Lockheed P-38L - Fuerza Aérea Hondureña

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Lockheed P-38L - Fuerza Aérea Hondureña

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning - Fuerza Aerea Hondureña -

Forgotten Lightnings Part 2

---skin for P-38L by Wolf257---

size: 2048x2048 (main .bmp, others in 512x512 and 256x256)

 

 

-------------------Historical notes-----------

After the Rio Treaty (1947) seven P-38L (and also 5 P-63E, but this is another story...) were delivered to Honduras.

The Lightning was used in combat for the last time during the brief Honduras-Nicaragua Border Conflict (1957), and retired from service in 1958.

 

Aircrafts serials:

500

501 crashed on May, 13, 1955

502

503 ex 44-53095, c/n 422-8350, later 506

503 ex 44-53097, c/n 422-8352, delivered on July 1954

504 ex 44-26961, c/n 422-7965

505 ex 44-53232, c/n 422-8487

506 former 503

 

(Source: http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/ )

 

-------------------Installation:----------------------

Unzip the skin in a temporany folder.

Drop the "FAH" folder in your P-38L installation

 

----------------------Optional:-------------------------

(remember: backup originals files!)

 

1:Open P-38L_data.ini and change:

 

ServiceEndYear=1945 to ServiceEndYear=1958

 

save and close.

 

The last Lightning flew in 1958, with Fuerza Aérea Hondureña...

 

2: Alternative texture

Just copy the content of "White Nose" or "Normal Nose"

in the main FAH skin folder.

 

 

-------Credits:-----------

Templates: by me, but based upon original Wolf257's skin.

Wrench's 80th FS "Uncle Cy's Angel" skin, for correct position of nose and fuselage antiglare panels.

Note: 38gascap.tga and 38gascap2.tga made by Wolf257.

 

 

 

-------Thanks to:---------

ErikGen, Nghengo, Spillone104, Steve S, Paulopanz for support and suggest.

 

 

-------Legal:--------------

This skin is release under Freeware Licensing aka Fair User Terms. Simply 3 rules:

1. The work may not be used in payware projects or in projects that will not be freely distributed under these same terms.

2. You must give proper credit in your readme file.

3. If feasible, include the original readme along with your new mod.

 

For more informations, check this topics: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=26131

 

Spitwulf

Somewhere in North Sardinia, Italy

August 2010

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• Submitter
  Spitwulf
• Submitted
  08/30/2010
• Category
  P-38