MiG-31 Firefox for FS2002/FS2004

A brief history:

A few months ago I decided to take up aircraft design so I purchased FSDSv2 and began to learn.  Being a major fan of the 1982 movie Firefox, starring Clint Eastwood, I decided that my first attempt at an aircraft for FS2002/2004 would be the MiG-31.  I was given an older model of the Firefox from Richard Hulme, and my intention was to basically "touch it up" a bit, learn FSDS in the process, and possibly release a newer/better aircraft for the simulator.  I wasn't too long into fiddling with his model when I decided to just scrap the idea and start building a new one from scratch.  I found a website dedicated to the Firefox aircraft and its owner, Mr. Kurt Beswick, was nice enough to texture the plane for me from his own incredible illustration.  This is the final result.  I hope you enjoy flying it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Owen

Installation:
Simply put the 'Firefox' folder into your 'Aircraft' folder, the contents of the 'Gauges' and 'Effects' folders into their corresponding FS2002/2004 counterparts.

Copyright:
Not a whole heck of a lot really.  This is freeware.  The plane and textures are original.  A few things (such as gear and wheel textures, afterburner effects, flight model, sound effects, some cockpit .bmp's, and a few pieces like the intake fans) were borrowed from other aircraft.  I really can't remember who's stuff I used so if you see your work being used and you want credit for it, please let us know and we'll properly credit you.  We absolutely DO NOT or WILL NOT claim anybody's work other than our own.  Please know we respect everybody's work and since we aren't making a dime off this we hope nobody will complain if you see your wheel texture or reheat effect being used.  :-)
You are free to edit any of this in any way you wish as long as you let us know what you're doing and give us a copy of it when you're done.  :-)

Model created by:
Owen Smoot - [email protected]

Textures created by:
Kurt Beswick - [email protected]

Firefox website:
www.oculusdesign.com/firefox

Open Invitation:
PLEASE do not email either of us telling us that the flight model of this aircraft is wrong.  WE KNOW THAT!  THE PLANE IS NOT REAL!  IT NEVER WAS!  In fact, the flight model is completely fake!  I spent many, many hours on this with AirED and tweaking the .cfg file putting in the 'accurate' data for the plane if it were to really exist.  The sad truth is that if she was real she wouldn't be air worthy at all.  So instead I just borrowed a military flight model and tweaked it up quite a bit.  If anyone out there would like to fiddle with the .air and .cfg files to see if they can get a better result,  please feel free.  We only insist that you send us a copy when you're done.  :-)