Convair CV-240 VBF CV-240-5 in colours of 1954, cn 32, delivered to TAA on December 30, 1948, registered VH-TAO and named 'RMA George Bass', later renamed 'RMA John Fawkner'. Bought by Remmert Werner on November 25, 1959, leased to Whitney Fairbanks and registered N18M. After returned to Remmer Werner sold to Monsanto Chemical Company in June 1969. Bought by Aerolinas Colonia in February 1970, withdrawn from use and stored at Colonia, Uruguay. Textures and associated model file included only. Requires CV240VBFCB16_BASEPACK_010.ZIP. Original by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson, upgraded by Georg Hauzenberger (model) and Hans Hermann (textures) Virtual Birds Factory.
- Feb 17, 2017 Fuel dump was available on the 240 and is referenced in the Type Certificate. As I said previously, it was a mod developed by Pan American. Guess it would only get a mention in a manual by way of a supplement if the operator adopted the mod.
- The Convair 440 Metropolitan was modified version of the Convair 340 to further increase the speed while reducing the noise level in the cabin. Seating up to 52 passengers the prototype first flew on October 6th, 1955. Since then around 162 have been built up until 1958, today a few are operated by the USAF and US Navy.
- The product was the Convair 240 (with '2' engines and '40' passengers - hence the name). As launch customer, American placed an initial order for 100 of the new CV-240s (later reduced to 75). Fifty more were ordered by Western Airlines, Continental Airlines.
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The Convair 440 Metropolitan was modified version of the Convair 340 to further increase the speed while reducing the noise level in the cabin. Seating up to 52 passengers the prototype first flew on October 6th, 1955. Since then around 162 have been built up until 1958, today a few are operated by the USAF and US Navy.
Screenshot of Trans-Australia Airlines Convair CV-240 VBF in flight.
Each add-on livery assumes that a certain base pack has been installed. We will inform you about the Base Pack that is necessary for the installation of a certain livery. Please make sure that the necessary base pack (folders 'CV240VBFca18' and/or 'cv240VBFcb16' and/or 'CV240VBFmilitary' is installed. Otherwise the installation of a livery cannot be successfully completed. If not present, please first download and install the Base Pack as described in Chapter 3.2. in the User Manual.
- Unzip the zip-file included in the add-on package to a temporary folder.
- Use the Windows Explorer and find the extracted file in your temporary folder. Double click on the add-on's setup.exe named like 'cv240VBFca18_aal_N94200_01_setup.exe' (example for the American Airlines Convair CV-240 with registration N94200) and run the install-program. The install-program will automatically place the chosen livery and associated model into the folder 'cv240VBFca18' or 'cv240VBFcb16' or 'cv240VBFmilitary'. For the next step please take note in which of the three folders the livery will be installed. For the allocation to the folders please also refer to the list that Tom Gibson has produced in 2009 (see User Manual Appendix B).
- Find the 'Microsoft GamesFlight Simulator 9Aircraftcv240VBFca18' folder or the 'Microsoft GamesFlight Simulator 9Aircraftcv240VBFcb16' or the 'Microsoft GamesFlight Simulator 9Aircraftcv240VBFmilitary' folder (as jotted down in step 3) on your system. There you will find a file named '(livery name)_add_to_aircraft_cfg.txt'. Livery name is the short title for the livery you have just installed; make sure you pick the right one!
- Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the file '(livery name)_add_to_aircraft_cfg.txt' and copy the [fltsim.xx] section shown there. Afterwards open the aircraft.cfg contained in the same folder and paste the [fltsim.xx] section below the last [fltsim.yy] entry already there. Make sure the new [fltsim] entry is in proper numerical order by replacing the 'xx' with the next number in sequence. Save and close the aircraft.cfg.
Convair 240 Crash
You should now be able to see and fly the new livery in FS2004. If this is not the case, please double check whether you really completed the step above and try to remember whether you changed any folder names after the previous installation of the aircraft. It should read 'cv240VBFca18' or'cv240VBFcb16' or 'cv240VBFmilitary'. Please also make sure you selected your correct FS2004 root folder (the one where FS9.EXE is located).