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David Molyneaux Aircraft list
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AndyG43
SOH-CM-2023
I don't have a list, but this is a good place to start.
wolfebee89
SOH-CM-2024
a good start for a comprehensive list would be to check CBFS - Developers Corner for all posts by the late Dave Molyneaux forum handle @molyned https://www.cbfsim.co.uk/cbfs_bb/viewforum.php?f=7
moreover, a search at simviation reveals https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Molyneaux
moreover, a search at simviation reveals https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Molyneaux
I, and others, helped Dave with the testing of his aircraft. So I will have them all tucked away on various external drives. I found a page listing all the ones that I have in a notebook. There were about 55 in all. The Austers were about 40% of his total output.
I will try to list them all for completeness. Perhaps someone could suggest the easiest way to get the list into either a forum post or an attached word file?
I should point out that the SOH list above includes three Percival aircraft that were produced by Keith Paine, who also used the handle Dev One over at Cbfsim. I can only think that Dave posted them on Keith's behalf. He was never one to claim other's handiwork for himself.
Sadly the demise of flightsim.com has also lost us the repaints that the late Peter Watkins did for Dave's planes and so many others.
I will try to list them all for completeness. Perhaps someone could suggest the easiest way to get the list into either a forum post or an attached word file?
I should point out that the SOH list above includes three Percival aircraft that were produced by Keith Paine, who also used the handle Dev One over at Cbfsim. I can only think that Dave posted them on Keith's behalf. He was never one to claim other's handiwork for himself.
Sadly the demise of flightsim.com has also lost us the repaints that the late Peter Watkins did for Dave's planes and so many others.
| Make | Model | Make | Model | Make | Model |
| Airspeed | Courier | Auster | Mk 1 | de Havilland | D.H.84 Dragon |
| Airspeed | Envoy | Auster | Mk 3 | Fairey | Fulmar |
| Airspeed | Envoy Mk 3 | Auster | Mk 5 | Gloster | Gladiator I & II |
| Airspeed | Oxford | Auster | T-7 | Heston | Phoenix |
| Auster | A2-45 | Auster | T-7 Floats | Miles | Aerovan |
| Auster | Agricola | Auster | Taylorcraft C | Miles | Gemini |
| Auster | Aiglet Trainer | Auster | Terrier 2 | Miles | Messenger Mk1 |
| Auster | Ambulance | Avro | Avian | Miles | Messenger Mk2A |
| Auster | Antartic (Skis) | Beagle | Husky | Miles | Monarch/Whitney Strait |
| Auster | AOP-11 | Blackburn | B-2 | Parnall | Elf |
| Auster | AOP-6 | Blackburn | Roc | Percival | Prospector |
| Auster | AOP-9 | Blackburn | Skua | Short | Scion |
| Auster | Arrow | Boulton-Paul | Balliol | Short | Scion Floats |
| Auster | Glider | Boulton-Paul | Defiant | Southern | Martlet |
| Auster | J-1 Alpha | Boulton-Paul | Sea Balliol | Supermarine | Walrus |
| Auster | J-1 Autocrat | Chrislea | Sky Jeep | Thruxton | Jackaroo |
| Auster | J-5B Autocar Gipsy | Chrislea | Super Ace | Trago Mills | Sprint |
| Auster | J-5R Alpine | de Havilland | D.H. 51 | Westland | Widgeon |
| Auster | J-5V Autocar Lycoming | de Havilland | D.H.83 Fox Moth | Wicko | GM-1 |
As I attended Dave's funeral I can confirm that author approval could be a sticky issue. However, Dave did upload or permit upload of a number of his aircraft to Sim-Outhouse. So I am pretty sure that he would not object to their addition to the previous uploads.
Admin can choose to differ on the upload permission issue.
As with many freeware developers his main grouse was that no-one profit from his work. His readmes included the stock:
"The aircraft may not be sold or included on a CD /DVD without my prior agreement.This model is freeware - no site has permission to charge for it in any way."
He even graciously permitted a "steampunk", or whatever, repaint of one of his aircraft (on Sim-Outhouse?) and kept his opinion of the result offline. As someone who put so much work into the authenticity of his aircraft - it did not impress him!
As Dave and I were in an online flight group on Sunday nights, when I was eating a meal, I have to confess to adding an autopilot to some of his aircraft. Eating and hand flying do not always end well. He did not approve of such inaccurate tweeks, but I'm sure he could tell what I had done but was too generous to mention it. Anyway, I would only upload his original files to help fill any gaps if needed.
Apologies for missing the two Airspeeds, they are amongst my favourites too. The Avro 707 is I think a Dave Garwood plane. I'll check it out though.
The Scion Float was amongst his earliest uploads on the other british website that disappeared, so may not have been added to flightsim.
Cheers,
Allan
Admin can choose to differ on the upload permission issue.
As with many freeware developers his main grouse was that no-one profit from his work. His readmes included the stock:
"The aircraft may not be sold or included on a CD /DVD without my prior agreement.This model is freeware - no site has permission to charge for it in any way."
He even graciously permitted a "steampunk", or whatever, repaint of one of his aircraft (on Sim-Outhouse?) and kept his opinion of the result offline. As someone who put so much work into the authenticity of his aircraft - it did not impress him!
As Dave and I were in an online flight group on Sunday nights, when I was eating a meal, I have to confess to adding an autopilot to some of his aircraft. Eating and hand flying do not always end well. He did not approve of such inaccurate tweeks, but I'm sure he could tell what I had done but was too generous to mention it. Anyway, I would only upload his original files to help fill any gaps if needed.
Apologies for missing the two Airspeeds, they are amongst my favourites too. The Avro 707 is I think a Dave Garwood plane. I'll check it out though.
The Scion Float was amongst his earliest uploads on the other british website that disappeared, so may not have been added to flightsim.
Cheers,
Allan
Is it possible, if you were that close to him and his family, that you could contact his next of kin and seek their permission to upload Dave's files here in order to maintain his legacy and so that simmers can continue to enjoy his wonderful creations?
If so we could even create his own section in the Library just like we did for the former GAS payware aircraft or 'Jankees' numerous repaints.
As I was heavily involved in uploading most of his files here with his permission granted, I can confirm he gave his permission to upload any of his creations. I did look to see if the posting had survived the transfer to .org, but I don't think it did as far as I could see. He went by the name Molyned here, so I uploaded them under that user name. It would be clearer and maybe possible to create a 'David Molyneaux' user and attach them to that. Would make them easier to find, I did this with Lasse Lindh's uploades, but I've runo out of e-mail addressess to create another user with. Maybe easier to accomplish would be stick to Molyned, but create a sub-cattegory legacy collection.