Dear Captains,

Thank you for downloading this FULL Package of Olympic Airways B707-351C.

In this document you will find the following information:

• Contents of this Package
• Installation Procedure
• Real life Information of the Boeing 707
• Copyright Issues

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This package contains the work of many exceptional FS designers and more specific in this package you will find :

• B707-351C in old Olympic Airways Livery [City of Thebes]
• Special Sounds
• Smoke Effects
• Real Life Procedures, Performance and Limitation Tables

The aircraft is based on the original by HJG Pacific Western B707-351C. Only the textures and packaging, is something I did after a long time of accurate "painting". HJG [Historical Jetliners Group] is one of the most organised places I have found on the net regarding old jets, not to mention how respectable and admireable their work is! Dont forget to visit HJG Site!

Smoke Effects included in this package belong to one of the HJG Members, Marco Balzarotti, who has done an extremely good job!
[Press the "I" key to see the black smoke coming out of the turbofan engines]

Sounds. Another masterpiece originaly created by Daniel R. Carer and modified by Charles Fox. I will not say more on this...just listen :-)

Flight Dynamics of this aircraft is by Ron Freimuth and Paul Golding. This air file is specialy built in order to be used together with HJG B707 and Paul Goldings FREEWARE FS2002 panel for B707-320 that is NOT included in this package!

Real Life Performance, Limitation and Procedures tables, are compiled by Matt Zagoren. These PDF files will give you the opportunity to follow the real life procedures and NOT burn the JT3D-7/3B turbofan engines :-) The installation will put these files in your "B707 Olympic Airways" Aircraft folder (tables subfolder).

Panel by Paul Golding is highly recommend and thats the reason I have included a special panel.cfg file -> Paul_Golding_panel.cfg in the panel folder for you who want to use Paul Golding Panel!
Note: Some users have reported crashes from this exceptional panel, something that can be solved if you avoid changing more than 2 views as Paul Golding informed me!

The Real Life Aircraft - Olympic Airways B707-351C was named "City of Thebes" and had the registration SX-DBP. Ex N365US Registration number. Finally it was tranfered in Arizona's Aircraft Cemetery and was used for spare parts. MSN/LN: 19163/494 Buyed: 5/1973 Engines: P&W JT3D-3B.

Before Proceeding with the installation procedure [which is very simple], I would like to thank all the gentlemen mentioned above and mainly HJG for maintaining Historical Jetliners alive in our virtual world of Flight Simulator! Also I would like to thank Uwe Bestmann, the repainter of Lufthansa B707, whose work was a great inspiration for me and made me decide to proceed with this project for Olympic Airways B707-351C.

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The Package comes with a self installer. Just run the OAL_B707_351C_full.exe file and follow the instructions.

During Installation, pay special attention in four things:

1.Choose the correct FS2002 folder when requested [NOT the aircraft folder of FS2002],

2. The aircraft will be installed in your Aircrafts folder as "B707 Olympic Airways".

3. In the "tables" subfolder of "B707 Olympic Airways" folder you will find Real Life Performance, Limitation and Procedures tables, compiled by Matt Zagoren.

4. In the "panel" subfolder of "B707 Olympic Airways" folder , you will also find a special panel.cfg file -> Paul_Golding_panel.cfg . Rename this file to panel.cfg if you have already installed Paul Golding's Panel!

 

After installation, you may select the aircraft from the FS2002 Aircrafts Menu:

Manufacturer	:	Boeing
Aircraft Model	:	707-351C
Variation	:	Olympic Airways

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Beginning as the Model 367-80 in 1952, the Boeing 707 was to become the first turbine-engine powered aircraft in the US. The basic design, first unveiled in 1954, was derived from the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser civil and KC-97 military transports and especially the B-47 Stratojet bomber. The 707 saw many improvements over its production lifetime, namely sporting numerous engines ranging from the original Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojets to the final, much-improved, JT3D-7 turbofans. So successful was the Boeing 707 concept that it has served as the basis for all future Boeing transports to the current day as well as those of its rivals. By the time production finally ended in 1991, 1,010 aircraft had been built for passenger, freight, and military operations. Many will remain in service, especially with African and South American operators, well into the 21st century.

HISTORY of the 707

• First Flight 15 July 1954
• Service Entry October 1958 (with Pan Am)

PASSENGERS: (typical) 110-189 - (707-320C) 147 in two classes

DIMENSIONS:

• Length 152.92 ft (46.61 m)
  
• Wingspan 145.75 ft (44.42 m)
  
• Height 42.42 ft (12.93 m)
  
• Wing Area 2,941 ft2 (273.7 m2)

WEIGHTS:

• Empty : 137,526 lb (62,512 kg)
  
• Typical Load : unknown
  
• Max Takeoff : 328,060 lb (149,118 kg)
  
• Fuel Capacity internal : unknown
  
• Max Payload : unknown

PROPULSION:

• Powerplant : four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 turbofans
  
• Thrust : 76,000 lb (320.4 kN)

PERFORMANCE:

• Max Level Speed at altitude: 625 mph (1,010 km/h)
  
• at sea level: unknown
  
• cruise speed: 550 mph (885 km/h)
  
• Initial Climb Rate 2,640 ft (714 m) / min
  
• Service Ceiling 39,000 ft (11,000 m)
  
• Range max fuel: 4,700 nm (8,690 km)
  
• max payload: 4,260 nm (7,885 km)
  
• g-Limits : unknown

KNOWN VARIANTS:

• 367-80 Prototype
  
• 707-120 First production model
  
• 707-120B Improved 707-120 with more powerful turbofan engines and wing and tail refinements
  
• 707-220 Similar to 707-120 but with new engines
  
• 707-320 Intercontinental First version built for transcontinental use with larger wingspan and length, improved engines, and room for 189 passengers
  
• 707-320B Intercontinental Improved 707-320 with aerodynamic refinements and better engines
  
• 707-320C Convertible Multipurpose variant capable of carrying all passenger (147 to 219), all cargo, or mixed passenger/cargo loads
  
• 707-320C Freighter Dedicated cargo version of 320C with no facilities for passengers
  
• 707-987B Intercontinental with Pratt & Whitney more powerful turbofans
  
• 707-420 Intercontinental Model 707-320 with Rolls-Royce Conway Mk 508 turbofans
  
• VC-137 Military VIP transports operated by USAF
  
• 717 (C-135) Military in-flight refueling aircraft co-developed with the original 707 design (not to be confused with the current 717 originally known as the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, a completely separate design)
  
• E-3 Military Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft based on 707-320B
  
• E-6 Military submarine communications platform based on 707
  
• E-8 Military battlefield reconnaissance platform based on 707-323C

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This Package is not Freeware but its Conditionware and is provided for FREE under the following conditions:

• Under no circumstances is this aircraft, textures, or derivatives made from this collection of files to be sold for profit in any way, shape or form. This includes pay for paint services.
• You may NOT upload this archive to any other site on the internet without the permission of the Historic Jetliners Group and the authors of the other parts of this project [air file, smoke effects, sound package, real life information tables etc] who are mentioned below!
• You may NOT include this archive on any commercial or bonus disc (CD, DVD, etc.).
• You are free to change the paint job according to the rules set forth at the HJG website.

The copyright of the:

• original FSDS model belongs to Gary Carlson (mrmoose76@thefreeinternet.co.uk)
• textures of Olympic Airways Old Livery belongs to Vangelis Hassiotis (flyboy@otenet.gr)
• textures of the original Pacific Western B707-351C belongs to Yanick Charland (yandiggity@hotmail.com)
• Air File belongs to Ron Freimuth and Paul Golding (panelproject@btinternet.com)
• Sound belongs to Daniel R. Careri (danycareri@patagoniaol.com.ar ) and Charles Fox (cpfox_flightsim@hotmail.com)
• Smoke Effects belongs to Marco Balzarotti (balzarotti@simufly.com)
• Compilation of real life performance, limitation and procedures Tables belongs to Matt Zagoren
  
  

Thats all Captains. I wish you to enjoy this package as much as I did.

Happy Landings,
Vangelis Hassiotis
e-mail: flyboy@otenet.gr
Proud member of Hellenic (Greek) vACC

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