EE/BAC Canberra Master of Tasks pack for FS9

[nazcasteve]

Hello all,

For those Cranberry fans lurking in the wings, I am pleased to announce that at long last the final pack in the bubble canopy series of Canberras for FS9 is ready for download:

This pack covers test-bed, experimental and photo-reconnaissance Canberra roles. There are 9 total models in the pack, including the PR.3, PR.7, B.6 (mod) and T.22. Full details available here:

www.flyingstations.com/canberra-pack-master-of-tasks.html

Support thread available here:

z13.invisionfree.com/Flying_Stations/index.php?showtopic=209

Happy flying and thanks to all those that have supported Flying Stations and in particular, this series of models. This was a rolling release of 8 packs, started Nov 2010 and ending here now in Feb 2012! A bit of a slog, but we got there in the end and lots learned along the way. While I do not have any plans to abandon FS9, my focus is now going to shift over to FSX development.



Here are some of the models:

B.1 with DH Spectre rocket engine:



B(I).8/B.6 (mod):



PR.7 with flare drop effects:



VC:



PR.7 Clear air turbulence mod with Avon RA.24 engines:



B.6 (mod) with clear air turbulence nose cone:



T.22:



Cheers,

Steve

[Roger]

They look great Steve!

[bhk]

I never realised that there were so many variations of this great aircraft.
Amazing number of models you've provided.
Many thanks.

[nazcasteve]

Cheers fellas. Yes, there was an amazing number of variations to the Canberra - 60 years of service meant it had a lot of time to accumulate a lot of roles. This is just nine of them! I'll be doing some repaints to go with this pack so keep your eyes peeled.

BHK - I see you are in the namesake city of the old girl too - not sure if you are interested, but keeping it close to home, I did the Aussie GAF B.Mk.20 as well:

www.flyingstations.com/canberra-exports-fire-ice.html

[nazcasteve]

Evening all,

I've never flown this part of the world before, but the stock scenery is quite enjoyable nonetheless. Testing out a new repaint I finished this evening and will put it online soon.

Mountain rescue has reported a downed light aircraft along the foothills of the Himalayas. 106 (PR) Sqn has been tasked with flare marking the crash site:




This shot came out nicely - I was working from this reference photo:

www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Vintage/Fighters/Canberra/P1099-2.jpg.html

Yes, the port nacelle is not silver, but the way I mapped the engines means it would have made the stbd one silver too. So I left it painted.



Getting closer:



Flares dropped:



Banking back over to take some shots and mission complete. Another fine day's work for the Indian Air Force Canberras.

[bhk]

G'day, Steve.
Yep.......I'm a Canberran and I've had the privilege of having hands-on meetings with the Canberra that is in the Australian War Memorial's collection when I was helping with the G-George Lancaster restoration.
That Canberra is not on public display, by-the-way, having languished in the storage centre for many years in a disassembled state.

English Electric certainly produced two of the most evocative jet-aircraft to serve with the RAF....the Lightning being the other, of course; Australia came pretty close to buying that model as well but the final decision went to the Dassault Mirage.

Thanks again for what you blokes have created with these packs....and also for your brilliant freeware packs.

Bruce

[nazcasteve]

Hi BHK,

Don't feel too bad about the state of your Canberra down there; we were the country that built them and do not have a flying example to speak of! Actually I thought there was a flying ex-TT.18 at Temora now redone in GAF B.20 colours? I hear you on English Electric. Goes without saying I am a big fan of theirs, Lightning included, and for me, the Canberra is extra special. Aside from the a/c itself, it's the 'international fraternity' of operators that is so cool. Think about the number of air forces that used (on occasion against each other) from such diverse backgrounds, yet we have this common item in our aviation history. Never ceases to interest me, and I am now working on a book about this.

Glad you like the packs so far, we've got more on the docket for this year, both pay and freeware.

[bhk]

Steve,
Yes, you're correct about Temora's Canberra.....I saw it in action when I visited Temora a couple of years ago.
That's an interesting observation about the number of countries operating the type....including one-against-the-other!

I would have loved to have seen the RAAF adopt the Lightning but c'est la vie. We got a beautiful aircraft in the Mirage.

I look forward to seeing your future products.

Bruce

[nazcasteve]

The Mirage is nice, but the Lightning (to me at least) has bags of character over the more generic shape of the Mirage. The Lightning was probably the last true British design like that, along with the Buccaneer perhaps.

The RAAF has had an interesting mix of planes over the years, giving you a more international perspective than we had in the RAF. So many close calls where you almost ordered British but went with things like the F-111...a large part of this was the cancellation of the TSR-2 of course.

Anyway, I always enjoy talking with the RAAF Canberra crews; they have solid combat experience and slightly different operating methods (2 crew over 3) for starters which makes for an interesting perspective.

[bhk]

Mar 7, 2012 0:03:59 GMT -5 nazcasteve said:

The Mirage is nice, but the Lightning (to me at least) has bags of character over the more generic shape of the Mirage. ....

I agree completely.

The Lightning always seemed to me to look like something the Russians would have designed; it was so different with the arrangement of those two engines.

Bruce