March 5, 20242 yr I thought I would start a new project with the recent release of the Fenix A320 Block 2. Just out of curiosity, I started to research the very first A320 delivered to Air Canada. Serial # 59 was initially intended/built for Ansett. That initial order was cancelled and thus created Fin 201 (C-FDQQ) for Air Canada delivered on January 19, 1990. This aircraft served ACA for 30 years with its final commercial flight (YYZ-YUL) on March 31, 2020. (I'm wondering if this may have been a premature retirement with the reduced pandemic passenger demand?) Sadly, one week later the aircraft was ferried to Pinal Airpark and scrapped the following year. I always loved the older Air Canada livery...this is the paint she was delivered in: Anyway, this is still a very early work in progress...still lots to finish up. Looking at old photos, it's interesting to note there actually wasn't a lot of detail with this livery...no markings on the wingtip fences, no markings on the wing shrouds, no hash mark on the rear cargo door (nip point) and no markings on the lower antennae. This was a very basic paint on delivery to Air Canada. Not sure yet if I'll add some of those other details yet (as they were added after she entered service), or, if I'll just leave this as a basic (as delivered) paint. Still one of my favorite liveries! Hope to have this one finished by the end of the week.
March 5, 20242 yr Nice on's ! 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.
March 5, 20242 yr Very nice shot of the old Airbus. I haven't got the famous Fenix A320 so far, they all like it! 🙂 PC: Ryzen 7 3700x AM4, 16 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Storage SSD 3TB, HDD 8TB, USB 8TB, 2 Screens, Win10-64 SIMs: FSX SE, P3d 3.4/4.5/6.1, Xplane 10/11/12, MSFS 2020/24, Aerofly FS 4
March 5, 20242 yr Author 7 hours ago, andiflyit said: Very nice shot of the old Airbus. I haven't got the famous Fenix A320 so far, they all like it! 🙂 Thank you! I was waiting for Block 2 to release...was going to wait for the first update, but, their initial release is excellent! Spent too many hours in the FSLabs version in P3D...felt like stepping into the same cockpit. Highly recommended!
March 5, 20242 yr 11 hours ago, andiflyit said: Very nice shot of the old Airbus. I haven't got the famous Fenix A320 so far, they all like it! 🙂 Its worth every penny and more! Imo it is the single best airliner addon ever released for a desktop sim all things considered now that their custom engine model has been developed and implemented. The fslabs was great too, but visually I always felt their texturing was sub par even back in the day. The fenix just has everything now. Edited March 5, 20242 yr by Pilot53 Lian Li 011 Air Mini | AMD 9800X3D | Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F | Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 280mm RGB | 2x32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 | ASUS TUF RTX 5090 | Seasonic Prime Platinum 1000W | Pimax Crystal Light
March 6, 20242 yr 5 hours ago, Pilot53 said: Its worth every penny and more! Thank you, I have it on my list but is not so urgent, I can also fly the Asobo. On the long run I will have the top notch planes in msfs.... PC: Ryzen 7 3700x AM4, 16 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Storage SSD 3TB, HDD 8TB, USB 8TB, 2 Screens, Win10-64 SIMs: FSX SE, P3d 3.4/4.5/6.1, Xplane 10/11/12, MSFS 2020/24, Aerofly FS 4
March 7, 20242 yr Beauty! I love that old AC livery. Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
March 7, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, regis9 said: Beauty! I love that old AC livery. Thank you for the feedback! Sadly, haven't had time to paint on this one the last couple of days...not sure if I'll get it done by the weekend. (I hope you noticed that photo was taken on the ramp of your home airport...SimAddons scenery.)
March 8, 20242 yr Who else, here, but you...to take the reins of repainting these classic Air Canada liveries...🙂...in MSFS... Great work...you've caught up with MSFS painting very fast... BTW, I recall flying multiple Air Canada aircraft in this specific livery...in the earlier SIMs...including 747 variants...a really nice design...
March 8, 20242 yr Author Thanks for the comment P_7878! I have an obvious preference for retro liveries...or more unusual ones. I was a little surprised to find this livery was not yet covered in Flightsim.to. (It seems there are so many more painters in MSFS than P3D...which is a good thing!) I'm really impressed with the Fenix A320...the detail of the model and the capability of the sim is at a very high level...they're done a terrific job. Anyway, I though the segue between my flag carrier and the first delivered A320 was a natural. (Don't be surprised to see ACA Fin 264 from me when the A319 is released...sadly, another airframe that was retired during the pandemic...after a service life of only 23 years!)
March 9, 20242 yr Think you'll tackle any Canadian Airlines paints? Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
March 10, 20242 yr Author Added some more details today: Cabin Safety Card: Cabin Seats in Air Canada Blue Cockpit New Registration/Fin Tag (as observed in the original aircraft) Registration (love this view): Ready for take-off I'll upload this one to Flightsim.to tomorrow
March 11, 20242 yr 23 hours ago, rmeier said: Added some more details today: Coming along very well...rmeier...along with the final touches....🙂...
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