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Forum members' repaints / C172 C-GWHJ
« on: September 15, 2025, 09:23:01 PM »
A Cessna 172J operating out of Kelowna, BC.
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Forum members' repaints / Southern Interior Flight Center
« on: August 31, 2025, 12:36:04 AM »
A group of Cessna 172s operated by the Southern Interior Flight Center based at Kelowna airport, BC. Four 172S and a single 172N. They come with complementary 52-week flightplans that you can use with a swapper available at Flightsim.com, or just pick one you take a fancy to.
Interestingly, SIFC is related to Carson Air, a significant medevac operator in the BC region.
Interestingly, SIFC is related to Carson Air, a significant medevac operator in the BC region.
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Forum members' repaints / Re: AI C56X Citation Excel Jonair SE-RIJ (revision)
« on: August 28, 2025, 08:53:03 PM »
Attached is a revised repaint to correct that glitch visible in the screenshots for the original version - that grey intrusion into the cream stripe on the tail.
I was evidently the first to spot this! Yay me!
I was evidently the first to spot this! Yay me!
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Forum members' repaints / RFAI Dassault Falcon 900A Jet Aviaton HB-JIN
« on: August 26, 2025, 10:38:11 PM »
A rendering of Jet Aviation's Falcon 900 (no winglets, but an antenna) HB-JIN.
David Rawlins created an awesome metal effect for this model that has added a lot of depth to metallic textures. This made HB-JIN worth a try. Here is that try.
David Rawlins created an awesome metal effect for this model that has added a lot of depth to metallic textures. This made HB-JIN worth a try. Here is that try.
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Forum members' repaints / RFAI Dassault Falcon 900WA Salzburg Jet OE-IYY
« on: August 26, 2025, 10:30:27 PM »
Repaint of OE-IYY, a Falcon 900 winglet/antenna model operated by Salzburg Jet. I've released other repaints of this aircraft, however David Rawlins has created a magic metallic effect that I think improves the look. If you have the earlier model and agree with me, it's just a drop-in texture replacement.
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DJ's repaints / Re: Piper PA-28 Warrior Isle of Wight package
« on: August 23, 2025, 11:06:26 AM »
I have a considerable amount of UK (and European) GA flying around, all individual paints, with a layer of AI beneath that for generics - to get traffic levels more realistic, and can relatively easily create plans, but it still takes time and resources. Since I don't use the DFAI package and have stuck with FS9, these won't be made for my setup anyway.
It is likely that you would need to set up the late Don Grovestine's AIFP and create plans using that software. I contacted Don within the last year of his life (he died in 2022, August 3) and he passed along some useful info to me for my own planner. I used his software to sanity check the output from the tool I created.
https://www.owlsnest.eu/donuser.php
To use Don's AIFP you'd need information about the aircraft's cruising speed, and research its base (unless Danny has that in the CFG entry's description field) and ideally find out where these things generally operate to, as well as how and where they will operate circuit training. Often school aircraft fly this way and only visit two or three other airfields in a typical week, unless a qualified member rents one of the training fleet.
You may well be aware that in the UK, school aircraft stay close to home and rarely venture more than 100 nm from base, club aircraft might make the occasional long trip. I've rented and flown to the north of the country from Kent, in an aircraft that seldom ventured more than 60 miles from base (it was effectively re-based in EGCC for 3 days in the late 80s!). So, it happens.
You might want to give Don's software a try. If the aircraft speeds are correct, that program gives you an arrival time at the airport you select for a visit, and you only need to decide how long it will sit there, or whether it performs TNGs etc. One tip is that if you decide to do this, an aircraft arriving at a place to perform TNGs will not land there if you make the departure time within about 4 minutes of arrival from the last TNG. So, you could have a training aircraft fly to Blackpool for an hour of circuits and then return, without landing, to base.
Otherwise you will need to find someone that uses your sim, or one close to it, is interested in AI traffic, has the time and inclination to make AI plans, and probably also uses the DFAI package. That's a very small demographic!
It is likely that you would need to set up the late Don Grovestine's AIFP and create plans using that software. I contacted Don within the last year of his life (he died in 2022, August 3) and he passed along some useful info to me for my own planner. I used his software to sanity check the output from the tool I created.
https://www.owlsnest.eu/donuser.php
To use Don's AIFP you'd need information about the aircraft's cruising speed, and research its base (unless Danny has that in the CFG entry's description field) and ideally find out where these things generally operate to, as well as how and where they will operate circuit training. Often school aircraft fly this way and only visit two or three other airfields in a typical week, unless a qualified member rents one of the training fleet.
You may well be aware that in the UK, school aircraft stay close to home and rarely venture more than 100 nm from base, club aircraft might make the occasional long trip. I've rented and flown to the north of the country from Kent, in an aircraft that seldom ventured more than 60 miles from base (it was effectively re-based in EGCC for 3 days in the late 80s!). So, it happens.
You might want to give Don's software a try. If the aircraft speeds are correct, that program gives you an arrival time at the airport you select for a visit, and you only need to decide how long it will sit there, or whether it performs TNGs etc. One tip is that if you decide to do this, an aircraft arriving at a place to perform TNGs will not land there if you make the departure time within about 4 minutes of arrival from the last TNG. So, you could have a training aircraft fly to Blackpool for an hour of circuits and then return, without landing, to base.
Otherwise you will need to find someone that uses your sim, or one close to it, is interested in AI traffic, has the time and inclination to make AI plans, and probably also uses the DFAI package. That's a very small demographic!
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Forum members' repaints / Re: KCAI C56X Excel Royal Class LV-CBK
« on: August 05, 2025, 10:35:30 AM »
This paint has received a minor update that is included in a later package for 4 US aircraft (3 of which use LV-CBK's design in different colorways). If you want this livery, you can now find a very slightly better version there.
https://oneclickhangar.com/forum/index.php?topic=15352.0
https://oneclickhangar.com/forum/index.php?topic=15352.0
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Forum members' repaints / KCAI C56X 4x US aircraft
« on: July 24, 2025, 10:21:49 PM »
Attached here are four aircraft registered in the USA, N804PF, N336XL, N885BB (all with liveries based on a previous Argentinian repaint, LV-CBK, which is also here having had a minor modification to the engine livery).
There's also a different livery pattern, on N1867M.
Some of these aircraft may have moved on, my checks suggest that they are current. N804PF used to be operated by Delta Private Jets, which is now absorbed into Wheels Up, so there may have been ownership changes over time. So, 5 liveries, 4 US and one Argentinian that is a revision.
There's also a different livery pattern, on N1867M.
Some of these aircraft may have moved on, my checks suggest that they are current. N804PF used to be operated by Delta Private Jets, which is now absorbed into Wheels Up, so there may have been ownership changes over time. So, 5 liveries, 4 US and one Argentinian that is a revision.
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Forum members' repaints / KCAI C56X China Aviation Inspectorate - patch B-3666
« on: July 22, 2025, 10:14:48 AM »
A friend advised that B-3666 had green aerials on the roof. I'd set these up but saved the texture as DXT1, which has no alpha channel! I'd even saved the DDS texture as DDS/DXT1. Don't ask me why, I have no idea!
Patch attached. Just substitute the texture format you use over the one you already have for B-3666.
Patch attached. Just substitute the texture format you use over the one you already have for B-3666.
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Forum members' repaints / KCAI C56X China Aviation Inspectorate
« on: July 08, 2025, 08:56:08 PM »
Sixteen C56X Citation Excel/XLS/XLS+ operated by CAAC - Civil Aviation Inspectorate, for the lovely KCAI Excel/XLS models, together with 52-week plans for this fleet as well as the fleet of Citation C680 Sovereigns that I have also included for the DFAI Citation Sovereign model, but only the Mk1 version as I lack the later model. The Sovereign paints are also only for FS9 as that is the model and paint kit I have available to use. The KCAI repaints are like all my Citation Excel paints, available as 32-bit BMP for FS9 and 32-bit DDS at 2048x resolution for later platforms.
The plans base these Excel/XLS at various airports around China and force them to fly to ZBAA for a proportion of the time so that the entire fleet visits their notional home base. This is an attempt to get them to operate in the various regions of China as the real aircraft do, based away from Beijing for a large proportion of the time, but have them swing by base most weeks.
The plans base these Excel/XLS at various airports around China and force them to fly to ZBAA for a proportion of the time so that the entire fleet visits their notional home base. This is an attempt to get them to operate in the various regions of China as the real aircraft do, based away from Beijing for a large proportion of the time, but have them swing by base most weeks.