********************** Air Wisconsin BAe 146-200 **********************

Original design by: Bill Alderson
Texture modifications by: Kevin Trinkle
Texture modifications and Air Wisconsin repaint by: Michael Pickney


Appleton, Wisconsin based Air Wisconsin began flight operations in
1965 by providing nonstop flights between Appleton and Chicago's O'Hare 
airport. In the years that followed Air Wisconsin achieved recognition
as one of the nation's fastest growing regional carriers. This 
aircraft, N603AW represents one of fourteen BAe 146-200's that were 
operated by Air Wisconsin. The airline continues to operate today as 
a United Express regional carrier under a code-sharing agreement with 
United Airlines.


Features:

* Night	lighted passenger windows.
* Landing light definition file included. 


Installation:

1.  Unzip all files to a temporary directory. Then... 

FS5: 
 
1.  Copy the Aw146v1a.air file to your FS5 Pilots folder.
2.  Copy the texture files Aw146v1a.0af thru Aw146v1a.9af to your FS5 
Textures folder.

FSFW95 and FS98:

1. Use the Microsoft Aircraft and Adventure Converter for either FSFW95 
or FS98 to convert the files.


Legal Stuff:

The designer accepts no responsibility or liability for any damages 
incurred due to the use of these files. These files are freeware. 
They are meant to be distributed freely. They may only be made 
available for download at other sites if they are to be distributed 
for free and in current form. They may never be placed on a CD 
(except for personal storage) or any other medium for purpose of sale. 
They may not be used by anyone for monetary gain! These files may never 
be modified and must always be accompanied by this document. These 
files are protected under international copyright laws. If you have any 
questions or comments you may E-mail me at mpickney@pacbell.net . 


Acknowledgements:

Many thanks to Bill Alderson and the FREEFLIGHT Design Page for 
supplying the great BAe 146-200 AFX file. You may obtain many great
AFX files just by visiting their website at...
http://www.geocities.com/~freefltdesign/

Special thanks to Kevin Trinkle for allowing me to use some of the 
great modified fuselage textures that he created for his PSA BAe 
146-200. You can find more of Kevin's great work at his PSA Smile
High Club website at...
http://www.flash.net/~trinkle/psa/index.htm

And finally, a great big thank you to my bud Paul Conley who conceived 
of, and then inspired me to undertake this project. You can find some
of Paul's great creations (as well as some great works by other folks)
at his Classic Jets website at...
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/thames/104/


Copyrights:

BAe 146-200 AFX/FDE Copyright (c) 1997 Bill Alderson

BAe 146-200 Texture Modifications Copyright (c) 1998 Kevin Trinkle

BAe 146-200 Texture Modifications, Air Wisconsin Repaint and portions
of this document Copyright (c) 1998 Michael Pickney


You can find many more Wisconsin related aircraft and scenery files
on my website "Michael's Wisconsin Flight Simulator Page" at 
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4925/

If you have any questions or comments you may E-Mail me at 
mpickney@pacbell.net


The following excerpt is from Bill Alderson's original text file:

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                        BAe 146-200
                                                       
                        Bill Alderson 76763,3601
                            
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This is the new and improved version of my BAe 146-200. This version 
addresses some, (if not all), of the bleed-through issues found on the
earlier versions.  And an improved flight model that has a shorter 
takeoff roll and handles like a dream. <G>  The engine intakes look a 
little more realistic too.  All in all, I think you'll like it.  
        
Notes:

The BAe 146 series 200 is a high wing, cantilever monoplane with a 3 
degree anhedral.  It has four Avco Lycoming ALF R-5 turbofan engines 
rated at 6970 lbs of static thrust each. It has a seating capacity of 
89 to 109 passengers.  And a max takeoff weight of 89500 lbs.  It will
fly at mach .70 at FL-260 easily and has a range of about 1500-1800 
nautical miles.

This aircraft was made specifically for regional type air missions. It 
doesn't need all that much runway to takeoff and land, and, therefore 
can serve the smaller airports rather easily.

I generally only use about 10 degrees of flaps and a little nose-up 
elevator trim for takeoff.  It should rotate at about 140 kts.  Once 
you get the gear and flaps up, make sure that you power back to stay 
below 250 kts IAS under 10,000 ft. Once past 10,000 ft, bring the nose 
down and add some power to maintain a speed of 300 kts IAS and 
establishing the  best climb-rate possible until FL-230 at which point 
the mach meter should be reading about mach .70.  From then on, you 
read the mach meter.  You should stay around mach .70 until you reach 
your final cruise altitude.

Now I don't have any information on what the certified or service 
ceiling's are for the 146.  Or the maximum mach speed either.  But I 
have flown her as high as FL-350 and mach .78 with no problem.  
Whether that's realistic or not, is beyond the information that I 
have. 
        
For the approach and landing; pretty simple actually.  I usually keep 
her at around 135 kts and 3/4 flaps.  You could go to a lower speed 
and full flaps for smaller runways. Stall speed with full flaps and 
gear is 102 kts.

BTW, the 146 should take-off using 4520 feet of runway at max gross 
t/o weight.  And it should be able to land in about 3500 feet or so.

Flight Dynamics:

Please don't pay too much attention to the figures found in the FDE 
section for this aircraft.  I originally set out to keep the aircraft 
as close to original specifications as possible.  But the slow speed 
flight characteristics gave me about a 10-12 degree nose-up pitch.  
Everything I tried would not change it.  So, I had to resort to some 
inventive engineering and, strangely enough, it now flies more like
it should.  It would seem that FSFS has it's own ideas on how a Flight 
Shop produced aircraft should fly and the book figure's be damned.

Acknowledgments:

Thanks to the Cyber Air HC's for their help on Beta Testing this 
aircraft.

Legal stuff:

This is freeware.  You can do anything with it you want except sell 
it.  

Thanks,
Bill Alderson   CIS UID: 76763,3601

Text revision by Paul Conley  grhnd72d@aol.com
FREEFLIGHT Design Shop March 14, 1998