What ever happened to...?

[Blackbird686]

Alphasim's "Admiral Kuznetov/Su-33 Naval Flanker" package? I didn't see it in the Alphasim Freeware directory, nor the Virtavia website. I somehow ended up with a few really nice fictional USN and USAF repaints for the Su-33 Naval Flanker that comes with that package. I think I had originally tried getting those to work on the other Flanker package from Alphasim... "Alpha Sukhoi Flankers"

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[AndyG43]

There are a few products that seem to have fallen through the cracks, not yet resurfaced under the Virtavia label but also not gone freeware; the Viggen is one, and I'd love to know what is happening with the B-52.

I vaguely seem to recall that there were issues with the Kuznetov package, a dispute between the original designer and AS/Virtavia; I could have imagined all of that though!! :icon_lol: As ever, Frank is the man with the inside track, hopefully he will be able to get us a little clarification from Phil.

[Blackbird686]

I remember similar issues with the ALPHA Phantom packs when they were a seperate purchase for each. The author, for some reason decided to pull the product altogether from the Alpha shelves. A short time later it was back. Now, Virtavia has released all three as freeware. If anyone owns the Admiral Kuznetov/Su-33 package and would like to have the repaints, they can be had at Flightsim. Just do a search for Su-33 and they show up at the very top of the page. Can't remember the author's name right off hand.

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[Jagdflieger]

Can you post the link to them? I get "Nothing Found" when conducting a search for Su-33 at the Virtavia site.

[Blackbird686]

The Su-33/Admiral Kuznetov pack isn't featured on the Virtavia webpage, nor is it in the Alphasim Freeware Directory. I'll ask Frank if he has any info on this....

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[Astoroth]

If I remember correctly, the original designer retained the rights to the Su-33/Admiral Kuznetov pack, and took it with him when he left Alphasim...It hasn't surfaced anywhere else since then.

[AndyG43]

If I remember correctly, the original designer retained the rights to the Su-33/Admiral Kuznetov pack, and took it with him when he left Alphasim...It hasn't surfaced anywhere else since then.

Dug a bit deeper - the designer was Mark Harper.

http://mark-harper.co.uk/

[Blackbird686]

That pretty much sums it up... Probably will never see that pack again, unless Mark gets a soft spot for the FS9 bunch here at SOH, and allows it to be uploaded here.
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That's probably a longshot too but one never knows.

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