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Vintage Aircrafts in Flight Simulators - FSX and XP11

It is interesting to test old-timer aircrafts in sims!

Microsoft FS2004 "A Century of Flight" had several old aircrafts, mainly from US. We list them below, with some European additions. Both FSX and XP11 versions.

Aircraft info: Wikipedia, and • FS2004 Manual,pdf.

Downloads
FSX: The 9 historic aircrafts in FS2004 were not included in FSX, but can be downloaded from several sim-websites, see • Links below.

- Try to find an FSX-modified version. They have added "thumbnail.jpg"-images in texture-folders, and solved windscreen-blur and missing parts in 3D cockpits.

♥ = I have tested and like this model.

Historic civilian aircrafts - pre 1939

Aircraft	Facts. Cockpit	Downloads for FSX, XP11	To-day
Wright Flyer	1903. First controlled engined flight, only 40m, but soon much longer flights - in 1905 39km! • Wiki - Click for larger images! -	FS2004.	---
Blériot VIII and XI, EU+ Images Castagné-model	1908 Blériot VIII. First plane with joystick and pedals. 1909 B.XI crossed English Channel. • Wiki	FSX: • bleriot-11-en.blogspot.com, detailed model by Jean-Michel Castagné ♥ AFS2: • Bleriot XI, by K. Kaniewski .	Several flying copies exist, here Michael Carlson's
Curtiss JN-4, "Jenny"	1916. First massproduced aircraft in USA, 6800 built. School plane in USA during WW1, then air mail and air shows. • Wiki Remark: US Mail soon switched to Airco DH 4, a WW1 light bomber.	FS2004. ♥ FSX update by David Grindele, 32MB at Flightsim.com or simviation.com David has made many such updates!
Junkers F13, EU+ Images Brault,Justusson-model.	1919. First all-metal civil aircraft. 322 built. Used in Sweden for first air mail flights down to Europe, and flights to Finland. • Wiki	♥ XP11: F13-model by Jacques Brault, with old cockpit by Bo Ju. Ver. "1920s" with basic instruments, and ver. "1930s" with IFR and NDB homing. See my page • Night Mail Flights FS2004: • Ju F13, Graig Richardsson, AVSIM. - More models for larger Ju-W33,W34. One at my page: • NDB navigation, DC3, Ju-W33 ♥
Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor	All-metal plane, 1927, "Tin Goose". First US plane built directly for passenger service. Used on many routes. Only 199 built. • Wiki	FS2004. ♥ • FSX update by David Grindele, flyawaysimulation 48MB XP11: • Ford Trimotor, by TedCook Prod., 20$, store.x-plane.org
Junkers Ju-52/3m EU+ Images from oliXsim	German all-metal plane, 1932. 4845 built. Used by many countries. Also as seaplane, e.g. ABA Stockholm-Finland! • Wiki German instruments: Remote compass with heading indicator, NDB homing:	♥ F2004: • Ju-52 by Oliver Fisher, free, 35MB, repaints exist for e.g. ABA SE-AFD orange, FV Tp 5, see • Links. ♥ • FSX update files, 0.7MB, zip, ver 2019-06-14 XP11: • Ju-52 by oliXsim, 62MB, 20euro, info by Edmund Moser buy at X-Plane.org or simmarket.com. Review: • Jonas Lapp, simflight.de, with video (XP9,10 only: • Ju-52 by Paolo, X-Plane.org, 16MB, free, repaints.)
Douglas DC-3, C-47 Dakota	All metal plane, 1936, with very modern design and construction. Ca 800 produced before WW2, and ca 15000 as cargo plane C-47 during WW2. • Wiki Advanced instruments: IFR, autopilot, ADF:	Many, many DC-3 sim-models! And repaints, e.g. Daisy, Congo Queen. ♥ FS2004,FSX - Microsofts DC-3 in both! ♥ FSX: • MAAM Mid Atlantic Air Museum, sim-packages FSX: • DC-3,C-47 by Manfred Jahn et.al. ♥ XP11: • DC-3,C-47 by Aeroworx, X-plane.org, 106MB free. - based on Manfred Jahn's FSX model. ♥ • Repaints: Swedish ABA and SAS, by Leif Ohlsson, 43MB zip XP11: DC-3,C-47 by VSkyLabs, ver 2.8, store.x-plane.org, $27 - advanced failure systems, amphibious version, VR-ready, many textures, project updates,...
Some other interesting vintage aircrafts available in sims:	DH89 Dragon Rapide, UK	Grumman G-21 Goose, in FSX Lockheed Electra, mod 10 or 12	Fokker VII, Dutch