FS2002 Aircraft
Download: dc4tbuf.zip (3558 KB)

Author: Dale DeLuca
Date: 15 Mar 2003
FS2002 Buffalo Airways Douglas DC-4 Tanker, registration C-FIQM.
Buffalo Airways was formed in 1968. In keeping with there fleet of heavy piston-engine transports, Buffalo has kept the four company-owned DC-4s working in various roles. Two of these aircraft can be found flying freight from Yellowknife to various destinations around Canada. The other two DC-4s have returned to service as DC-4 Water Bombers/Fire Suppression Tankers, providing the delivery of retardant to forest fires in the NWT. An employee of Buffalo Airways told us, that Fire Suppression Tanker 457 C-FIQM was involved in the Berlin Airlift - and is in use today! The FSDS model features animated door, moving landing gear with steerable nose gear, flaps, ailerons, elevators, rudder and also night light textures. Cockpit and cabin windows are transparent. This model is equipped with a simple virtual cockpit, left wing with engines is visible now. Package with DC-4 Panel by James Underwood. Livery painting by Dale DeLuca, animation by Chris Grabow, FSDS design & base textures by Arik Hohmeyer FS-Design Berlin.