Project Open Sky Boeing 747-100
PAN AM B747-121(SCD) 'Clipper Maid of the Seas' (N739PA)

FS2004 PAN AM Boeing 747-121(SCD) 'Clipper Maid of the Seas' (N739PA). In memory of the 243 passengers and 16 crew on board, and 11 on the ground who perished that fateful night of December 21st, 1988.  

Boeing 747, N739PA, arrived at London Heathrow Airport from San Francisco and parked on stand Kilo 14, to the south-east of Terminal 3. Many of the passengers for this aircraft had arrived at Heathrow from Frankfurt, West Germany on a Boeing 727, which was positioned on stand Kilo 16, next to N739PA. These passengers were transferred with their baggage to N739PA which was to operate the scheduled Flight PA103 to New York Kennedy. Passengers from other flights also joined Flight PA103 at Heathrow. After a 6 hour turnround, Flight PA103 was pushed back from the stand at 18.04 hrs and was cleared to taxy on the inner taxiway to runway 27R. The only relevant Notam warned of work in progress on the outer taxiway. The departure was unremarkable. 

Flight PA103 took-off at 18.25 hrs. As it was approaching the Burnham VOR it took up a radar heading of 350° and flew below the Bovingdon holding point at 6000 feet. It was then cleared to climb initially to flight level (FL) 120 and subsequently to FL 310. The aircraft levelled off at FL 310 north west of Pole Hill VOR at 18.56 hrs. Approximately 7 minutes later, Shanwick Oceanic Control transmitted the aircraft's oceanic clearance but this transmission was not acknowledged. The secondary radar return from Flight PA103 disappeared from the radar screen during this transmission. Multiple primary radar returns were then seen fanning out downwind for a considerable distance. Debris from the aircraft was strewn along two trails, one of which extended some 130 km to the east coast of England. 


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Features moving flaperons, spoilerons, ailerons, elevators, rudder, and fan blades, tilting bogies, gear bays, night lighting, flashing beacons, transparent cockpit windshield with 3D pilots. Designed by Mitsushi Yutaka and Hiroshi Igami. Flight Dynamics by Posky. Tested by Project-Opensky members. Repaint by Damien Thomas.

Copyrights:
This aircraft is made by Project Open Sky
Model Designers          : Mitsushi Yutaka & Hiroshi Igami
Flight Dynamics Designer : Warren C. Daniel @ FDE V3.1
Test Pilots              : Project Open Sky Members
FDE Advisor / 747 Data   : Simon Ng Hin Tat
Painted                  : Damien Thomas


Paint Details
PAN AM Boeing 747-121(SCD) 'Clipper Maid of the Seas' (N739PA)


Installation:
Unzip the archive to your FS2004 AIRCRAFT folder.

Copyright and Distibution:
This aircraft is released as Freeware.
Copyright (C) Project Open Sky . All rights reserved.
-For painters please see out webpage - we are open for paintings.
-For other any changes you must ask permission to the Author.
-No charge may be made for this archive other than 
 to cover the cost of its distribution.
-The use of this aircraft is at your own risk, the author can
 not be held responsible. 

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July 2005
Damien Thomas
[email protected]