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Flight Replicas Douglas C-54B!

For some reason the DC-4 / C-54 just looks right. Something about the Northstar (actual aircraft, not Flight Replicas) just doesn't do it for me. However the full blown DC-4 / C-54 looks fantastic. Certainly going to be a welcome addition.

Thanks for the tip-off!

- Joseph
 
Really, really looking forward to this one! I love all of the detailed and very well done 40's-era American military radios/hardware that can be seen spread around the forward cabin - including all of the various components of the SCR-274 radio set, SCR-695 set, SCR-193 set, and more.
 
I can't look at this thread without recalling very pleasant memories of our stay in Hawaii years ago - four years. Our property manager was an Air Force pilot retiree whose career had started in the AAF in WWII. He had trained on PT-17s, BT-13s, AT-6s and AT-9s then graduated to C-47s and on up from there (with a little side time in A-26s (Korea) and B-25s). He ended his career in the mid-70s on C-141s. After flying just about everything in the MATS/MAC/AMC inventory, his fondest memories were of the C-54. He described flying that bird as just like driving a big Cadillac, with the same feel to the controls - a relatively fast response to control input, but more importantly a feeling of solidity, a smooth ride and NO QUIRKS.

BTW Jim did fly the Berlin Airlift and really racked up his C-54 flight time during that evolution.
 
I still fly most of Mike's planes weekly...my favorites are the 262 and L-4! His Canadair is awesome as well. Tons of detail...
Ted
 
Well great news, I really enjoy the DC-4 and while I have persevered with the JBK version it is a little tired and scratchy in the VC and graphics department. In fact I just finished a run in the DC-4 across the top end of OZ to Cairns before logging on here.

SSO1 - The same experience here with talking to old timers in the business. E K Gann remembered it fondly and host of others as well, I recall talking to an old Qantas driver years ago from the flying boat era at one stage they came up with the idea of throwing Catalinas onto the Island routes from Oz, he recalled how much he hated the Catalina, not because of its inherent vices but it leaked through the cockpit windows, the heating was crap and there was no autopilot and you did it all at 105 knots max, he said he could not wait to get back onto the DC-4 and really enjoyed his time on them.

The FR Argonaut is excellent and this will be on my must have list when it is finished. As for repaints this is going to be a fiesta as so many operators used them, just about everybody at one stage.
 
One of my Dad's friends and colleagues was a navigator on Beaufighters during WW2. He told us as children they came across a C-54 once. It apparently showed them a clean pair of heels, whether it was capable of it I don't know. It was a good enough story for me to remember it anyway.
 
A great rendition of the DC-4 is long overdue in FSX. I already have the North Star and am really looking forward to this one!
 
My late Father (who's photo is my avatar) got to fly in a C-54 early during his time in the Air Force (he got to fly on C-46's and C-47's as well). He always told me he loved the clean lines of the type which he saw many of during his youth during the War and Post War into the 1950's before he enlisted in the Air Force. Beautiful work Mike, eager to buy her!
 
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