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!!  VERY IMPORTANT:                                                                                    !!
!!  YOU MUST COPY THE FILE “GaugeSound.dll” INTO YOUR MAIN FS2004 FOLDER OR / AND INTO YOUR            !!
!!  WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 FOLDER!                                                                           !!
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!!  If you don’t do this FS2004 will crash and returning to the desktop after selecting the aircraft.  !!
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Stratojet Albatross
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The Stratojet Albatross is a fictitious amphibious multipurpose aircraft. This plane unifies comfortable and
fast business jet, amphibious plane, bush plane and cargo-transport in one single aircraft! It is very easy to fly,
can take off and land everywhere (inclusive on a Nimitz-class air carrier even without arrestor hook!),
is very fast and has a long range too...

This version has been created only for FS2004. It is probably not compatible with previous FS-versions.


Important informations about the custom gauges:
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Please read the "Manual for Stratojet Albatross.html".
It contains additional informations about the gauges and the airplane.


Credits:
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Model, animation, cockpit, dynamic Virtual cockpit e.t.c. all produced by myself.

The pilot model is from David Eckert ([email protected], www.daviator.com) freeware
The Seat model is from Brian Gladden.

Many thanks to them for their great work!

The most gauges are custom gauges and created by myself. The other are default FS2004 gauges and
freeware gauges (the radar)...

The custom gauges are intended to be use at a resolution of 1280x1024 and the FS2004 running in "window" mode (maximized).
For details about this see the joined screenshots... 
They are still beta-versions and not tested in all possible situations...
If you encounter problems or bugs please send me an e-mail.


Software used:
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Abacus FSDS 2
FS Panel Studio
Aircraft Container Manager
Aircraft Airfile Manager
Easygauge 2
DXTBmp 


Installation and usage:
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Unzip the files into a temp folder.
COPY THE FILE “GaugeSound.dll” INTO YOUR MAIN FS2004 FOLDER OR / AND INTO YOUR WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 FOLDER
Copy the "Albatross" folder with the subfolders in your FS2004\aircraft folder.
Copy the gauges from the "gauge" folder in the FS2004\gauges folder.
Copy the sound files from the "sound" folder in the FS2004\sound folder.

This plane was tested with FS2004 only and probably only works correctly with this version.
I used a Pentium 4 3.8 and a Radeon X850XT PE graphic card. I don't know if
the frame rate is correct with a slower machine.
I used a resolution of 1280x1024 and the FS2004 running in "window" mode (maximized).
The joystick i used is not a force feedback so i can not set the forces correctly!


Conditions of Use:
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This package is freeware.
This software may be freely used, copied and distributed with the following restrictions:
This document must be included in any redistribution.
DO NOT place these files anywhere that requires a fee for downloading. 
DO NOT place any of these files in any commercial package or any CD collection without the authors consent.


Name and E-mail:
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Eugene Heyart
Luxembourg

[email protected]


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      :  VISIT MY HOMEPAGE "http://webplaza.pt.lu/eughey" FOR INFORMATIONS ON MY OTHER PLANES  :
      :                              AND PROJECTS FOR FS2004                                   :
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