Is This a Real Plane?

[Wing_Z]

I came across this AI plane at Frankfurt.
Turns out it is authentic - 100 Jahre Luftfahrt Airport Bremen.
Isn't it amazing how old-fashioned an A321 can look?

[Felixthreeone]

What Ai package did it come from? Ultimate Traffic, or one of the WOAI packs?

[Wing_Z]

Would've been the latest WOAI Lufthansa package which I installed a few days ago.
Nice to get Easter eggs in these packs!

[mrogers]

It looks like a retro scheme Lufthansa painted on it ( I think they actually did in RL) for some kind of anniversary or something like that. nice to get a surprise!

[srgalahad]

Best part is that it looks like an airliner instead of a half-painted hunk of PVC pipe

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Oh, yes - it looks great!
Reminds me that I once started a "what if..." repaint of the Focke-Wulf 200 Condor in this awesome 1955 Lufthansa scheme but stopped it.
Didn't release a fictious repaint up to now but I may re-animate this some day...

Cheers,
Markus.

[Sunny9850]

Markus I'd gladly fly a "ficticious" Condor in those colors....it still is an amazing airplane. Too bad none of them survived WW2.

As for the Retro-Airbus.....that's reason enough to download that AI package. I wished my favorite airline would paint a few more of their birds in this great looking scheme. So much more classy than the current "Bauhaus" inspired one. But of course also much more expensive to paint.

Stefan

[Naki]

Ahh the retro jets there a whole bunch out there

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/1041558.jpg

Finnair

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/images-1.jpg

American Airlines

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/sjaal167.jpg

One you would like Charl :icon_lol:...Austrian Airlines

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/1339693.jpg

Air Canada

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/56238_1215879900.jpg

Continental
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/BFIPICTP6509N75436.jpg

KLM
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/g2klm091.jpg

Air France
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l193/Naki_04/yourfile.jpg

Anybody think of any others?

[Wing_Z]

Plenty seem to have done it!
When did the fashion change from painting cheatlines?

Best part is that it looks like an airliner instead of a half-painted hunk of PVC pipe :d
A lot of the retros do look more finished don't they?
That AA scheme is just pure rodeo...

Here's Iberia and US Air

[Sunny9850]

Alaska Airlines "75 Year Starliner" definitely is a worthy addition to that club.
Ok I personally think L-1649A when someone mentions Starliner but she is a good looking airplane all the same.

http://www.alaskasworld.com/newsroom/asnews/images/Starliner%2075_1_Hi.jpg

Stefan

[bushpilot]

Finnair has 85 years celebration retro livery and they even made retro website to celebrate http://www.finnair.com/retro/en_id_1.html

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/propfreak/images/25248/finnair-retro-jet-leaving-zurich.jpg

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Markus I'd gladly fly a "ficticious" Condor in those colors....it still is an amazing airplane. Too bad none of them survived WW2.

Your demand is noted! :icon_lol:
Here's the good news:
The "Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin" has a long-term project to restore the last surviving Condor! The wreck was salvaged in 1999 in Trondheimfjord, Norway but broke in pieces during the lift.

More about this project:
http://www.sdtb.de/Focke-Wulf-Fw-200-Condor.788.0.html
http://lufthansa-stiftung.de/de/Projekte/Focke-Wulf-Condor/index.php

Cheers,
Markus.

[Tom vd Horst]

It's indeed part of the current version of the World-of-AI lufthansa package

Kind regards,

Tom vd Horst
World-of-AI

[Wing_Z]

Nice to get Easter eggs in these packs!
...and please keep 'em coming!

Flight Simulator would not be the same without all that magnificent AI :applause: you guys produce.

[Willy]

Here's a retro livery for the default 737...

[LouP]

I can't tell if I am looking at real photos or an FS screens shot in some of these.

LouP

[Wing_Z]

A320 going round at Heathrow.
It's really great when these pop up, well done guys!

[viking3]

Love those old-style paint jobs.:applause: I spent a lot of time working on 264, the Air Canada A319. The only small drawback to those schemes is when you have to replace a chunk on the ramp and it is painted the regular fleet colours. Looks kind of cheesy with a big white panel on a silver bird.:kilroy:

Regards, Rob:ernae:

[Sunny9850]

Last Tuesday I had a flight out of LAX for work and got there surprisingly early. So I positioned myself on the road parallel to the north runways thinking I could just watch a few landings since the airport was using the westbound runways....which usually means landings on the north side and departures on the south side.

After the usual Southwest and Delta arrivals I was once again reminded that one should always have a camera ready (I had left mine in the bag in the trunk) when first Alaska Airlines "75 Anniversary Starliner" and then the Retro Continental Boeing landed right there next to me.

Stefan

[Cowboy1968]

i really think the old liveries are a lot better then what we see lettering the airports today. One of my favorite wall papers is the old Pan American 707. That meatball looks good on either a jet like the 707 or even on a DC-7C. The I have always thought the American Airlines astro jet paint scheme was wonderful.

Then Again I am bias to the old planes......fact is i keep my install around the 1930 to 1965 period of time......I just don't think the modern equipment is as classy as the old stuff.

It would be nice though to see this old paint thrown onto a Boeing 787

[Wing_Z]

That Panam Jet Clipper - and probably that exact photo of it - started my infatuation with aircraft all those years ago.
It's beautiful...

[Cowboy1968]

That Panam Jet Clipper - and probably that exact photo of it - started my infatuation with aircraft all those years ago.
It's beautiful...

Actually it isn't a photo......

That was a screennie I made of the HJG Boeing 707-120 in the sim......

I had my resolution set to 1280 x 960 running through a Nvidia 9500 GT (512 mb DDR2 VRAM). I also have the Environment setting set to max along with aircraft settings to max.

The HJG group did a hell of a job on that bird.....and now that i have a machine i can nuke setting on.....this sim has really came to life for me.............

I have to give my thumbs up to Ace Studio for the sim and to all our wonderful designers out there....the best thing about that 707 is.............SHE IS FREEWARE!!!!!

You can find her and many other great gems at:
http://www.simviation.com/hjg/main.htm

Now the DC-7C was also a screen-shot taken under the same settings. You can find her and many other great propliners at the California Classic Propliners site:
http://www.calclassic.com/

[Wing_Z]

It's a great screen, and a beautiful model.
Here's the photo, although the one in my mind's eye was going the other way.

[Wing_Z]

...A320 departing Vienna.
It's like trainspotting...:icon_lol:

[Wing_Z]

They pop up in the strangest places...anyone care to identify this airport? ;)

[Volker Böhme]

Markus I'd gladly fly a "ficticious" Condor in those colors....it still is an amazing airplane. Too bad none of them survived WW2.

As for the Retro-Airbus.....that's reason enough to download that AI package. I wished my favorite airline would paint a few more of their birds in this great looking scheme. So much more classy than the current "Bauhaus" inspired one. But of course also much more expensive to paint.

Stefan

Hi Stefan,

a few actually did and at least one airline version was used by a british airline (BEA, I think) for a short while after WW2. It was damaged on the ground though, and scrapped due to lack of spares.

The Berlin technical museum has one that was revered from the bottom of a norwegian fjord. However, it broke apart during the salvage operation and is currently being restored in Bremen, probably in green base paint colors. It will take another few years before it can be on display.

Best regards,
Volker

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Here are some breathtaking pics of the 'breaking-apart':
http://www.doblinger-reportage.de/html/norwegen__die_bergung_einer_fo.html


And this may be of interest too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqly1pHyZ5E

[Wing_Z]

They pop up in the strangest places...anyone care to identify this airport? ;)

3...2...1...ding!
Zurich!

Her's another - bizarre they chose an -800 for the retro look, complete with winglets ;)

[Wing_Z]

Seen at KBOS with a massive queue patiently waiting behind...

[Wing_Z]

...at KBOS too.