With it's distinctive twin booms and single center
fuselage, this classic fighter plane earned it's
nickname "Fork Tailed Devil". This unique
package includes both the classic WWII
configurations and paint schemes, as well as a
contemporary cockpit in Red Bull
colors.
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X
The Lockheed P38
The Lockheed P-38
Lightning was one of the most
successful fighters in the Pacific
during WWII. Designed in 1937 - 1939
in answer to an Army Air Corps
requirement for pursuit aircraft in
twin-engine configuration to achieve
a specific speed/weight ratio with a
given amount of armaments.
In March 1940, the
French and the British put the P38
into service. After the fall of
France in June 1940, the British
christened the plane "Lightning".
The P38 was used extensively as a
long-range escort fighter to protect
heavy bomber operations in both
Europe and the Pacific, escorting
bombers at altitudes between
18-25,000 ft. The P-38 was credited
with destroying more Japanese
aircraft than any other U.S.
fighter.
Over 10,000 P38s were
manufactured in all; becoming the
only U.S. combat aircraft that
remained in continuous production
throughout the duration of American
participation in World War II. After
the war surplus P-38s were also used
by other air forces around the
world.
A very interesting video is available here:
Features
Accurate detailed 3D
model using 3D mesh
modeling.
Custom designed
for Flight
Simulator X SP 2.
Highly detailed 3D mesh
virtual cockpit.
With all weapons systems
active and functional ,
including access to
charger bays.
3D gauges with smooth gauge
performance.
Realistic and consistent
flight control and
performance.
Accurate aircraft
systems modeling.
Aircraft animations
faithful replicated to
the smallest detail,
including landing gears,
control surfaces,
and weapons.
Reflective shine and
luminosity in exterior
texturing. FS X version
features bump mapping
and all of the texture
mapping effects
introduced in SP 2.
Extensive documentation.
Load
Manager for adding
additional paint schemes
and configuring weight,
balance and realism
preferences.
Repaint kit for aircraft
painting enthusiasts.
Luxury and Performance
Download Paint kit
(193 MB):
P38 Yippie
P38 Red Bull
The 5,000th Lightning built was
painted bright vermilion red, and
had the name YIPPEE painted on the
underside of the wings in big white
letters.
This
aircraft was used by Lockheed test
pilots Milo Burcham and Tony LeVier
in flight demonstrations, performing
such stunts as slow rolls at treetop
level with one prop feathered to
show that the P-38 was not the
unmanageable beast of legend.
As a very
special
paint scheme
we have
chosen to
recreate the
Red Bull
restoration
of
Marvin
"Lefty"
Gardner's
'White
Lightning'
P-38J. This
legendary
airplane is
part of
aviation
history, and
a must for
any P-38
fan.
You
can
read
more
about
the
restoration
here:
Here
are
some
fascinating
videos:
Reccommended System
Specs
Microsoft Flight Simulator
X SP2
required.
Dual
Core microprocessor or
higher with 2 GHz MHz + speed and 4 MB RAM minimum. 8 MB RAM
recommended.
Windows
8, 7, Vista or XP. 32 or 64
bit.
Nvidia or ATI Radeon based 3D accelerator video
card with full antialiasing and T&L lighting capability and a
minimum of 512 MB onboard RAM.
SoundBlaster Live or equivalent
128-bit DirectX sound device.
Up-to-date DirectX video and sound drivers.
Obviously, higher end systems with
quad-core
processors and 3.0 GHz+ speed
CPU, 4+ GB system RAM and 1024+ MB or preferably video RAM will perform
much better.
Documentation
You can download/view
several documents and manuals:
