//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\\
// BLACKHAWK PROJECT FOR FS2004        \\
// by the Ford Tri-Motor Project Team  \\
// Edward C. Moore and Garry J. Smith  \\
// http://www.ford-tri-motor.net       \\
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\\

Where do I begin on documenting this massive Blackhawk Project?

The seed was set back in early December 2014 when Edward wanted a BLACKHAWK livery painted for an aircraft - just one livery.  As I did some 

checking for colours and layouts for the BLACKHAWK aircraft I discovered an absolute Pandora's box of fiction and fantasy surrounding this 

old comic book series.

Very quickly we got into creating several fun BLACKHAWK liveries for a small batch of our regular aircraft. Then I thought we might 

supplement these aircraft with a rendition of the BLACKHAWK ISLAND Scenery - just a a little scenery project with a couple of runways and a 

secret mountain base.  Then the bug had bitten - off like a BLACKHAWK ROCKET and just going ballistic with creativity and tinkering.

The end result is a large range of airfields scattered throughout the Hawaiian islands,a broad range of aircraft types, for both Flyable and 

AI purposes. 

This entire project is a total work of fiction and intended to be a fun environment for simmers to simply enjoy.  

Airfields Created:

BLHI - Blackhawk Island - multiple runways.
BLHK - Blackhawk Mountain - one runway inside a mountain 
BLHE - Blackhawk Emergency Strip
BLHR - Blackhawk Rocket Base
BLHS - Blackhawk Sea Base - flyable water runway
BLHJ - Blackhawk Secret Jet Base
BLHW - Blackhawk Water base - Full of AI traffic
BLHX - Blackhawk FORD Island Revised and ENHANCED
XBEL - Blackhawk Bellows Airfield Revised and ENHANCED 
SUPPORT AFCAD's
MOUNT - Elevated Mountain Caldron on LANAI island
DECK - Deck runways for two Carriers at Ford Island

Hawaiian Islands used:
KAHOOLAWE - Blackhawk Island (BLHK, BLHI, BLHW and BLHS)
LANIA - Blackhawk Emergency airfield and Rocket Research Base (BLHE and BLHR)
MOLOKAI - Blackhawk Secret Jet Base (BLHJ)
OAHU - Blackhawk Ford Island (BLHX and XBEL enrichments)


Aircraft - drawn from Ford Project Existing stock and from a plethora of excellent Freeware aircraft available though the excellent 

resources of freeware at FlightSim.com, AVSIM.com, SIMVIATION.com.

Artificial Intelligence Aircraft (AI)

AI-BH-Blimp
AI-BH-Boeing-B-29B
AI-BH-Boeing-B221a
AI-BH-Boeing-B52M
AI-BH-Boeing_314_Clipper
AI-BH-Curtiss-Jenny
AI-BH-DeHavilland-88
AI-BH-DeHavilland-91
AI-BH-Dornier-DO-X
AI-BH-Douglas-DC3
AI-BH-F-101C-Voodoo
AI-BH-F-105D-Thunderchief
AI-BH-F-84G-Thunderjet
AI-BH-F-86F-30-Sabre
AI-BH-F-89D-Scorpion
AI-BH-Ford-Tri-Motor
AI-BH-Grumman_XF5F
AI-BH-Hall_PH3
AI-BH-Kingfisher
AI-BH-PBY5a_Catalina
AI-BH-Piper_J3Cub
AI-BH-Spruce Goose
AI-BH-Stingray
AI-BH-Vega5
AI-BH-Vickers_Valiant

Flyable Aircraft

Blackhawk-B17G-HG -Two Liveries
Blackhawk-Blimp
Blackhawk-Boeing_314_Clipper
Blackhawk-Curtiss-Jenny
Blackhawk-DeHavilland-88
Blackhawk-DORNIER DO-X
Blackhawk-Douglas-DC3
Blackhawk-F-105D-Thunderchief
Blackhawk-F-84G-Thunderjet
Blackhawk-F-89D-Scorpion
Blackhawk-F101C-Voodoo
Blackhawk-Ford-Tri-Motor
Blackhawk-Grumman_XF5F
Blackhawk-Kingfisher
Blackhawk-MC94-AN
Blackhawk-Piper_J3Cub
Blackhawk-Vega5
 
The Blackhawk Scenery contains a large bucket of unique scenery models, very busy AI airfields and lots of eye candy.

In a nutshell  
The Ford-Blackhawk Project contains 1597 Files = 411 megabytes of space required - well over 500 hours of development.

Regards from the Ford Project Team and Happy Simming to you all

Garry J. Smith
garry@gjsmith.net

