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Convair C-131 Samaritan (Read 402 times)

Feb 24^th, 2011 at 2:26am

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I've converted Greg Pepper's FS2002/4 CV440 to CFS2 skinned as a C-131 Samaritan. Look for her in a day or so in the download que.

...just getting a few projects off the 'to do' list...some of which have been lanquishing on the hard-drive too long. Cool

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Reply #1 - Feb 24^th, 2011 at 2:58am

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I've got a request for a shined version of this aircraft, so I'll post a revised MDL file shortly...but I expect it'll be at least a day behind the first version in the que. Sad

...actually she looks a lot better than I expected. Cheesy

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Reply #2 - Feb 24^th, 2011 at 3:28am

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Actually I flew on this aircraft a bit back in the 60s...the T-29 version, Navigator Trainer. The funny thing is she had only two hatches...one directly in front of a prop, and one directly in front of the horizontal stab. Guess how you had to baleout, if the occasion arose. Roll Eyes

There was a nylon harness attahced to the rear hatchway (really just a long cargo strap) that you threw out when you popped that hatch. Then you grabbed it and held on as long as you could while you slid down it, avoiding the horizontal stab until the slipstream pulled you off or you 'got to the end of your rope'. Grin

Since the aircraft had a crew of three and up to 14 nav students onboard at a time, can you see them all trying to use that strap in an emergency? Strange but true. Wink