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Who else to render the perfect Air Canada (Retro) livery here than yourself, rmeier...🙂...Amateur repainter is a bit of an under-statement...I think...🙂... I have always liked that (original) Maple Leaf Roundel Air Canada livery with the classic cheatline. I do recall you'd done this Retro AC livery in a couple of other MSFS airliners...I forget which ones... BTW, this (fictional) livery sports the light red texture...unless my eyes are playing a trick...🙂...and goes back to even earlier times than the (later) darker red colored livery of the same pattern... Thanks for sharing...!

Cannot ask for a more impressive 777 Freighter look than in the FedEx uniform...🙂... Wonderful and varied set of images from your London-Memphis trip... Thanks for sharing...!

Pat: Glad you liked these pictures of the Boeing 717 Pizza Express...🙂... Much appreciated the note, pmplayer... Cheers...! Thanks, rmeier...! The gently rising (en route) mountains in the southwest direction of Canberra looked quite pretty indeed... in the early morning light...🙂...

Marvelous pictures of the SIA 773...pmplayer... Also liked the interior shots of Changi International Airport...wouldn't mind whiling away a few hours of layover there ...🙂...

From a beautiful and sunny lift-off to a dark and stormy touchdown... quite a set... The LH A319 looks neat and cute...🙂...loved that flap-laden wing-shot in the final approach...keeping the aircraft afloat in this rough weather...

The two Air France BIG jets look wonderful and impressive in these pictures... Lighting is great too...

Historic Varig and a Boeing 727...perfect combination to the give the 80's vibes...🙂... I understand from your repaint description this (PP-VXO) is a fictitious 727-200 livery, since the airline operated the -100s. Looks beautiful nonetheless...thanks for sharing...!

One shot is all it takes for you, filou...🙂...I'm a big fan of partial sunlight reflected off the front flightdeck...nice capture here... Hope you had a good return visit to Vienna... 🙂...

Thanks, John...! The (once) fun times of Pizza and Brew (combo) are somewhat few and far between...in recent years...🙂...but Domino's Pizza I recall well...so, this Jetstar livery struck a bit of memory...

When I used to live in Ohio and often visit friends and acquaintances in the neighboring state, Michigan, up north, I now recall that Domino's Pizza was then a household name, with locations easily found on busy streets and street corners (especially around the respective university campuses). This is because Domino's Pizza traces its roots to the state of Michigan, with its (corporate) headquarters still in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which, btw, is also where the University of Michigan (along with its Wolverines...🙂...) is located. I distinctly recall from many moons ago, being on the Ann Arbor Campus, several times, to be in attendance for the famous Ohio State-Michigan rivalry college game...exciting times when the healthy diet of (Domino's) Pizzas and Brews was the norm...🙂... I am no longer so much a Pizza lover or consumer...🙂... (since I need to keep certain (pesky) blood metabolites under control...🙂...). Nonetheless, I came across Domino's Pizza, today, in the least expected way. First, I thought of flying the Boeing 717, having spotted, since a while, the version that's available in the (MSFS) Marketplace. So, I picked it up today along with a set of add-on liveries for it. Within this repaint pack, I found the (orange colored) Jetstar Airways livery featuring "Domino's Pizza Puffection" branding. I didn't know that my one-time so-familiar, university campus (originated) Pizza chain of the U.S. Midwest is, in fact, the biggest pizza franchise business far away in the other extreme of the world...in the "Land Down Under", Australia...🙂...with apparently 700 stores on the continent...Oh well... Regarding the a/c, you might recall that B717 was TFDi Design's first ever SIM product for FSX/P3D, and a good one too. Coming out of nowhere, TFDi set a commendable opening example (and a proven track record) with their B717. Since then, they have gone on to create the MD-11 in multiple SIM platforms (including MSFS). I used to regularly fly that TFDi B717 (from cold & dark to engine shutdown), which was one of my favorite SIM a/c. This 717 here, though not matching the system fidelity of the TFDi B717, is visually attractive, and (to some extent) fulfilled my long-held interest in this (unique) twinjet...until a better version becomes available (hopefully from TFDi). B717 is an a/c that has its roots in the classic (Douglas) DC-9 heritage and was called MD-95 by McDonnell Douglas. The MD-95 was launched in 1995 and finished in 1999. Ironically, at the mid-point of this interval, in 1997, Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas. Therefore, the a/c came to be called Boeing 717. So, with Douglas airframe, McDonnell Douglas avionics, and Boeing finish, it's indeed a rather atypical (composite) specimen of a narrow-body (tail mounted) twinjet airliner, that I've always found fascinating to fly in our SIM. For this post, I've flown the B717 a short distance of about 300 miles, from Canberra (YSCB) to Melbourne (YMML), overflying the significant mountain ranges between these two cities, notably including the highest mountain in all of Australia, Mount Kosciuszko (see images and EFB Map below). It was a fun flight...in a fun SIM a/c that feels a bit different than the norm...and offers an off-the-beaten-track flying experience in our virtual world... The B717, last unit of which was produced in 2006 nearly 20 years ago, was built in the famous (and original) Douglas Aircraft Co. plant in Long Beach, California....the same plant that had produced many iconic aircraft in aviation history (civil and military)...including the B-17 Bomber, C-47, DC-10, MD-80, C-17 Globemaster etc. Hope you enjoy this collection of images of this (Douglas / McDonnell Douglas / Boeing) amalgamation of a unique a/c in the (special) Domino's Pizza livery of Jetstar Airways (Australia). Jetstar (Australia) had (historically) operated 14 Boeing 717s in its fleet, of which this (VH-YQH) is the one that carried the Domino's Pizza signature... Thanks for viewing...!

Bush flying in the Alaska wilderness is vividly brought to life here, bernd, and never felt more exciting in the SIM...🙂... Thanks for sharing...!

Much appreciated the feedback note, Will... Cheers...!

Such a strikingly colored livery... Very nice series including the approach and touchdown shots...in the clouds...

Lovely set...Liked all the images, especially the rotate and gears-up shots...

The "ARAIG" Iberia 727 Trijet looks wonderful in your images...Sometimes an airport one travels (or transits though) just only once remains in one's memory longer...🙂...so is EDDL for me... Thanks for sharing ...!