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Latécoère 28
The Aéropostale airliner, from Toulouse to South America. Three versions, a crew that lives on board and a complete failure and repair system.
PC
€32.99
History
The mail-route legend
The Latécoère 28 became famous carrying mail between France and South America for Aéropostale, then Air France, in the 1930s.
On 12 May 1930, Jean Mermoz flew its seaplane version, the 28-3 named "Comte-de-La-Vaulx", on the first commercial crossing of the South Atlantic.
The versions
Choose your 28
28-1
Landplane
The airline version: mail and passengers on the routes of Europe, Africa and South America.
Passenger cabin (8 seats) or cargo cabin for freight and mail.
28-3
Seaplane
Jean Mermoz's seaplane, built for the South Atlantic crossing.
Take-off, landing and handling on water.
28-5
Military
Strengthened military version with a more powerful engine.
The torpedo equipment is a separate add-on, available on this website.
On board
Much more than an aircraft
A crew that comes alive
Twelve animated characters: pilot, mechanic, ground crew to swing the propeller and all the passengers. Pilot and mechanic voices in French and English.
The cockpit clipboard
Passengers, cargo, fuel, repairs, damage and failure analysis, and a short, medium or long-haul setup.
Automatic checklists
Every checklist, phase by phase, can run on its own, with voices and clear displays on the clipboard.
Failures and repairs
Engine fire, oil, fuel, water, propeller, fuselage after a ground loop, landing gear, with smoke and 3D animations.
Mail drop
Drop the mail bags in flight: a real game within the game, challenging and rewarding.
Easy mode
Start-up and flight assistance lights to get to grips with the aircraft quickly.
Video
The video is hosted by YouTube and only loads when you click.
In detail
Contents
Everything that's included
- 4K PBR textures
- All systems fully functional
- 12 animated and scripted 3D characters that bring the aircraft to life
- A pilot, a mechanic, ground crew to swing the propeller and all the passengers
- Optimised levels of detail (LOD) for every passenger and 3D element, for better performance
- Pilot and mechanic voices in French and English, cabin ambiences and repair sounds
- Multi-page clipboard: passenger and cargo loading and unloading, fuel, repairs, damage analysis, failures
- Simplified configuration choice for short, medium and long-haul flights
- All checklists by phase of flight, can run automatically, with voices and clipboard displays
- Maps of the main European mail routes and US CAM routes on the clipboard, with a Morse code reminder
- REDWING failure and repair concept: engine fire, oil, fuel, water, propeller, fuselage after a ground loop, landing gear
- Smoke effects and 3D animations for failures, damage and mixture
- Easy mode with start-up and flight assistance lights
- Two cabins: passengers (8 seats) or cargo for freight and mail
- In-flight mail bag drop, a challenging and rewarding game within the game
- Instruments and cockpit elements in French or English, with a choice of units (m, °C, kg, cm³ or ft, °F, lb, in³)
- Full 54-page manual in English
- 8 liveries
Specifications
The real aircraft
| First flight | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Number built | about 50 |
| Crew | 2 (pilot and mechanic) |
| Passengers | 8 |
| Payload | 925 kg (2,039 lb) |
| Wingspan | 19.25 m (63 ft 2 in) |
| Length | 13.63 m (44 ft 8 in) |
| Engine (28-1) | Hispano-Suiza 12Hb, 500 hp |
| Cruise speed | 200 km/h (108 kt) |
| Maximum speed | 222 km/h (120 kt) |
| Service ceiling | 5,200 m (17,100 ft) |
Downloads
Flight manual (PDF)
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Latécoère 28
€32.99
