ColR1948 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I fell in love with this little baby, she flies good and great for those low level flights to view scenery etc. She was a real aircraft, read on: In 1937 KLM was interested in the new Douglas DC4E for its Dutch East Indiesline. The DC4E was developed on the basis of the requirements of the US airlines United, TWA, Eastern and Pan American. KLM pilot Parmentier flew the prototype and was impressed. KLM was intended to purchase 6 aircrafts with a option for 6 more. The DC-4E had a nose wheel, while KLM had only aircraft with a tail wheel in its fleet. In order to train their pilots to get used to the nose wheel configuration KLM purchased the Stearman Hammond Y-1S in September 1937 for training purposes. The Stearman Hammond Model Y was designed by Dean B. Hammond for Bureau of Air Commerce safe airplane competition in 1934. Starting point was to develop a simple and reliable aircraft for $ 700, - Model Y wasone of the winners and Hammond got orders for 25 copies. However the prototype did not meet the requirements.Lloyd Stearman was asked to re-engineer the plane to improve performance and general workmanship. Resulting aircraft, Model Y-1S. Only 20 aircraft have been built. The prototype of the Douglas DC-4E was tested by United on its routes and was found to be far from economically.The American Airlines placed no orders orders and the project was canceled.Therefore the Stearman Hammond Y-1S was no longer necessary for KLM.The plane went to the RAE(Royal Aircraft Establishment) at Farnborough and thoroughly tested.It went to the RAF for assessment. Its ground handling was discribed as "impressive"but it was found impossible to fly an accurate compass course and it was extremely noisy. The RAF for saw little use for the machine.It remained at the RAE till it was scraped in 1942. Thanks to John Blackburn who sent me a black/white photograph on which I based the repaint. Douglas developed during WII a completely new DC-4 (C-54) which due to the war was put into operation by the airlines after 1945. ************************************************************************************************** She came with KLM livery by Hans van Spelde and I added my own fictional to her for those recon flights. The Paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I posted the default KLM one years ago, but the default liveries weren't a great success. This one looks outstanding sir:cool::cool::cool:. I have seen the real one many times....Too long ago, sigh... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Another great looking aircraft. Just seems like something is missing :D Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Colin, here's another one that deserves a decent new livery in my opinion: The "Miller HM-4 Aerovel" Only one was built, but none wanted to buy it..... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotposer Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Interesting plane, I like the sound of the engine. I did replace the panel with Peter Avery's FS9 Sport Plane Panel Version 2, sptpnlii.zip, and I think I'll keep it in my hangar. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Which plane are you keeping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 The Hammond, he likes the sound of the engine. I remember it was a LOUD engine.:) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Oh right, I don't get that sound because I converted it earlier to fly as an ai type, but I have changed all my ai aircraft sounds anyway. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Interesting aircraft the Y-1S. :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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