******* Northwest Airlink/Mesaba Airlines Fokker F-27 Mk 200 *******


Original design by: D. Holthausen and Tom Gibson
Flight dynamics by: Mike Vidal 
Modifications by: Frank Safranek
Modifications and Northwest Airlink/Mesaba Airlines repaint by:
Michael Pickney

File last updated on 01/31/99

The F-27 Friendship, one of the most successful turbo-props ever 
built, had a seating capacity of 48, a cruising speed of 294 mph and
a range of 1,665 miles. Aircraft registration N270MA represents one 
of a fleet of Fokker F-27 Mk 200 aircraft acquired in 1983 by Mesaba 
Aviation while they were still in partnership with Republic Airlines.
In 1984 Mesaba discontinued its relationship with Republic and signed
a code-sharing agreement with Minneapolis based Northwest Airlines 
making it the first carrier in the Airlink program. The agreement 
called for Mesaba to operate as a Northwest Airlink regional carrier
from it's hubs at Minneapolis/St. Paul and Detroit Metro International.  
At that time Measaba served 21 cities in 6 states. Today Mesaba 
provides service to 84 cities in 16 states and Canada. The Fokker F-27
has since been retired from service by Mesaba Airlines.

Features:

* Transparent prop circles (FS98 version only)
* Night	lighted passenger windows.
* Landing lights installed (FS98 version only). 
* Landing lights definition file included for FSFW95 use (LLADD 
program required for installation).


Installation:

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

FS98: 

1. Copy the Nwaf27v1 folder to your FS98 aircraft folder.

Note: The Flight Shop Aircraft and Adventure Converter for FS98 must 
be installed. This aircraft looks best (IMHO) in FS98 in 3D full 
screen mode with MIP mapping turned off.

FSFW95: 

1. Unzip the fs5.zip file to a temporary folder.

2. Use the Microsoft Aircraft and Adventure Converter for FSFW95 
to convert the files.

FS5: 
 
1. Unzip the fs5.zip file to a temporary folder.

2. Copy the Nwaf27v1.air file to your FS5 Pilots folder.

3. Copy the texture files Nwaf27v1.0af thru Nwaf27v1.9af to your FS5 
Textures folder.


The following excerpt is from Tom Gibson's original text file:

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			Fokker F-27 Aircraft Data:
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Cruising Speed: 298 mph (259 knots)
Maximum Speed (Vne): 325 mph (283 knots)
Stall Speed (clean): 100 knots
Stall Speed (full flaps): 90 knots
Range: 1082 miles (with 52 passengers)

Mike Vidal's Flight Report

Takeoff:  Can be conducted with one or two notches of flaps, 
two notches are better for shorter fields.  Rotation (Vr) is at 
105 knots with lift off at 110 to 115.  Vzf is at 150 knots.  
Climbs best at 160 to 180 and will yield about 1500 to 2000 fpm.

Landing:   Approaches, full flaps, at 140 to 150 knots with 
about 72% fan.  You have to watch her, since if you 
pull back the power back too much, she'll sink on you like 
mad.  I would suspect that the real one would behave the same 
way.

Please note that to achieve a realistic flight regimen, you 
must set Flight Control Realism to 8, from the Sim, Realism and 
Reliability FS Menus.

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FS98 Panel and Sound Package Available:

I highly recommend the FS98 Fokker F-27 instrument panel by Brian 
Magby and Greg Jarchow (ECA F-27 pilots) and the excellent Fokker 
F-27 sound package by Colin Abbott. Both of these are included with
Tom Gibson's Eagle Canyon Fokker F-27 and can be found at his Classic
Airliners page at...
http://members.aol.com/TGFltsim/index.html 


Acknowledgments:

Many thanks to Tom Gibson and the FREEFLIGHT Design Page for supplying
the great Fokker F-27 AFX file. You may obtain many great AFX files by
visiting their site at...
http://www.geocities.com/~freefltdesign/
To see more of Tom's fantastic work visit his Classic Airliners page
at...
http://members.aol.com/TGFltsim/index.html


Special thanks to my good friend Frank Safranek for making all of
the great improvements to Tom Gibon's Fokker F-27 AFX and then loaning 
them to me. To acquire more of Frank's ever expanding fleet of 
fantastic freeware aircraft, his great Preflight Checklist panel/sound
/situation management software (not free, sorry) and much, much more 
visit his Preflight Checklist website at...
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/6721/
Email: frank.safranek@eudoramail.com
Or visit the FREEFLIGHT Design Page at... 
http://www.geocities.com/~freefltdesign/


Copyrights: 

Original AFX file Copyright (c) D. Holthausen and Tom Gibson

Flight Dynamics Copyright (c) Mike Vidal

AFX and Base Texture Modifications Copyright (c) 1999 Frank Safranek

Northwest Airlink/Mesaba Repaint, AFX and Base Texture Modifications
and this document Copyright (c) 1999 Michael Pickney


My Plug:

For the most current version of this aircraft and many more Wisconsin 
related aircraft and scenery files visit 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


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), pay-per-use BBS, floppy disk 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 . 
        
        

                      Jan. 1999 Michaelsoft Inc.
