December 12, 20232 yr Like many folks here, I have always liked (in the SIM) the metallic airliner liveries of the past. In modern times, the composite-material made fuselages of these airplanes...ruined it all for us in this respect...🙂...so, this is the price we pay for technological advancements that are sometimes contrary to the aesthetics... Anyway, please enjoy these images, below, of the Air France DC-3, in this attractive (metallic) livery, along with its prominent and famous Seahorse logo, that has stood as an iconic symbol of Air France since the earliest origin of the airline... For this post, in the dawn light, I've lifted off (LFPG) Rwy 26L (westward)...please notice the rising Sun behind my a/c...for a bit of suspended utopia above and around Charles de Gaulle airport...an airport though which I've had only one transit-travel experience with Air France, but fondly recall it because that was also my only ever First-Class long-haul travel (thanks to the accumulated air-miles, of course...🙂...)...and the wonderful treatment and service I'd received as such...e.g., didn't think I would ever get to see fine Table Cloth linens spread for individual airline dining in the cabin etc...Oh well...memory bits that will stay with me forever...versus the Sardine-class experience that I'm quite used to...🙂... Anyway, I hope you enjoy this set of 12 pictures, from my virtual world, of this venerable Douglas Classic of the bygone era. Thanks for viewing...! Edited December 12, 20232 yr by P_7878
December 12, 20232 yr Great shots with a lovely plane, looking nice over Paris! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
December 12, 20232 yr Another great set of photos! I especially like the contrast in the second photo...the classic and durable DC-3 vs what appears to be a technologically advanced A380 in the background. I haven't made the switch yet to MSFS2020 yet...your photos make it very tempting!
December 12, 20232 yr Wonderful shots of the iconic bird, P_7878. And flying First Class, even only once, is something to enjoy to the fullest and then remember forever. And doing this on Air France is especially superb, very close to my personal favorite airline, Singapore Airlines 🙂 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 15, 20232 yr Author Will, pmplayer, Patrick, rmeier, bernd et al.: Appreciated the responses...🙂...! On 12/12/2023 at 8:00 AM, rmeier said: I haven't made the switch yet to MSFS2020 yet...your photos make it very tempting! I recall you liked to do airliner repaints in the P3D world, so, if you wish to switch to the New World, you can revive that interest of yours, and pick up where you left off...🙂...Cheers...! On 12/12/2023 at 4:07 PM, bernd1151 said: And flying First Class, even only once, is something to enjoy to the fullest and then remember forever. Absolutely agree, bernd, once was all I wanted to experience...🙂...
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