Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:40 pmOr was it sunrise? I can't remember...anyways, the sky was pretty so I took some shots.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:40 pmRe: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:45 pmwho makes that model
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:50 pmBrett Henderson, I believe - but only for FSXwho makes that model
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:29 pmYes it's Brett Henderson's excellent Convair, found here at SimV on the front page 8-)
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:12 pmI've been plugging away on the 580 
Stretch the nose.. enlarge the tail.. lengthen the fuselage.. slap on a pair of Allison turbines with those BIG paddle props.. make further modifcations to the VC.. scratch-build custom gauges for those ornery, old Allsions..
And of course an old, North Central livery.. Are you old enough to remeber these hopping around the U.P. ?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/North-Ce ... 9e2c08c6cb
Stretch the nose.. enlarge the tail.. lengthen the fuselage.. slap on a pair of Allison turbines with those BIG paddle props.. make further modifcations to the VC.. scratch-build custom gauges for those ornery, old Allsions..
And of course an old, North Central livery.. Are you old enough to remeber these hopping around the U.P. ?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/North-Ce ... 9e2c08c6cb
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:02 pmCan't wait to see the finished product Brett! Unfortunately I wasn't exposed to airport life until around 1988 when we moved next to Delta County airport, so I missed out on ever seeing North Central fly. American Eagle, Northwest, and I believe Midwest Express were the norm there, along with John Thorne's birds of course.
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:16 pmI lived right near where Lakeshore Drive, 7th Ave So, and Bay St , meet... Back in the late 1960s, there was enough business that even a North Central DC9 made scheduled visits. If they were using runway 27, it would fly righ over us, on its way to Marquette. But mostly, it was the CV580... ahhhhh memories
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:42 pmGreat shots...!
As soon as I finish my RTW flight (I'm actually on my last leg), i'll be doing some hops in this new aircraft! 8-)
As soon as I finish my RTW flight (I'm actually on my last leg), i'll be doing some hops in this new aircraft! 8-)
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:45 pmGreat shots...!
As soon as I finish my RTW flight (I'm actually on my last leg), i'll be doing some hops in this new aircraft! 8-)
Be sure to cancel any other flights you had planned, she's addicting to fly
Re: Convair Sunset Cruise
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:45 pmLove the last shot, BT!