B52 Mitchell Bomber Aircraft v1.0

B52 Mitchell Bomber Aircraft v1.0

Eggman28 and Flightsim Squadron are at it again, this time bringing us an awesome bomber – the B25 Mitchell Bomber for Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you’re experiencing some wobble when flying these planes, try using the “Legacy Flight Model” and selecting FSX, as this helps.

“The North American B-25 Mitchell, a twin-engine bomber that became standard equipment for the Allied air forces in World War II, was perhaps the most versatile aircraft of the war. It became the most heavily armed airplane in the world, was used for high- and low-level bombing, strafing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol, and even as a fighter and was distinguished as the aircraft that completed the historic raid over Tokyo in 1942.

It required 8,500 original drawings and 195,000 engineering man-hours to produce the first one, but nearly 10,000 were produced from late 1939, when the contract was awarded to North American Aviation, through 1945.

Named for famed airpower pioneer Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, it was a twin-tail, mid-wing land monoplane powered by two 1,700-horsepower Wright Cyclone engines.

Normal bomb capacity was 5,000 pounds (2268 kilograms). Some versions carried 75 mm cannon, machine guns and added firepower of 13 .50-caliber guns in the conventional bombardier’s compartment. One version carried eight .50-caliber guns in the nose in an arrangement that provided 14 forward-firing guns.”

How to install:

• Extract to the game’s “Community” folder. Ensure your extracted folder doesn’t have another folder (move it up if it does)
• And look for the aircraft in Aircraft Selection screen after a restart.