FS2004/FS2002 Britten Norman BN-2 Islander Falkland Islands Government Air Service
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Britten Norman BN-2B-26 Islander VP-FBD operates local services and tourist flights in the Falkland Islands for the Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS).  

Marcel Kuhnt's wonderful Britten Norman Islander, which is required, is available in many variations for FS2002/FS2004 at www.m-r-software.de. This repaint, with kind permission from Marcel, is by Mark Beaumont.  Marcel's work for the Britten Norman Islander is so accurate that it is important that you read the installation instructions carefully so as to ensure that you have the appropriate model configuration for this paint.  Installation is not complex, but must be done correctly to get the most from his packages.  READ his manual, too; there are all sorts of goodies hidden away in his aircraft, from configurable passengers to an animated mechanic and push back truck!  The aircraft come with specific panels for the BN2-A and BN2-B, with full VCs and 3D interiors.

I have chosen to save the main texture file as a 32-bit image for best quality in FS. There is only one main exterior file, so your texture loading or frame rate should not be compromised.

File name: figasbn.zip


Installation
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If you have not downloaded them already, you will need the base files for this repaint.  

1.  Go to www.m-r-software.de and click on 'BN-2 Islander' in your preferred language.

2.  Download and install: 

BN32Rest.zip - manual, basic files, panels, gauges, cockpit sounds
BN32Snd2.zip - soundset for 2 bladed props
DIFLN32G.zip - BN-2B base model

Please follow Marcel's installation instructions carefully as found in his README file.

3.  To install your Falkland Islands Islander, unzip figasbn.zip to a temporary folder/location (you may have done this already).

4.  In the download you will find the folder BN-2B_3.  This corresponds to a folder that should already exist in your 'Flight Simulator 9/AIRCRAFT' folder if you have installed the above base sets correctly.  Either simply move this folder to Flight Simulator 9/AIRCRAFT' and allow overwriting when prompted (no files are actually overwritten, just added) or open the folder individually and move the contents (a texture folder and an .ini file) to the relevant individual parent folder under 'Flight Simulator 9/AIRCRAFT'.

5.  To install your new repaint, you must then run BN_Instal.exe in the 'BN-2B_3' aircraft folder. The AIRCRAFT.CFG file will be updated automatically.

6.  In the folder BN-2 Panel, there is an optional modification for the existing BN-2B panel.  I have updated the FS2002 GPS to the FS9 Garmin 295 and have modified the forward view perspective to cover a 'blank' area in the left field of vision.  You will want to retain the original GPS if you are using this aircraft in FS2002, however.

Back up Marcel's respective PANEL.CFG file if you wish to before making any changes to your original panel.  I have tested these alterations and they work fine for me, but I emphasise that this is an optional install and is by no means official, although it is supplied with Marcel's permission.


Other files
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At time of release, detailed Falklands scenery by J.C.F.Howell is close to release (September 2005).  A view of the beta version of James' scenery inspired this repaint, and so I recommend it for use with this aircraft.  

Other BN2 repaints from my hangar:

Winair/St. Barth's Commuter twin pack  caribbn.zip
Loganair, Scotland                     loganbn.zip
Fix file for the two files above       bnfix.zip
Milford Sound Flightseeing, NZ         nzbn.zip

License
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See License.txt.


Support
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You can contact Marcel Kuhnt at marcel@m-r-software.de

See Marcel's other freeware products at www.m-r-software.de

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Enjoy your FIGAS Islander!  Marcel's soundsets are astonishing; if you don't get a tingle down your spine when you push the throttle levers forward, I'll be very surprised!


Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumont
September 16, 2005
MABeaumont@aol.com



