De Havilland Dh88 Comet "T9+DH"
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This is a repaint of the default FS2004 De Havilland Dh88 Comet. (fiction) For a long time it was thought that both French Comets were lost in a hangar fire in 1940. Only recently information has come to light that showed that the German forces removed one of the aircraft before the fire and brought it to Rechlin for testing. The Comet was repainted and tested in 1940 by the Luftwaffe. It received the code T9+DH.


Installation
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Unzip the 'texture._A' folder to your 'DeHavilland Comet' folder within the aircraft folder of FS9's root folder. This typically resides in your 'Program Files' folder of your C: drive, but may differ depending where you installed FS2004.

Then edit the aircraft.cfg adding the following lines just after other very similar entries...


[fltsim.XX]
title=de Havilland Comet T9+DH
sim=DeHavilland_Comet
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=3_T9+DH
kb_checklists=DeHavilland_Comet_check
kb_reference=DeHavilland_Comet_ref
atc_id=G-ACSS
atc_id_color=0x00ffffff
ui_manufacturer=de Havilland
ui_type="DH-88 'Comet'"
ui_variation="T9+DH, Luftwaffe"
description="For a long time it was thought that both French Comets were lost in a hangar fire in 1940. Only recently information has come to light that showed that the German forces removed one of the aircraft before the fire and brought it to Rechlin for testing. The Comet was repainted and tested in 1940 by the Luftwaffe. It received the code T9+DH."
atc_heavy=0
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=1


Be sure to edit the first lines 'XX' to the next sequential number.

All being well you should be able to fly her.



Support
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Being as you downloaded this from the very fine SimOuthouse, you'll also find me there. Drop a PM or ask a question in the FS2004 forum, I'll do what I can to help.

This repaint was mainly for my own enjoyment, part of a project to cover all schemes of real life Comets, time will tell if I get them all done. Being so, they are not 100% accurate, due to limited research available and (mainly) the texture mapping of the FS2004 model. On the latter point, artistic license has been taken with best judgement. I did my best.

If you are a 'rivet counter', I'm not interested, go paint your own!! If not and have some info or useful feedback, I'm all ears.



Credits
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Microsoft = original model & paints.
Me = this paint (based on MS base textures)
This particular site was indispensable
	http://dh88.airwar1946.nl/
Many thanks, a great resource.

Also this place for being what it is...
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/

The SimOuthouse for being my second home, and it's members for being my extended family.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/index.php


Disclaimer
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Use of these files is entirely at your own risk, I take no responsibility for any damage caused. On my part, these files have been scanned with the most up-to-date version of Norton 2011 at the time of publish. If you found these files other than at the SimOuthose I cannot vouch for them, nor guarantee they have not been altered.




Jamie
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JDTinballs @ SOH