*************** Transocean Air Lines Boeing Stratocruiser****************

                  Version 2. An FS98 aircraft by Dave McQueen

                            November 6, 1998  

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      This is an update to the updated afx file from July, 98 of the Boeing

      Stratocruiser/C97G aircraft I made a couple of years ago for FS5.1 . 



 Changes:  November, 98:  Added texture to the front area of the engines

 to the    Eliminated a slight bleed through problem between

 basic     the engines and the propellers(static). Included a modified pal

 afx       file that will change the shade of yellow in FS to a richer

           yellow that is closer to the color Transocean's planes were

           painted.

               

           September, 98: Added transparent propellers; lowered the nose

           wheel scrape by 8 inches. With many many thanks

           to Alexander Remus for his detailed Transparent

           surfaces tutorial (see simflight.com web site),

           and to Tom Gibson for pointing me to a usable

           hex editor program and explaining to me how to

           make use of it. See Tom's Classic Airliner's

           web site (http://members.aol.com/TGFltsim/index.html)

           for other great propliners.





           July, 98:  redesigned engines, wings, nose, and corrected a

           vertical fin error.



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                         e-mail:   smcqueen@home.com



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TO INSTALL:   Use a decompression program like Winzip to unzip the downloaded file to your

Flight Simulator 98 Aircraft folder. You must have installed the FS98 converter by Microsoft

to use this aircraft. The converter can be downloaded from the Microsoft Games site on the

Internet, and also various flight simulation web pages, such as flightsim.com . 

          

         (BUT DO NOT CONVERT THE FILES!!!  They have already been converted!!!!)





 Included in this package is a pal file:  fs5.pal which may be copied over

 your present fs5.pal file in the main texture folder of FS98. This file will

 alter how the color yellow is displayed. The new colors are richer and

 deeper than the default FS yellow color. If you want to try this file,

 BACK UP your present fs5.pal file by copying it to some convenient directory,

 or renaming it to something else; then copy the new pal file to your

 main texture directory.







 Also I highly recommend using Stephan Grille's: st377pnl.zip Size: 1,572,500 FS98 panel for

the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The panel was designed using photographs and drawings

stay as close to the original as possible. It can be found on Flightsim.com (use the search

feature) IUP, or Tom Gibson's Classic Airliners site referred to above.







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 Thumbnail Sketch of the Stratocruiser"



The  C-97 Stratofreighter/Stratotanker was derived from the B-29 and B-50

 bombers. The original C-97 had a shorter B-29 fin that was later replaced

 with the taller B-50 fin. It was so high that the fin was hinged so that

 it could be folded down in order to get the airplane into the hangars of 

 the day. 888 C-97/KC-97s were built.

   

   "The Model  367 was a cargo/transport design.  to obtain the needed cargo 

 capacity a double lobe fueslage of two intersecting sections was developed. 

 Two circular sections were preferable to a single elipse of equivalent area

 to withstand stresses imposed by cabin pressurization. The cargo floor was

 built along the line of intersection. The lower lobe had the same diameter

 as the B-29 fuselage while the upper had a greater diameter and room for 134

 fully-equipped troops, 3 loaded 1 and 1/2 ton trucks, or 2 light tanks in its

 74 foot length.  Clamshell doors were fitted into the belly ahead of the tail

 and built in ramps could be lowered to allow vehicles to be driven aboard.

 Bulk cargo was loaded by means of a hoist that ran on an overhead rail

 for the full length of the cabin. Two lower cargo holds ahead of and behind

 the wing could be loaded through outside doors."  from Boeing Aircraft

 Since 1916 by Peter M. Bowers



    Nearly 20 variants were produced including the KC-97 series that were the

 Air Force's main air refuelers before the KC-135 replaced them.



Power plant: Four Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Double Wasp 

radial engines of 3500 h.p.

Cruising speed: 340 m.p.h  (295 knots)

          NOTE: the FS51 airspeed indicator is calibrated in KNOTS!

Range:  4200 miles (max payload)

Dimensions: Span, 141 ft 3 in; Length, 110 ft 4 in; Height,38 ft 3 in





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Legalese:



ENJOY, AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. 

THIS AIRPLANE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHORS, AND CANNOT BE RE-SOLD OR 

PACKAGED WITH ANY PRODUCT FOR SALE, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN 

PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS.  HOWEVER, IT MAY BE UPLOADED TO ANY SERVER, 

ETC. THAT HAS *NO* DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS.  THIS IS FREEWARE!!



THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY LIABILITIES THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR AS A 

RESULT OF USING THESE PRODUCTS.  YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF USE.

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DM 6 Nov, 1998