VASP Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante PP-SBI ca.1973 for FS5.x 95 and 98
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VASP paint by: Rafael Zimmermann
Original EMB-110 model by: Marty Baclawski & Tony Bolton 

HISTORY:

By 1973, when Embraer was relasing the 16-seat commuter turboprop Bandeirante,
VASP acompained of TransBrasil was one of the first customers for the aircraft.
Folowing government orders, both airlines would use these plane for short routes
serving small cities. But, the activity, called the RIN plan, wasn't sucessfull
when being operated by larger airlines and small airplanes. So, in 1976, new airlines
were created: Nordeste Linhas Aereas and TAM Regional Airlines, both with TransBrasil
and VASP capital and aircraft respectively.

VASP fleet of Bandeirante passed to be operated by TAM in 1976, and finished services
with TAM in 1990. They can be still flying nowadays by other smaller airlines.


VASP ANNOUNCES THEIR BANDEIRANTE'S (1973 ad, full text) 

"On the wings of the Bandeirante, VASP partecipates of the national integration"

"VASP, partecipating of the effort of national integartion carries daily on their
Bandeirante's a big number of passengers for all the interior of the Country reaching
the most desertic points. The Bandeirante is a turboprop aircraft that overall
is the result of the criativity and technology from EMBRAER. It's part of VASP
politics and of the plan of interiorization and development of the commerce of the
State stabilish daily routes wit the citis with more than 100.000 inhabitants, 300
Km far from the capital. The result of this work already presents sensational advances.
VASP Bandeirante's have already carried 58,300 passengers in 8.939 flight hours in
an extension of 13.817Km on its lines, what gives a gain per Km of 21.234.198
passengers/Km carried. This is today's Brazil, an undeniedble truth. And EMBREAER
and VASP are proud to partecipate of this truth."

INSTALL:

For FS5.x users with FSFS:

Copy all *.AF files into your \texture folder and the *.AIR file into your \pilots
folder.

For FS 95 and 98 users with converter:

Copy ALL files into a temp folder, run your converter, choose this folder, and then
the respective *.AIR file and that's done. 

NOTES:

This file has copyrighted design and repaint, and it CAN BE NEVER SOLD. You can
distribute it freely only to FREEWARE PLACES.

MANY THANKS TO:

Marco Balzarotti, my greatest friend and partener of FS repaints
(visit his new web at: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7109) 

All my friends, close or not! :-) 

CONTACT:

You can talk to me at: rafaez@avalon.sul.com.br 

And visit my web at: http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Park/2104 (Soon, my page
will count only on AIRCRAFT free downloads, 'coz I thought that the other options
such as panels, sceneries, and utilities would work, but they didn't. People prefer
aircraft for FS in most of the times, so either I do)

Have a nice flight, and happy landings!!!! :-)

Rafael Zimmermann - CURITIBA - BRAZIL