1970. Textures only. Requires the FS2004/FSX F-27 Base Pack. By Frank Gonzalez, Tom Gibson, and Bernward Bockheim.