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I continue to import FS9 stuff into FSX where no equivalent FSX-native stuff is available. In many cases I have had to make mods of one sort or another, but I am happy to know that the freeware Alphasim CVN-65 Enterprise rides the FSX waves with no fuss at all. She looks outstanding!

Alphasim freeware FS9 Enterprise in FSX and RAZBAM Intruder

OUTSTANDING!

Very detailed and nice shots.

Wow...well done...

super!..........first looks real........

Magnificent shots!....

...with some wonderful lighting effects!

Paul..... ....!

That is one fine Aircraft carrier in fsx

Would love that,

stonedferret wrote:That is one fine Aircraft carrier in fsx

Would love that,

Just go to the Virtavia Freeware site. It's a beautiful model. It comes with a clean deck, but there are other freeware downloads to populate the deck. Don't look for it in FSX. It's an FS9 model. But it works perfectly in FSX.

Bravo..............really good shots.............that looks very real..........congrats

Bruno

One word : FANTASTIC!

Beautiful shots!! Makes me homesick for the flight deck. Spent a lot of time on the "roof" on the America, Eisenhower and the Kennedy. They must be doing some repairs on the number 1 JBD from the looks of it. TRIVIA TO FOLLOW... did you know the JBDs (Jet Blast Deflectors) are water cooled? And the A-6's were the noisiest aircraft during a cat shot? I suspect it must have been the tail pipe design. Normally the A-6's shot off Cats 3 & 4 and when they went to high power they would rattle your teeth. Very impressive bomber though. Saw them in action on the bombing range once. Planted a 500lb'er right in the back end of a troop carrier. WOW!

EXCELLENT SHOTS GlobalHobo

Hawkeye07 wrote:Beautiful shots!! Makes me homesick for the flight deck. Spent a lot of time on the "roof" on the America, Eisenhower and the Kennedy. They must be doing some repairs on the number 1 JBD from the looks of it. TRIVIA TO FOLLOW... did you know the JBDs (Jet Blast Deflectors) are water cooled? And the A-6's were the noisiest aircraft during a cat shot? I suspect it must have been the tail pipe design. Normally the A-6's shot off Cats 3 & 4 and when they went to high power they would rattle your teeth. Very impressive bomber though. Saw them in action on the bombing range once. Planted a 500lb'er right in the back end of a troop carrier. WOW!

Thanks so much for those rememberies. I appreciate them more than you can know. I suspect you are right about the tailpipes in the Intruder. As I understand it, the exhaust nozzles were supposed to swivel to provide a downward thrust vector, but Grumman decided the take-off performance gains didn't offset the added weight and complexity. But it left the airplane with those funky S-shaped exhaust ducts.

I was a Zoomie, myself. Starlifters and Galaxies. No real regrets, but I've always been a bit in awe at the way the Anchor-Clankers commit aviation.

Great series of shots from someone that has a workup/cruise on Big-E in my Navy days (last cruise for the Intruder). In FSX, I ended up going with the payware model from another developer, but agree the made for FS9 models looks correct in the sim, how are the framerates? As Hawkeye07 stated, very loud on the cat to include the Prowlers and I don't remember "A" model Tomcats being that loud in 'burner.

Would someone be so kind and post a link to the CVN-65 at the freeware site. I must be blind I can't find it there. Thanks in advance!