FS2002 (USMC) McDonnel Douglas F/A-18A Hornet VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts"

This aircraft is a (USMC) McDonnel Douglas F/A-18A Hornet from the VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts" squadron of the United States Marines Corps circa 1986. See the file VMFA-251.pdf for other informations on this aircraft and this squadron.

- Model Design and Panel by Dean Reimer (dean@aerialfoundry.com)
- Texture by Jim Atkins (jim@jimsjets.com)
- Flight Model and Package by Simone Pratticò (spratti@tin.it)
- Sound by Aaron Swindle (ARSpilot@netscape.net)


Here are the contents of the readme.txt files for Sound and Panel:



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* Sound *
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Grumman F-14A Tomcat Soundpackage for FS2002 and Pro Edition By Aaron R. Swindle. All new sound dynamics inside and out. Also includes specialized cable and and deck touchdown sounds. Recommended aircraft is (f14aj201) By Dino Cattaneo.

NOTE: Minor changes to fit on the F/A-18A Hornet by Simone Pratticò.
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* Panel *
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FS2000 CF-18A Panel

This panel uses default fs2k gauges as the basis of the backup analog system. I want to appologize that I may have gone a little overboard and strayed from the authentic hornet panel, but it was a trade-off staying true to the original instrumentation, while being able to have as much in-flight information as was possible at hand.

FS2000 features in this panel are:

GPS toggle - GPS panel
Navigation toggle - VOR and ADF gauges
Throttle toggle - Throttle panel

CREDITS:

*Jeff Leezer <jsleez01@athena.louisville.edu>, for his gracious permission for me first, to use and modify his photo-real bitmap panel, (F16apnlf.zip) for the base of the CF-18A panel, and secondly, for allowing me to include his cockpit view photos in the new F-18 cockpit.

*Thank you to nasa, for their detailed photographs from the nasa dryden flight research center website <www.dfrc.nasa.gov> used as the base of the CF-18 systems bitmaps.
(Dryden Flight Research Center #E95-43155-7 F-18 Instrument Panel. 1995 NASA photo)

*In this panel I've used a series of engine gauges from a developer that to date, I cannot locate.
Through a hex editor I've been able to track down the name of the designer of these gauges, ERK Panels.
I feel uncomfortable using anything that has been developed by someone else without their prior knowledge or consent, but as this panel is, and should remain freeware, I want to take this opportunity make it known that I am not a gauge programmer and take no credit for these gauges.
I do however, want to credit and to acknowledge the person or persons of ERK Panels and Dome Freeware as the original developer/designer of these gauges.

*Most of the remaining gauges (with exception of the FS2000  gauges) are versions of fs98 gauges.

This panel is freeware and may be used for any non-profit application or distribution.

Dean Reimer
<deanozone@hotmail.com>

DISCLAIMER: 

I've never had a problem with any of the add-on files I've downloaded yet from these sites listed above. However, that's not to say that it can't happen. I don't like saying this, but I have to - If something does happen to your system, I will not be held liable. Use these add-on files at your own risk.

NOTE: Minor changes to fit on the F/A-18A Hornet by Simone Pratticò.
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This Package and all parts of it are FREEWARE!!! DON'T MAKE MONEY WHIT IT!!!

Simone Pratticò,
Caserta, Italy,
February, 2002.