Virtavia T-6 Texan / Harvard

 

The North American T-6 Texan was an excellent design that served as a basic transitional combat trainer in all branches of U.S. service as well as in countries worldwide. U.S. Navy pilots utilised the type under the SNJ designation, the most common versions being the SNJ-4, SNJ-5 and SNJ-6. The RAF was very taken with the design and adopted it as the Harvard. Later versions were manufactured in Canada and the type saw service in countries worldwide. An excellent all-round trainer, the type was quite good at teaching new pilots to avoid the accelerated stall, as a wing would snap round quite unexpectedly if the pilot was unwary. Approximately 17,000 of the type were built and some 350 are still airworthy.

 

For FS2004 and FSX (FSX is full-FSX version, not a portover)

 

Features - 

 

- 6 unique model variants :

 

1. SNJ-5, NAS Corry Field, Florida

2. Harvard MkIIb, London University Air Sqn, 1947

3. Harvard MkIV, RCAF, 1964

4. (A)T-6F, 36th FG, Fürstenfeldbruck AB, Germany

5. T-6G, USAF, Malden AB, Missouri, 1954

6. 1747, Força Aérea Portugues - FAP - Museu do Ar

 

- self shadowing, bump mapping and reflection bloom

- virtual cockpit self shadowing with SP2/Acceleration

- highly-detailed textures with subtle reflectivity

- authentic T-6 soundset included

- authentic virtual cockpit with animations and mousable controls

- rear cockpit included in v-c

- photorealistic all-xml 2D panel, custom pop-ups for autopilot and radios

- two unique panel images included

- subtle smoke trail and wingtip vortices effects

- startup flame and smoke effect

- togglable pilot figures

- seperate animated front and rear canopies

- highly authentic flight model with illustrated checklist

- v-c rain effects (FS9 only)