I'm pleased and more than a little surprised to be presenting my first ever aircraft repaint!
Built in 1944 as NR693, G-AHKV (c/n 6792) served with British European Airways from 1946. By 1954 Sky Neon Aviation were flying the aircraft at night over London with underwing neon advertising signs. Registered to the Automobile Association in 1957, G-AHKV became the most famous of all their aircraft. Flown by former RAF Mosquito pilot Bill Lewis, she was used as a traffic spotter, monitoring congestion and incidents from the air. The prototype of the DH.89A Mk 6 conversion, G-AHKV had sophisticated electrical and navigation equipment on board. She was also an air ambulance, repatriating AA members who had suffered accidents or illness in Europe and dropping supplies to snowbound villages in Scotland. Sold by the AA in 1963, she was burnt at Birmingham Airport in 1969.
This is for Dave Garwood's de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide Version 4 only. It's compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin PREPAR3D.
Two variants of the livery are included, one with and one without the grey escape hatch on the roof which is visible in some photographs.
Special thanks to Dave Garwood and Jan Kees Blom for their invaluable advice and encouragement as well as persuading me to have a go in the first place!
I'll be uploading it shortly so will post again when download links are available.
Have a good flight!
Adrian Petford
Rapide... the fourth emergency service
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Re: Rapide... the fourth emergency service
This must be for FSX Adrian as we already have it for FS9. Funny.. I looked for it in 'X' the other day and was surprised it wasn't there
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Very nice Adrian
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Re: Rapide... the fourth emergency service
Thank you very much for the nice comments, guys.
Yes, Dave. The old FS9 livery we had for Rapide V2 could be ported to the first FSX version (V3) but the new V4 is incompatible with all the old repaints. I've always liked this one and she was a notable omission from FSX so I was persuaded to have a go at an entirely new rendering of her.
Download links are now up:
FlightSim.com: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php ... fid=169845
AVSIM: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DL ... ID=fsxacrp
OZx: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/fil ... sociation/
Enjoy flying her!
Ade
Yes, Dave. The old FS9 livery we had for Rapide V2 could be ported to the first FSX version (V3) but the new V4 is incompatible with all the old repaints. I've always liked this one and she was a notable omission from FSX so I was persuaded to have a go at an entirely new rendering of her.
Download links are now up:
FlightSim.com: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php ... fid=169845
AVSIM: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DL ... ID=fsxacrp
OZx: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/fil ... sociation/
Enjoy flying her!
Ade
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Cheers me dears
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