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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 3, 2021 16:05:29 GMT -5
A quick post to showcase the livery representing the only Air Inter Caravelle painted in 1988/1989 in their last own colors until it's retirement alongside the few others that remained at Air Inter in 1991/1992. So, painted on Christian Page's model for the Caravelle 12 is F-GCVK:  The texture is now also on my google drive in the now named "Air Inter Europe-Air Inter" folder, the full ITF colors AIA Fokker 100 is in the works, next will be the A330. Also, while chatting with my father about ITF today, he brought up something very interesting, an aircraft flew by ITF for a short period of time (but in the late early/mid 80's) leased from AF, and I might paint it while I'm still motivated in doing some Air Inter liveries  |
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Post by sunking on Feb 3, 2021 16:08:54 GMT -5
(...) he brought up something very interesting, an aircraft flew by ITF for a short period of time (but in the late early/mid 80's) leased from AF, and I might paint it while I'm still motivated in doing some Air Inter liveries Do you mean the Boeing 747 IT lsd from AF during the weekend? Just use the A320-100 as an alias for the Mercure. They're very similar in appearance and one wouldn't notice the difference, unless one gets very close. But even that might not be such an issue, if the repaint also redraws certain details such as doors or windows. But that's just a thought.  Kind regards |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 3, 2021 16:21:25 GMT -5
(...) he brought up something very interesting, an aircraft flew by ITF for a short period of time (but in the late early/mid 80's) leased from AF, and I might paint it while I'm still motivated in doing some Air Inter liveries Do you mean the Boeing 747 IT lsd from AF during the weekend? Just use the A320-100 as an alias for the Mercure. They're very similar in appearance and one wouldn't notice the difference, unless one gets very close. But even that might not be such an issue, if the repaint also redraws certain details such as doors or windows. But that's just a thought. Kind regards Yes for the Mercure, I might add a "fake" livery using the -200 livery I've done, make it a -100 and give to it the reg of one of ITF's Mercure. And yes it's the 747 who I was informed of, more precisely a -100 reg F-BPVC which apparently got fully painted in their 80's scheme for the period of the lease  Here's a photo:  |
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Post by sunking on Feb 3, 2021 18:28:48 GMT -5
As far as my sources go, the 747 was never painted in IT colors and it was F-BPVD lsd from 1988 to 89. She had a small IT sticker applied to the front of the aircraft. The reason she wasn't repainted was that she was flying more for AF and only served IT during the weekend as IT was evaluating on purchasing the Boeing 747SR/D version. But it never materialized and It instead went for the A330.
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Post by trident777 on Feb 4, 2021 0:11:06 GMT -5
In regard to the Mercure AI model request by a few people here for CP to design one, I think he's right in saying it's a waste of time to do one as it was only a one airline airliner. I suggest an alternative. Back in 2008 Capt. I. D'Attomo did an FS2004 version of the Mercure, which could be used as an AI aircraft. Obviously, the quality is not up to the standard of the current AI models, but it would do. Also, there is a Frenchman named Patrick G. Mititeanu, who has actually done 7 repaints of all Air Inter livery variants, from 1975 to 2010. Go over to simviation.com and do a search of the Mercure, and of Patrick G. Mititeanu. Below is D'Attomo's own photo of his original Air Inter repaint.
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 4, 2021 2:17:36 GMT -5
As far as my sources go, the 747 was never painted in IT colors and it was F-BPVD lsd from 1988 to 89. She had a small IT sticker applied to the front of the aircraft. The reason she wasn't repainted was that she was flying more for AF and only served IT during the weekend as IT was evaluating on purchasing the Boeing 747SR/D version. But it never materialized and It instead went for the A330. Kind regards. Ohhh ok yes, so maybe that photo that was sent to me was a good photoshop haha đ, but yes still I'll seek for some photos with the stickers of F-BPVD and maybe make a livery out of it |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 4, 2021 19:30:24 GMT -5
I've just finished the Air Inter livery for the Fokker 100, I've updated the folder in my google drive with to include it alongside the Air Inter Europe livery and have also updated the preview, so here it is:  Next will still be an Air Inter livery, but the short lived A330-300 one, as ITF was the launch operator of the A330-300, and thus making it, in 1994/95, the very first airline to fly the A330, but sold them by the end of 1996 for technical difficulties caused by those early production aircrafts and because of the financial difficulties of the airline. |
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Post by chasensfo on Feb 5, 2021 9:11:10 GMT -5
Awesome! Quick request: would you mind doing a mainline Air France Fokker 100 since you already did the one above by chance please? It'll save FSMuseum from having to do it as he completes Air France, plus his will be FS9 native. We still need one for the 1998 plans. |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 5, 2021 9:40:21 GMT -5
Awesome! Quick request: would you mind doing a mainline Air France Fokker 100 since you already did the one above by chance please? It'll save FSMuseum from having to do it as he completes Air France, plus his will be FS9 native. We still need one for the 1998 plans. Yes no problem, but to be sure, you mean the full Air France livery applied for a short time to ITF F100 in 1998 before they were sent to Brit Air/RĂ©gional ? Like this photo that I found:  Regards, Nils |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 6, 2021 7:51:31 GMT -5
Hello everybody! For today's paints we have the Air Inter A330-300 (painted on the "Old Tail GE engines" model by FSPXAI), ITF operated 5 early production (the airline being the launch customer of the type) A330-300 from 1994 to late 1996. And per request the Air France Fokker 100 (painted on the AIA model) circa 1998 when the 5 ex-ITF F100 were repainted in full mainline Air France colors before being dispatched to AF subsidiaries Brit Air or RĂ©gional in 1999/2000, and 1998 being the year when the FIFA's soccer World Cup was held in France, the fokker 100's alongside most of the AF fleet wore a "Coupe du Monde France '98" sticker on the fuselage. The A330 has been added to the Air Inter folder in my Google Drive, and the AF F100 in the Air France one. Here are the previews : Air Inter A330-300
Air France (1998 mainline) Fokker 100
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Post by chasensfo on Feb 7, 2021 0:31:32 GMT -5
Yes, that is the one! In the period where I made the 1998 Air France flightplans, this short lived little gem was active. Thank you! |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 7, 2021 5:05:41 GMT -5
Yes, that is the one! In the period where I made the 1998 Air France flightplans, this short lived little gem was active. Thank you! Ohhh cool, and you're welcome đ |
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 8, 2021 12:38:25 GMT -5
Here's a little preview of something I'm working on, a little hybrid livery as a start for a little classic 747's fleet pack from the late 80's to the late 90's/very early 2000's  |
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Post by sunking on Feb 8, 2021 16:03:28 GMT -5
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Post by Nilsfr91 on Feb 8, 2021 16:20:59 GMT -5
Ohhh yes Minerve! Love their logo too, I believe that they ended up merging with Air Outre Mer in the 90's to create AOM French Airlines with their base at LFPO. The hybrid of the previous post is of course Air LibertĂ©, but the other logo (the "tĂȘte de Maure", Corsica's flag) belongs to Corse-Air International (CRL), the first name of what will become Corsair in 1990/1991. They also operated some 737-300 in this scheme (and some Caravelles in the early 80's), like in this photo:  |
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