Avro
Lancaster Mk III
"MICKEY THE MOOCHER"
AvHistory - Version-4.00.133
This Lancaster is a B-grade plane. Cockpits are rudimentary, fully functional, but not final. The Bombadier posistion is also a limited graphic representation but like the cockpit is fully function & all bomb loads can be delivered. Gunstations are are limited graphic representation, but are fully functional & in compliance with Version 4 requirements. This plane uses no MOS file due to limitations of the CFS3 engine, thus you will not see bullet holes on this aircraft.
The flight & damage package, Version 4.00.133 is fully implementated
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
AIRCRAFT BACKGROUND:
This aircrafts M3D was devloped by Ted "NachtPiloten" Kaniuka based on the original work of Mathias Pommerien. John BRAVO/4 Whelan painted the Lancaster as "Mickey The Moocher"
Lancaster III EE176 ‘QR-M' (‘Mickey the Moocher') of 61 Squadron, based at Skellingthorpe. EE176 was one of only 35 Lancaster centurions - aircraft that flew and survived in excess of 100 missions. ‘Mickey' is believed to have flown between 115 and 128 missions against targets including Berlin (15 missions), Cologne, Dortmund, Brunswick and the breakout at Caen. The nose art features ‘Mickey the Mouse' pulling a bomb trolley and 112 bomb symbols as shown on a wartime photograph of EE176.
The Lancaster featured in the famous "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" one of only two airworthy aircraft left in the world is painted in Mickey's livery.
The original QR-M survived the war but like so many other ‘Lancs' that had served their country well, it was unceremoniously scrapped.
The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). First used in 1942, together with the Handley-Page Halifax it was the main heavy bomber of the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving with RAF Bomber Command. Although the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many other roles including daylight precision bombing. The Lancaster was famous as the "Dam Buster" used in the 1943 raids on Germany's important dams.
The Lancaster Mk III had newer Merlin engines but was otherwise identical to earlier versions; 3,030 Mk IIIs were built, almost all at A.V. Roe's Newton Heath factory.
KNOWN ISSUE. The left inboard prop is missing when the engine is not running.
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EDIT: Some of the early downloads are missing this instruction:
A) SOUND - To save download space this aircraft was packaged an aliased Sound folder. If you wish to have the Big Four Engined sound open the MS-stock Mosquito folder then right click on the Sound folder. Copy & paste the entire Sound folder into the Lancaster's main folder. When it asks if you wish to replace the existing sound.cfg click on yes.
Left click on your new sound folder to open it, then locate the sound.cfg "file" & delete it. Locate the sound_4X_CFS3_Mosquito "file". Right click on this file then rename it to "sound" then cut & paste it into the sound folder. You are now all set to fly with the Big Engine sound.
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