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                              Douglas DC-3 "Dakota"
  
            A fully reworked FSFW98 version of the most successfull
                  Passenger and Transport plane in the world

               Redesigned by Marcel Ritzema and Alexander Schmidt
               Textures and animation of moving parts done                                with original AFX file Tony Madge
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This aircraft is in my view THE BEST CLASSIC DC3 on Flightsim today!
The real hard work was done by the designers the following is from them. Any comments re the aircraft colours and animation please e-mail me tonymadge@yahoo.com

Congratulations for downloading our "new" DC-3 Dakota designed especially
for FS98.

It took four months to almost completely redesign John Kelley's original
model of the Dakota. The whole fuselage and cockpit are redesigned and are
now 12 sided. The wings are also reworked wings, further new - 3D - elevators, 
rudder and ailerons are added. Also the engines and propellers are revised.
 
Many other parts - like intakes, cooler etc. - were replaced by 3D objects as well.

Due to the new tools AF-99 and Aircraft Animator, this DC-3 Dakota now
brings you the following features:

* moving ailerons, elevators, rudder, flaps and gear
* rotating and textured Props
* working cowling-flaps (use the spoiler key "/" to open/close them)

With all this goodies included, the Aircraft consists of over 900 Parts, the
animation eventually "ate" the rest of the possible filesize of the so
called model-file, which is "filled" now up to its limit. Including more
parts or some more cute animation is not possible due to FS98's internal
limits.

If you are interested in more details about the DC-3, we recommend to visit:

http://simflight.com/dc3/dc3fltsim/dc3fltsim.htm

Also we would like to recommend the beautiful DC-3 panel by Bill Rambow,
which you can find on any major flightsim site.

Now, have fun flying...

INSTALLATION:
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Unzip this file to the FS98 Aircraft folder and thats it!

REMARKS:
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1. These files are for free use and enjoyment of all MSFS fans and can 
   be distributed free of charge to any BBS or FTP provided all files that 
   come with it are present in their original form and no money is made with it. 

2. The files must not be altered and / or incorporated into other 
   shareware or freeware programs or published on any electronic or mechanic 
   media anywhere in the world without our written permission, except like
   stated at remark 1. 

THESE FILES ARE COPYRIGHTED.


DISCLAIMER:
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There is NO warranty, guarantee of any kind and I am not liable for any 
problems on hardware or software you may encounter while using this file. 
You use this software at your own risk.

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Alexander Schmidt  
 E-Mail   : Alex_Design@inetmail.de

Marcel Ritzema 
 E-mail   : mgritz@wxs.nl
 Homepage : http://home.wxs.nl/~mgritz/index.htm
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