Microsoft Flight Simulator | Local Legend 17: Curtiss C-46 Commando

[@coriscotupi]

A Curtiss Commando was left to decay for many years at Santos Dumont (SBRJ) airport. Then a cargo operator bought what was left of it, did the required emergency repairs to make it airworthy for a short hop to Jacarepagua (SBJR) field, where it was extensively repaired and modernized before being sent to cargo operations in the Amazon basin. I was lucky enough to be standing on the ramp, about 100 meters to the edge of the runway, when this big old-timer made a low pass and then went around for the landing. A good 35 years went by, but that image hasn't faded from memory.

[@GabbieGirl007]

Got a tailnumber?

[@mateusvin]

@@GabbieGirl007 I think they might be telling the story of the FAB 2058

[@coriscotupi]

@@GabbieGirl007 Tail # is PP-ITE If you search for it on jet photos, you'll see it parked at Jacarepagua field in the era that was mentioned. In that photo, also barely visible in the background are a Fokker S.12 (PP-KAR) and a Piper Dakota 235 (PT-NBD) het I flew back then.

[@10jetstorm]

I know the feeling when was a young aviation student I use to walk next to the north ramp of ElDorado airport in Bogota, Colombia; behind the fence there was a vintage Curtiss Commando parked and was there abandoned by many years due to burocratic issues with Aerocivil; about middle 2000's the fuselage was scrapped and I never see it again, I dreamed to have enough money to restore it and make it fly, total loss but that plane was always be in my heart!.

[@coriscotupi]

@@GabbieGirl007 Tail number: PP-ITE. Picture can be found in well-known aviation photo sharing sites (can't post link here).

[@gregh335]

These local legends and famous flyers are really a great feature of MSFS. Thank you for them. My dream list includes a Caravelle, Trident, VC10, Vickers Viscount, Lockheed Electra 4 engine, Comet, Convair 580, 880, 990, DC4, DC8, DC9, and the BAC111. Hopefully these are in the pipe. What an amazing product MSFS is. Cheers and thanks!

[@obriets]

Thank you for bringing the Commando out. My uncle was a crew member in one and went missing-in-action somewhere in the China-Burma Theater.

[@danielhawley6817]

My dad flew the same (and survived) - they had a loss rate GREATER than the 8th AF - (bombing Germany). Very little enemy action - night missions over the Himalayas, in bad weather, ferocious winds - some nights 50% would fail to return.

[@wadewilson6628]

There is one of these still flying daily in my town. They use it for delivering fuel out to remote villages.

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

Nice

[@micoasters]

Is it operated by everts?

[@phenix3st]

Looks like a mix between the dc3 c47 and the stratoliner. Love it!

[@samwise7538]

Well the DC-3 and C-47 are the same thing lol

[@Lyra737]

lol that blew my mind! He must be kidding!!

[@supertyfon1736]

Kinda wish Buffalo Airways was included.

[@thomasmaier7053]

Mods will fix that I'm sure!

[@JBAlternate]

@@thomasmaier7053 It's a bummer that mods always have to be relied on to get the most well known paint schemes.

[@JBAlternate]

@yankeeromeoalpha Because you'd assume Microsoft would want to include the most popular paint schemes with the release. Making a popular paint scheme vs an unfamiliar paint scheme takes the same amount of work, so you'd just assume they'd include the ones that people most know or in some cases have the most historical value.

[@JBAlternate]

@yankeeromeoalpha The problem is quite obvious, no? A significant portion of the user base is on Xbox, where there is no such thing as freeware. So livery add-ons cost extra money that people would prefer not to spend.

[@samwise7538]

@yankeeromeoalpha no

[@jaymac7203]

Absolutely incredible. Even though I own this sim, I am constantly blown away the beauty I see in videos 🥰

[@EnterpriseAdmin]

Great aircraft, thank you MSFS team! ❤️

[@oisiaa]

Oh! This is a MUST HAVE! Love the C-46!

[@animecaptaingaming]

And... That's another box checked off my "ICE PILOTS" bingo card.

[@leokimvideo]

Boeing 727 please, that aircraft is a peek into a time when Boeing were an incredible world leading company

[@JakesAviations]

hi leo, used to watch ur vids! the 727 is coming this month (not by microsoft) for about 40 quid, but.... the 707 is coming on the 4th!

[@raymarshall6721]

FSS is releasing a 727 end of July.

[@raymarshall6721]

​@@JakesAviationswhen did they say it was coming on the 4th? Only thing I saw was it is delayed and there would be news next week. I must have missed an uodate

[@JakesAviations]

@@raymarshall6721 it was on the dev live stream i remember seeing it yesterday, maybe im delusional

[@imdrogon]

There's already going to be a 707 in a couple of weeks.

[@josephbrewer7670]

Seems to fly ok. Would like to see more liveries.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

This looks really good and such an interesting and historic choice. Can’t wait to try it out!

[@alaskanbas6507]

I remember doing water-assisted landings with this in MS Flight, would be fun to give it a try in MSFS 2024 as well!

[@gibememoni]

we need vintage jetliners, like a 727

[@Topofdescent55]

One is coming in July/Aug, and another one next year

[@oisiaa]

I want a 707! Or a De Haviland Comet!

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

​@@oisiaa707 is coming soon

[@imdrogon]

There's already going to be a 707 in a couple of weeks.

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

@@imdrogon Or maybe just hours

[@oisiaa]

I'm sensing a lot of northern Canada cargo runs in Buffalo Airways colors!

[@88tx]

really love those old timey aeroplanes with built in clothes hanging ropes ❤❤

[@ramygjerde6574]

If its made by aeroplane heaven, then its hard pass

[@anrarh2121]

Even if I'm not going to buy the plane. The videos are absolutely fantastic and I always get goose bumps. 😅❤

[@xCapNunes]

Cool! But where is the Boeing 707 from Aeroplane Heaven? Sorry if I missed any changes to the development roadmap.

[@SiIverPug]

B707 is Local Legend 18, this is Local Legend 17.

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

Nah it’s the famous flyer x it’s coming today but I don’t know when

[@rev2522]

⁠@@SiIverPug707 was said to release today, and the 707 isn’t a local legend it’s a famous flyer

[@xCapNunes]

​@@SiIverPug Understood! So I suppose they didn't launch the Local Legend 17 on the previous City Update (8) and then the other planes had been postponed. All right, thanks.

[@Feerume]

@@rev2522 707 is a Local Legend

[@MikeyD142]

I’ll be getting this one for sure! Love the show buffalo airways !

[@levy__matheus]

According to live development and the Roadmap it would be the B707, what happened?

[@SiIverPug]

B707 is Local Legend 18, this is Local Legend 17.

[@rev2522]

@@SiIverPugnope not true

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

It’s coming today but this is the local legend not the famous flyer 10 lol

[@Feerume]

@@rev2522 It's true yes, check the last dev roadmap out in 06/27

[@taxiway207]

⁠@@Feerumeno. The 707 is Famous Flyer 10, not Local Legend 17

[@amirreal7984]

Welcome to Buffalo Airways :D

[@antsgamingvideosn2b]

Gonna have fun with the C-46 despite all the niggling issues associated with AH’s LL series aircraft. Would love to see the Sabreliner come to MSFS.

[@ANY_EDITZ]

Whole realistic earth was released before GTA6💀

[@ops7917]

Echoes of John Williams classic film music with a bit of Michael Kamen mixed in throughout this fine trailer. It works, well done.

[@octoberphoenix]

More like 'The Rocketeer' by James Horner I think.

[@ops7917]

​@@octoberphoenix Good choice but no. I mean John Williams's soaring Jurassic Park themes and Michael Kamen's patriotic feels of Band of Brothers. You can have The Rocketeer if you like, Williams inspired all of the music you hear today in this field of work.

[@octoberphoenix]

@@ops7917 I'm with on the John Williams thing, but I was thinking that the elongated orchestral bass 'stabs' were very much a trademark of Horner. But I'm sure there's a mixture in there somewhere.

[@ops7917]

@@octoberphoenix I'm sure you are right about James Horner especially if the game devs actually said they took cues from Horner's music. I guess we hear what we hear that's personal to us individually. Which Horner film score do you have in mind with the bass "stabs" ? He and Michael Kamen - gone 2 soon.

[@octoberphoenix]

@@ops7917 The other Horner films that include that notably are Apollo 13, and Titanic, (more transport based films!). Another connection that I made was that Horner used to be a pilot himself, which is sadly how he died. And agreed, way too soon, both hugely talented.

[@Hungariankris]

I’d LOVE the Orion hurricane hunter plane added.

[@Hungariankris]

@@mjsmith5110 Man I would love the Electra!!

[@tiemji]

Beautiful!

[@Aleksandar6ix]

First livery - Buffalo Airways! The one and only needed.

[@frontcentermusician]

Had then when flying with PD3. Sweet plane. Plus the liveries were quick to be had from flightsim.....to

[@shaunrowe5125]

Thats great and all but where is the 707?

[@FlightmikeVideos]

We need a Buffalo livery! You've had ONE job! maaaaan... Why no cooperation with Buffalo? I'm sure Mikey would have loved it. You've missed such an opportunity!

[@digital_aviator]

Any chance you can do the Bell X-1 as Chuck Yeager flew when he broke the sound barrier? It's one of the world's most famous aircraft and pilot and no one has ever honored him or his achievement correctly.

[@jackfromtitanic233]

We have so many of these kind of planes at least some communication about the 707 would be nice .

[@MichaelGabriele]

The FS community, grumpy as usual 🤣

[@GSRetroAde.]

the game is sooooo cool! Because it keeps saying searching for updates and no one could help me so now I wasted money for 10 minutes of happyness 😊

[@u2b891]

How are they not going to include the buffalo cargo livery??!

[@volkerdilger5173]

What a superb video !!!!! Makes me want to buy the real thing.

[@poorparticle]

0:37 prop went from 50 to 1000 rpm instantly... powered by a warp drive

[@theghost9999]

Thank you for this!

[@johnnyt1305]

😲 They could include one with the emblems of the Mexican Air Force delivering humanitarian aid in natural disaster areas until 1985.

[@845SiM]

Cough, Lancaster bomber?

[@sivadepilif]

Do the L-188 Electra please!

[@TruckersGameWorld1423]

Great aircraft💯

[@markthibault8579]

Nice. This would look great in a Buffalo Airways livery as well.

[@chrisstaples182]

Which one?

[@piedmonitor]

Assuming this is Aeroplane Heaven - Please find someone else to work with on these old radial engine planes. AH's work is always so buggy, shallow, and incomplete, and the sounds are almost always atrocious. The C-46 will be great, assuming someone like Duckworks or Redgrave steps up and fixes it like they did the DC-3 and Stratocruiser.

[@tb100]

When you see "Aeroplane Heaven" just know the engine sounds will be terrible.

[@AN2Felllla]

They are _terrible_ lmao. Huge disapointement considering how good the C-47 sounds irl.

[@D25Bev]

I don't want to be a negative nancy but it's no wonder we've been waiting 2 ½ years (so far) since AH first showed off the Lancaster. They've been doing almost every plane for Asobo.

[@swipefn1931]

C-17 NEXT!!!

[@FyoutubemadridMadrid]

1:11 For a moment I imagined it was a B-29 😂

[@electromov84]

When launch 707 im waiting for this aircraft

[@thegothicmaker]

always perfect

[@lukethomas.125]

I’ve seen a similar product on Microsoft. At least it looks similar

[@pttrisantex]

1:01 Bromo Mountains and Semeru Volcano in the backgrounds

[@lucasanjosdosreis4953]

BOEING 707?

[@PeterMatthess]

Interesting, I spy some aeroplane heaven style textures here, I wonder if it’s going to release with at a similar level as they did the dc-3. I for one am pleased we are getting these oldies, but far not interested in the 707 at the moment

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

Y’all don’t worry this isn’t the famous flyer x right?

[@hueyfoo]

Where is the Air America livery?

[@bigbubba0439]

How did I catch this video 1 minute after publishing?

[@FlyingBullets]

Will the currenlty released planes be in MSFS 2024 ?

[@AN2Felllla]

I think you'll have to buy them from the market place still, but yeah I'm pretty sure they'll be compatable

[@Thatguythatonlyplaysdcs]

whens the 707 coming?

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

It’s coming today but this is the local legend not the famous flyer 10 lol

[@Thatguythatonlyplaysdcs]

@@Boeing_NikoBellic Oh ok thanks

[@Livonia_Livin]

@@Boeing_NikoBellic iTs CoMiNg OuT tOdAy 😆

[@Isai_Calderon]

Do I need to rebuy it when msfs 2024 comes out? 😢

[@Glegh]

🤦 just use Google, its been asked 200000 times already

[@MyFabian94]

Man, it is weirdly modelled. The Autopilot sometimes follows a heading, sometimes the bank but it's never predictable. It just does stuff at random. The Startup Starts then stops then starts the engine again. Just very wonky. The Manifold Pressure starts jumping around at 10000ft for some reason, as if it was shifting Supercharger Gears, but without my input. I really hope Duckworks work out the kinks and gives us a better startup. Right now it looks pretty, but it's fairly bad at being a plane.

[@reaper2345]

Outstanding

[@adorovivere1488]

❤❤❤ Beautifully ❤❤❤

[@fakecall3196]

Where is the 707?

[@janusz4156]

Rival of C-47 Skytrain. 85 years of C-46 in 2025.

[@mr.f3134]

Cool! But why do the engines always turn up so fast?

[@amirreal7984]

Hope next will be L166 Electra :)

[@Faye-9896]

I was hoping the.707 But this is neat ig Aslong as it sounds okay.

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

Well, the 707 should come in few moments.

[@Damgot]

The video doesn't look like 2020. Was the video captured in msfs 2020 or 2024?

[@lluvik2450]

bro is this fsx music?

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Fantástico.

[@taketotheskies6950]

Boeing 707 wen?

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

It’s coming today but this is the local legend not the famous flyer 10 lol

[@user-jc2ur3sv6v]

You are seriously company, in your game 2006 was mouse yoke, why it isn't in 2020???? please add

[@bronzecossack]

not a helicopter, but I like it!

[@Hypersonicbiker]

O7(Soldier salute)

[@semprequevoceolharoscoment1843]

Another plane that a person flies once then stays in the gallery forever... meanwhile the MSFS2020 doesn't even have dx12 and a weather radar system

[@dylanmarlowe7604]

Cool

[@lachmowe1642]

Hope the 707 wasn't delayed for this Reskined DC-3(it's literally the C-47 situation all over again, even the same devs!), if there is a delay, communicate that with us.

[@ungeneer1506]

It’s nothing like the DC-3

[@Skipper0303]

It's larger, faster and a completely different bird, literally the big brother of the DC-3/C-47

[@JBAlternate]

C-46 is not a re-skinned DC-3/C-47. The Douglas C-47 and Curtiss C-46 served similar roles but are two entirely different aircraft. Sorry your 707 probably got delayed, but don't try to downplay the C-46 just because you aren't interested in it.

[@ceoverona1929]

Yes, it could be that the 707 is delayed, as Jörg also announced in the dev stream.

[@FSXNOOB]

When do you plan to end your collaboration with Aeroplane Heaven? All their airplanes are terrible, with excellent models but poor quality in everything else. Therefore, I am worried about this one too.

[@AN2Felllla]

Model seems to be hardly modified from their FSX one. Rather low poly and not proportioned all that well.

[@JakesAviations]

WHERES THE 707

[@4strokenicolaus]

What is very hard for me to understand, they made such a nice aircraft and then, they finally failed with engine sound, fuel manifold and missed the bank and turn indicator...... and now.... it's for nothing... very sad

[@rabeakochah2556]

please update Boeing 787

[@average_joe8905]

Where’s Buffalo????

[@petapeta4132]

where is my 707!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maxsuelnascimento4222]

Quem quer saber dessa aeronave hahaha? So os pilotos acima de 75 anos😂😂😂

[@sholayo]

Well, Fate is the Hunter is nt exactly there, but still :D

[@FernandoMD98]

707 ?

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

It’s coming today but this is the local legend not the famous flyer 10 lol

[@Livonia_Livin]

@@Boeing_NikoBellic iTs CoMiNg tOdAy 😆

[@ЕгорДушка]

Dear Airplane Heaven developers, maybe stop making “envelopes” from models of previous simulators? Shame on you? Your models are not up to 2024 level of texturing and modeling except for the aircraft appearance. Learn 3D modeling from Carenado/Just Flight

[@MrDzmitry]

How negativity in the comments... Let's just be respectful and have a look at this c46 (which by the way is a reeeally interesting plane) and judge it as it is. The 707 is coming July 4th as per schedule (hopefully).

[@lvwpy]

That's not how a 707 looks!

[@ClovesPastrana]

Airplane Heaven needs to pay more attention to the planes....it looks a lot like it is from fsx....thick propeller, rustic details.....needs more attention.

[@AN2Felllla]

The C-46 is one of my all time favourite aircraft! My favourite thing about it has to be the engine sounds on takeoff. Literally moving :,) Speaking of sounds... the sounds for this aircraft mod brings a tear to my eye for all the wrong reasons. Almost nothing has a sound, and what does sounds like it was taken straight from the DC-3. _Worst of all,_ while the engine sounds are custom, they sound like someone recoded a person blowing into a desk fan from across the room away, and recorded it with $2 mic. My disappointment is literally immesurable. It completely ruins this aircraft imo. completely destroys the immersion.😢 Lack of liveries and configs is really disappointing aswell. Would have liked an Everts or Buffalo livery with this. But unfortunately the config is only a military transport with a Jeep in the back.

[@YlmazDALKIRANscallion]

Last!

[@keltonferreiraX]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 where is the Boeing 707 Microsoft.

[@Boeing_NikoBellic]

It’s coming today but this is the local legend not the famous flyer 10 lol

[@Livonia_Livin]

@@Boeing_NikoBellic iTs CoMiNg tOdAy 😆

[@nicolasg9662]

Did you have a 4 yr old make those textures ? I spent hours fixing your laughable DC-3 textures, can't keep doing it for every sub-par product you release. MS, please stop working with AH...

[@KAPAFlyer]

Aeroplane Heaven? 🤢🤮 The Captain Sim of Warbirds.

[@lolloll4441]

I don’t think there that bad how is that?

[@alaskanstrat6618]

Missing the most popular skins is a massive failure on MS part . You would have sold substantially more had you included the popular skins . Yikes

[@sayedrahmanalmosawi8560]

ps5

[@SoCalSurfer1]

Just what the sim doesn't need...another twin engine prop plane! Zzzzzzz....the Commando is too similar to the DC3...Pass!