Author: A. F. Scrub Date: 23 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004/FSX Spitfire 9T Although there were wartime conversions of the Spitfire into a two-seat trainer including the one-off modification of a Mk VC by RAF no. 261 Squadron and a Mk IX converted for use as a trainer by the Soviets, the two-seat Spitfire trainer was primarily a postwar program. In 1946, a MK VIII, MT818, was the first Vickers-built trainer built as a demonstrator.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 14 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawk. A-4 Skyhawk C type is the first model by whom the nose is extended to supplement the lack of an all-weather ability with incomplete radar, and the APG-53 radar for navigation/air-to-surface distance measurement is installed here. AJB-3 bombing calculation system, the TPQ10 ground control blindness bombing system, an autopilot, and various devices such as the angle of attack instruction machines are added at the same time and the improvement of the ability is aimed at. And it equipped with the ejection seat where the escape by the low sky had been enabled. Four kinds of models, U.S. NAVY and FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA, FAA, / clean and with Tank, and two kinds of paint examples are included.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 14 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Short S.A.4 Sperrin. The Short SA.4 "Sperrin" was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s built by Short Brothers and Harland of Belfast, popularly abbreviated "Shorts". The exact requirements included a weight of 140,000 lb, the ability to fly to a target 1,739 miles distant at 500 knots from altitudes of 45,000-50,000 ft and be simple enough to maintain at overseas bases. This request would be the foundation of the V-bombers. The design known initially as SA.4 and later as the "Sperrin" had more in common with the Second World War designs than the new jet age. It first flew in 1951.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 11 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Fokker T IX Medium Bomber. The Fokker T.9. bomber was build in 1938, just before the war. When war broke out and The Netherlands were occupied, the plane fell in hands of the German.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 11 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Latecoere 302 Hidroplane -Aeronavale. The 302 Hidroplane was an improvement of the Latecoere 300 flew for the first time in 1931, parasol-wing monoplane flying-boat with four 484.4kW Hispano-Suiza 12NBr water-cooled engines in tandem pairs. At the surrender of France some examples had flown under the Vichy Governement, between France and North Africa.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 11 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Latecoere 300 Croix Du Sud. The Latecoere 300 flew for the first time in 1931 and then had to be rebuilt after sinking. It was flown again in 1932 as the Croix du Sud parasol-wing monoplane flying-boat with four 484.4kW Hispano-Suiza 12NBr water-cooled engines in tandem pairs. On 31 December 1933 it achieved an international record by covering 3,679km non-stop.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 11 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Messerschmitt Me-264 "Amerika" Bomber. The Me-264 was designed from the begining as an 'Amerika' bomber. It's goal was to be able to carry a small load to the United States and return or a heavier load and ditch at sea and the crew picked up by U-boat.The first prototype flew in December 1942, but soon allied pressure forced Messerschmitt to slow development and the prototypes were eventually destroyed by Allied bombing.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 05 Jun 2007
FS2002/FS2004 Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II. One of the most exciting aerobatic aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s was the Grumman Gulfhawk II, built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, Long Island, for the Gulf Oil Companies. This sturdy civilian biplane, powered by a Wright Cyclone R-1820-GI 1,000 hp engine and a three-blade Hamilton Standard propeller, nearly matched the F3F standard Navy fighter that was operational at that time. Modifications were made in the construction to withstand the high-load factors encountered during aerobatics and the aircraft was equipped for inverted flying for periods of up to half an hour.
