AH DHC-1 Chipmunk Chippy has landed 6/24

[vipgroup]

Well, it's got to be said, Ken, if only she'd fly as beautiful as she looks... IMHO the relation between these two phenomena should be much more close to each another (and i don't mean anything should be tempered with regarding her beauty... ;-)

I gave up on my FS sweatshop already before MSFS came to town, including repainting (although i used to love that very much !) so i can't help you with the Chippy there, Ken. Hopefully someone might step foreward here for you.

All the best to you and your family, my friend!

Cheers,
Jan

P.S. to all DC-3 afficionados here: anyone remember that we had to fly the first ever DC-3 in FS (FS5 'Flightshop' additional external DC-3 model by John Kerry. All IIRC....) with the Cessna 172 panel ?? (and 172 sound !??..) It was Kenneth here who came to the rescue and produced the very first 3th party panel for FS and it happend to be for John's DC-3 ! I could never have been happier with an FS add-on as i was then (i took care of a respectable P&W R-1850 sound myself). Thanks again, Ken !! )

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Those memories feel like a lifetime ago now Jan. I shall reach out to you privately to keep the personal chats going. - Cheers, Kenneth

[keithb77]

Would some kind soul please do a couple of repaints with the RAF serial WK591 please? I think it was in the old RAF silver or grey colours when I first flew in it back in 1971.

As WK591 was the first aircraft I flew myself I'll add it to my list, but I've got a few things to do first so it'll be a while...

[vipgroup]

As WK591 was the first aircraft I flew myself I'll add it to my list, but I've got a few things to do first so it'll be a while...

Wow... Great to meet someone with the same first flight experience. I flew it out of RAF Newton. How about you? And, I was in contact with the owner in the USA a few years ago. It had been accident damaged for a while, and it has since been sold. Look forward to that future repaint. THANKS!!!!!! - Kenneth

[YoYo]

Chipmunk recived 1.6 update (and few payware AH addons too): https://support.justflight.com/suppo...munk-changelog.

[bazzar]

V1.6.1 should be up by now or very soon. The latest sim upgrades broke our code for our military pilots. All fixed.

[keithb77]

Wow... Great to meet someone with the same first flight experience. I flew it out of RAF Newton. How about you? And, I was in contact with the owner in the USA a few years ago. It had been accident damaged for a while, and it has since been sold. Look forward to that future repaint. THANKS!!!!!! - Kenneth

RAF Coltishall for me, August 1970.

It's available now at https://liveries.to/keithb77/aef-liv...dhc-1-chipmunk
Silver-grey and Dayglo which is how I remember it though some details may not be accurate - do you know which AEF it was with?
After Christmas I'll do a couple more from my logbook...

1.6.1 of the Chippie is up at JF...livery still works

[vipgroup]

RAF Coltishall for me, August 1970.

It's available now at https://liveries.to/keithb77/aef-liv...dhc-1-chipmunk
Silver-grey and Dayglo which is how I remember it though some details may not be accurate - do you know which AEF it was with?
After Christmas I'll do a couple more from my logbook...

1.6.1 of the Chippie is up at JF...livery still works

Well, You have indeed given me an early Christmas present. 7AEF is the answer to your question regarding WK591. My Chippie flights in full (in case we both flew other airframes too - NOT a hint for repaints though!)

1. 9 October 1971 = WK591. 7AEF. RAF Newton
2. 4 December 1971 = WK604. 7AEF. RAF Newton
3. 24 July 1972 = WG417. 8AEF. RAF Shawbury
4. 12 November 1972 = WK640. 7AEF. RAF Newton
5. 24 July 1973 = WP370. 3 AEF. RAF RAF Weston
6. 25 July 1973 = WP962. 3 AEF. RAF Weston
7. 26 July 1974 = WK586. 6 AEF. RAF Abingdon
8. 23 April 1994 = C-FBNH (RCAF 18064). Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada.

Now I may have to get back to finishing my RAF Newton scenery, although it has been a while and will have to re-learn what I was doing six months ago. Also would need permissions to use assets if it were ever released.





Best regards, and thanks.
- Kenneth

[Cazzie]

SimMarket showing Version 1.6.2 now.

[YoYo]

Btw. I saw that 1.63 version was out. Recived info from JustFlight store.

[keithb77]

3. 24 July 1972 = WG417. 8AEF. RAF Shawbury

Released
https://flightsim.to/file/46147/aef-...dhc-1-chipmunk

[vipgroup]

Released
https://flightsim.to/file/46147/aef-...dhc-1-chipmunk

WOW..... Thank you so much. - Kenneth

[keithb77]

Additional livery for WG417 - RAF 50th Anniversary (?)

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Additional livery for WG417 - RAF 50th Anniversary (?)

Nice job. It is also so good to see how you have re-sized the fuselage roundels from the AH ones. The originals seem to be too large to my eyes, and you are addressing this in your re-paints. Thank you.

[vipgroup]

Released
https://flightsim.to/file/46147/aef-...dhc-1-chipmunk

Greetings.

I wonder if I could inspire you to pick up your Chipmunk paint brush again?

Whenever I fly the AH Chipmunk, I typically only fly the liveries you have re-painted. It's not just because two of them are serial numbers I flew in real life, 50-odd years ago, it's also the fact that you re-sized the fuselage roundels to a more correct proportion. With that re-sizing, the overall "Look" of the AH model improves dramatically to my eyes.

Anyway, that said, I would love to see a later red/white/grey airframe re-touched with those re-seized roundels. WK640 would be nice, and the RAF museum WP962 would be a spectacular bonus too.

Should the artistic spirit move you again, please give consideration to these suggestions.

Regards
- Kenneth

[keithb77]

Will consider it...have started Charlie's Chipmunk but got stuck...

[vipgroup]

Will consider it...have started Charlie's Chipmunk but got stuck...

Thank you, That's all I can ask is your consideration.

Regards
Kenneth

[udidwht]

Still would love to see...

https://airandspace.si.edu/collectio...m_A19870364000

[vipgroup]

Now that we have more pilot avatars available, it would be nice to see RAF repaints on the civil version of the Chipmunk.