March 13, 20242 yr This is a representation of C-FNVV (Fin 416) wearing her second livery, the Canadian Airlines International "Proud Wings" paint scheme...better known as the Goose Livery! I've been playing with this livery the last couple of evenings...still very much a work in progress!!! Most people fondly remember CAI (Canadian Airlines International) as the successor to Canadian Pacific Airways (later, simply CP Air). Truth be told, it was Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) that purchased CP Air in 1986...or rather assumed their massive debt! The rebranded CP Air Fleet (as well as the existing PWA fleet) assumed the new CAI Livery starting in 1987, which was a blue and orange striped fuselage with a striped/chevron tail logo. This particular airframe, serial #404, was delivered to CAI in February 1994 and was adorned, initially, with that original, rebranded CAI livery. Trying to sustain economic life into CAI, in 1999, the company undertook a new corporate branding entitled "Proud Wings", with the entire fleet being repainted again. The Fenix A320 is depicted here in the V2 CAI livery. If you look closely, you can still see a small part of PWA's corporate branding in the "Canadian" typeset...the last vowel is in the shape of PWA's old tail logo. Sadly for CAI, and this airframe, the end was near. In 2000, Air Canada completed it's merger/takeover of Canadian Airlines and this particular airframe livery was phased out in 2001 having only been displayed for 2 short years. Kind of a fun fact...this particular airframe, still flying today, has worn six different liveries in her flying career under the same registration (C-FNVV) and fin number (416). She is still currently flying for Air Canada in the current AC Jetz brand Black Livery, an aircraft primarily used now for charter flights of Canadian Sports Teams. Hopefully I can get this repaint finished by next weekend for a few "nostalgia" flights!
March 13, 20242 yr Nice one ! 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 13, 20242 yr Nice work Rob! Looks fantastic! Dan Dan Pergau - PPL-SEL | I7-10700k, RTX4070, 32gb-3200mhz | Dell U3415W | Saitek Pro Pedals, Saitek Throttle Quadrants, Various WINCTRL peripherals, and Logitech 3D Extreme | MSFS 2020 |
March 13, 20242 yr Another good looking paint, good work! It's very difficult to create a good paint for the planes...I don't have the skills to do 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 13, 20242 yr Like Andreas, also my capabilities creating a decent livery are very limited, so my hat off to you Rob! Thank you also for the interesting background story to that plane. 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
March 14, 20242 yr Author 4 hours ago, andiflyit said: Another good looking paint, good work! It's very difficult to create a good paint for the planes...I don't have the skills to do it. Thank you! The skills can be easily learned...if fact, it's easier to paint in MSFS than earlier versions of the sim. Fenix has done so many things right with this add-on...including a terrific paint kit and a 3D model for Blender as part of the paint kit. The most important attribute to have is plenty of patience!!!
March 14, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Like Andreas, also my capabilities creating a decent livery are very limited, so my hat off to you Rob! Thank you also for the interesting background story to that plane. Thank you Bernd! I always love to do a little history research on the aircraft I choose to paint...glad you enjoyed the story on this one!
March 14, 20242 yr Author Just a few touch-ups to finish up and this one will be ready to be packaged up!
March 15, 20242 yr Indeed, a very artful livery...brought to life on your virtual canvas...great piece of work...! Like the Intro....had done an "outsider" story on CP Air a while ago...a most unforgettable airline of Canada's bygone aviation era...
March 15, 20242 yr On 3/14/2024 at 1:28 AM, rmeier said: Thank you! The skills can be easily learned...if fact, it's easier to paint in MSFS than earlier versions of the sim. Fenix has done so many things right with this add-on...including a terrific paint kit and a 3D model for Blender as part of the paint kit. The most important attribute to have is plenty of patience!!! Not shure if this is easy! 🙂 As far as I can see a Vector Graphics Editor will be needed in addition to Gimp or whatever bitmap editor. These precise lines and outlines for the design must be done somehow...and I never used a Vector Graphics tool. 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
June 5, 20242 yr On 3/13/2024 at 6:31 PM, rmeier said: Just a few touch-ups to finish up and this one will be ready to be packaged up! Did you ever finish this? I've been looking for a Proud Wings livery since it came out! It looks amazing!
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