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|                        Alaskan Winds Air Service                         |
|          FS2002 PRO De Havilland Canada DHC6-300 Twin Sea Otter          |
|         (STOL turboprop regional airliner and utility transport)         |
|                               Sea version                                |
| Alaskan Winds livery and night lighting textures by Joao Paz, March 2002 |
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|      Alaskan Winds Air Service operates a charter service throughout     |
|       the Great State of Alaska, and aims to honor the incredible        |
|           array of brave pilots whom, in their fragile birds,            |
|            made Alaska possible in its early American years.             |
|                  http://www.geocities.com/alaskanwinds                   |
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|            Aircraft, original livery & docs By Barry Blaisdell           |
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Special note
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I'd like to start by issuing a special Thank You to those who have been downloading
my works making them quite a success! I sincerely Thank You for that. And I'm also
thankful to all of you who took the time to write me back with your comments and feedback!



The Alaskan Winds Twin Otter
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This aircraft follows the AWAS livery guidelines, born with the 
FS2000 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver MK-I 3 Pack (see below).

It features:

* All new set of textures
* Bigger main textures, resized to 512 x 512
* Main textures in extended bitmap format, with 32bit depth colors
* Revised front and rear doors format
* Great night lighting textures! (Hey, I like them ;-) !!

(The non-transparent windows were quite a challenge, and in the end I loved 
to do those!)

Also included:

* 4 screenshots

Notes:

* You may want to install (you should!) Barry Blaisdell's great panel
  and sounds for the DHC-6. Check install notes bellow and the  
  'PROPNL22 INSTALL Instructions.txt' file



Credits & Thanks!
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* Barry Blaisdell
  for a Wonderful Twin Otter model, that was just as much fun to paint as it is to fly!
* Bob May
  for the textures I used as a basis for my own work. They made my job much easier!
* Steve Small
  for his ever great airfiles!
* Martin Wright
  for his fab DXTBmp program. A lot of my work could never reach you people without this
  great piece of software!

* Jan Visser & Yannick Lavigne
  as always ... for their artistry! I could have never done this and learned so much
  if it wasn't for their inspiring artwork.

and last, but not least...!
* Luisa Paz
  my wife, for all the support, enthousiasm and aesthetic input, in spite of the many hours
  I have put into this single paint scheme.

Thank You All!



To install this file
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* Just unzip it into your main FS2002 folder. Everything will fall into place. 

* Panel 
  Following Barry's method, this aircraft makes use of the default King Air 
  panel and C208 sounds. However, I strongly advise you to install Barry's own panel 
  and sounds! Check his site at http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/premaircraft
  and look for these files at http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/premaircraft/fs22pnl/index.html
    propnl22.zip
    pnl22upd.zip
    prosnd-1.zip
    prosnd-2.zip



Copyright
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This file is issued as freeware: Don't change it and don't make money out of it.
If you'd like to upload it to anywhere else it's OK - just send me a courtesy note, if you can.
The files enclosed, aside the repainted textures, still belong to the original and above 
mentioned authors. Please respect their work and always ask for their permission when permission is due!



Other works I've done
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awc182rg.zip --- 2001-03-20 --- FS2000 Alaskan Winds VA Cessna 182 RG

     FS2000 Alaskan Winds VA Cessna 182 RG. Replacement texture for the default Cessna 182 RG. 
     Repaint by Joao Paz. Based on the blank textures by Simon Jamie.

awindbvr.zip --- 2001-08-15 --- FS2000 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-2

     FS2000 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver MK-I 3 Pack. Wheel, float and wheel/ski models 
     in Alaskan Winds Air Service livery. Enclosed blank registration number textures for 
     adding your own. Modified panel for IFR flights with 13 zoomable gauges. 
     By Joao Paz. Aircraft by Fred Banting. Original artwork by Yannick Lavigne.

awdc3sat.zip --- 2001-10-16 --- FS2000 Douglas DC-3 The Great Satchmo!

     FS2000 Douglas DC-3 The Great Satchmo! This is the first Alaskan Winds Oldies edition. 
     A celebration of the centennial of the birth of the great New Orleans musician, Louis Armstrong. 
     New Orleans Int'l Airport (MSY) has been recently renamed to Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l Airport. 
     Start-up flight included. Satchmo's a repaint of an original by Jan Visser, Roy Chaffin and Bill Rambow. 
     Repainted by Joao Paz.

mnairbvr.zip --- 2001-01-23 --- FS2000 Mountain Air DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver

     FS2000 Mountain Air DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver MK-I 3 Pack. Wheel, float and wheel/ski models 
     in Mountain Air livery. Requires AWINDBVR.ZIP for the panel and sounds (modified panel for IFR flights 
     with 13 zoomable gauges) though it installs separately. Aircraft by Fred Banting. 
     Original artwork by Yannick Lavigne. Repainted by Joao Paz.

awdc3awo.zip --- 2001-01-19 --- FS2002 Alaskan Winds Douglas DC-3 2xPack

     FS2002 Alaskan Winds Douglas DC-3 2xPack. Two DC3's of the Alaskan Winds Oldies fleet: 
     AWO official livery and The Great Satchmo. Both models with 32 bit extended bmp textures           keeping the original transparencies. Based on the model by Jan Visser. 
     (requires R4D_2K2.ZIP and R4DV40UP.ZIP by Roy Chaffin and Bill Rambow). 
     Repaint by Joao Paz.


awdhc-6.zip --- 03-18-2002 --- FS2002 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-6 

     A 300S Twin Otter model in Alaskan Winds livery. Features all new set of textures, with 
     main ones using 32 bit extended bitmaps, resized to 515x512, and new night lighting. 
     Also features new front/rear doors design. 
     Enclosed new panel bitmap and a new panel.cfg file adding lots of zoomable gauges. 
     Aircraft by Barry Blaisdell. Repaint by Joao Paz.

awdhc-6w.zip --- 04-26-2002 --- FS2002 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-6 Wheel 

     This is an updated aircraft.cfg for the Alaskan Winds DHC-6 Wheeled version. Corrects
     outdated contact points data, and ensures compatibility with newer AW models under the
     Aircraft Menu on FS2002. 
     (Requires AWDHC-6.ZIP by Barry Blaisdell and Joao Paz)

awdhc-6k.zip --- 04-26-2002 --- FS2002 Alaskan Winds DeHavilland DHC-6 Ski

     A 300S Twin Otter model in Alaskan Winds livery. Features all new set of textures, 
     with main ones using 32bit extended bitmaps, resized to 515x512, and new night lighting. 
     Also features new front/rear doors design. 
     Aircraft by Barry Blaisdell. Repaint by Joao Paz.

Disclaimer
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Use this package at your own risk - though I can't think of one. 



Comments
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Any constructive comments will always be welcomed!



and finally...
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Thanks for downloading this file!



Joćo Paz, Alaskan Winds, CEO
joaopaz@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/alaskanwinds
