This package installs a total of five separate variants of the Aero Designs Commander (500 / 520 / 540A(HC) / 680 Super and Rockwell Commander Shrike) as well as two Cargo variants (AC500 and AC520) and 29 additional repaints, for a total of Fifty (50) aircraft configuration and livery combinations to choose from.  

Features:  

GMAX Built  
Fully animated control surfaces, lights, passenger door 
Fully animated suspension parts
Rolling wheels and tires
"Feel Real" flight dynamics  (Tested by real world pilots)  
Detailed, multilayered, Glossy, reflective PSP textures with Specular Highlites
Night lighting and light map textures
Specular Lighting Effects (Dynamic Shine) (Thank you Chris File for Middleman)
Landing lights illuminate runways
De-Icers
Outside wing, engine, prop left rear views in 2D Views
Transparent, reflective 3D passenger and cockpit windows
Transparent Navigation and landing light lens  
All new Aero Commander 680 Panels with technical advice from Commander owners/Pilots
Cockpit 2D side views use 3D VC views
Virtual Cockpit with Gauge Backlighting (Thanks to Bill Leaming for his tutorials)
Excellent Lycoming sounds developed by Aaron Swindle specifically for the Aero Commander series
Authentic Radios-Option to use external radio frequency updates too

Credit wholly due to those involved is as per, and not necessarily limited to, the following:

Aircraft, Original Texture, Flight Dynamics, etc:
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Aero Commander Model 680 Super (WITH VC) for FS2004/FS9 by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas and Andr Folkers. Pkg incl Gmax A/C and features, custom era correct panel, virtual cockpit, 3 paint schemes, VC gauge backlighting, and "dynamic shine".   Updated with highly optimized models June 2006.  Optimized Model for the FS9/FSX AC680SVC3 VC Passenger Version Only by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andr Folkers.

Aero Commander Model 560A(HC) for FS9 by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andr Folkers and Team Commander.

Aero Commander Model 520 Cargo by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andre Folkers and Team Commander.

Aero Commander Model 520 VC by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, Andre Folkers and Urs Burkhardt.  The gauge cab included from the 1/5/2006 update, "520add.CAB" and contents, are copyright of Scott Thomas.

Aero Commander Model AC500 Cargo by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andr Folkers for FS2004/FS9/ACoF

Aero Commander Model AC500 and AC500W "Wood" VC by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andr Folkers for FS2004/FS9/ACoF

Rockwell Commander Shrike by Paul Saunders, Scott Thomas, Andr Folkers and Milton Shupe for FS2004

Many of the flight dynamics are also a product of Jerry Beckwith and his work in this area.

Models by            : Milton Shupe 
Flight Dynamics     : Milton Shupe 
Technical Data	    : Barry Collman, Chris Haag, Jim Metzer, Keith Cloudcraft, Milt Concannon, and others from the Twin Commander Flight Group
Tested              : Team Commander Members and great flight simmers everywhere
UVW Mapping         : Milton Shupe
Panels               : Copyright by Scott Thomas
XML Gauges          : Scott Thomas
XML Advisor	    : many thanks to Nick Pike for technical and programming 

Repaint Credits:
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Aero Commander 500 Cargo "Border Patrol" by Sean Doran
Aero Commander 500 Cargo "Smuggler's Dream" by Sean Doran
Aero Commander 500 Cargo "BushPilots_WG (GondelWhite/Green)" by unnamed webmaster@bush-pilots.net
Aero Commander 500 T137 "Fuerza aerea argentina" by Damian Radice
Aero Commander 500 "Ansett" by Mark Baker
Aero Commander 500 "Copper on polished metal" by Leon Louis
Aero Commander 500 " Black on polished metal" by Leon Louis
Aero Commander 520 "Red Cross" by Sean Doran
Aero Commander 560A(HC) "Ontario Northern Air Service" by Dan Wambolt
Aero Commander 560A(HC) "N58D" by Warren Landis
Aero Commander 560A(HC) "N201QL" by Morgan Dainow
Aero Commander 560A(HC) "NedAir Adventure" by Nico Oosterom
Aero Commander 560A(HC) "Tasair Green" by (unknown) at add_ons2004@yahoo.com
Aero Commander 680S "American Racing Texture" by Ken "Sundog" Scott
Aero Commander 680S "French Racing Texture" by Ken "Sundog" Scott
Aero Commander 680S "Italian Racing Texture" by Ken "Sundog" Scott
Aero Commander 680S "British Racing Texture" by Ken "Sundog" Scott
Aero Commander 680S "German Racing Texture" by Ken "Sundog" Scott
Aero Commander 680S "Moon" by Slim "57Tango" Tannor 
Aero Commander 680S "Blue" by Andre Folkers and weathering effects textures by Michel Theriault (paintkit example)
Aero Commander 680S "Ndoki Charters" by Mike Huang
Aero Commander 680S "Safari" by Andre Folkers and weathering effects textures by Michel Theriault
Aero Commander 680S "Yukon Charter" by David Hall
Aero Commander 680S "Margarita Air Club" by Heather Sherman
Aero Commander 680S "Alaskan Winds" by Joao Paz
Aero Commander 680S "CPair Virtual Airways" by Ludo Lambrechts
Aero Commander 680S "Honda Racing Team" by Michel Theriault/ Commander Project Team (Milton Shupe) 
Aero Commander 680S "Valiant" by Michel Theriault/ Commander Project Team (Milton Shupe) 
Rockwell 500 Shrike Commander "Bahamasair" by Gerry McLaughlin


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For contact and information visit the Aero Commander webpage: 
http://www.flightsimonline.com/commander
 
 
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  **********   COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION ********** 
 
This aircraft, panel, and textures are released as LIMITED DISTRIBUTION FREEWARE to AVSIM, Flightsim, Simviation, FSV (fsgateway) and SimFlight
 
Copyright (C) Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Andr Folkers. All rights reserved. 
 
 
**** MODELS, FDE's, PANELS, and TEXTURES CANNOT BE MODIFIED, RECOMPILED or REDISTRIBUTED ****  
 
 
-Re-painters, please see the Aero Commander webpage for instructions.  http://www.flightsimonline.com/commander
-You can NOT use the Official Andr Folkers copyright textures without his permission
-For any other changes you must ask permission of the respective Author. 
-No monetary charge may be solicited or required for this package 
-This Aircraft may not be bundled with any other package ( freeware or payware ). 
-The use of this aircraft package is at your own risk, the authors cannot be held responsible. 

********** USE OF DECOMPILERS OR OTHER COPYRIGHT PROTECTION BREAKERS ***********
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