Classic British Flight Sim

A nice repaint for the Virtavia Chinook (FSX) available now at flightsim.com.



Brian

Pity the RAF didn't chose something that 'shouts' at you


ATB
DaveB

Ye gods! That's one awful looking scheme.

Pretty wild, isn't it. To be honest I didn't know what the paint on the rear was supposed to be. Then I saw the poppy on the nose. Am I assuming correctly that the paint on the rear is a stylized poppy?

Brian

That's one way of putting it Wonder if Matt will do that one for the Milviz model. I'm not gonna be the one to ask him

ATB
DaveB

Here's the official poop on the repaint according to http://www.aeroresource.co.uk/.

18(B) Squadron – Chinook HC.4 ZA712

Also celebrating their centenary this year is 18 Squadron, currently operating Boeing-Vertol Chinook heavy lift helicopters from RAF Odiham. Formed from No.4 Reserve Squadron, No.18 Squadron stood up on the 11 May 1915 at RAF Northolt as part of the Royal Flying Corps, initially operating the Vickers FB5 ‘Gunbus’ along with FE2b’s. Designed by Flight Lieutenant Andy Donovan of the squadron, the scheme is composed of several different elements harking back through history. Head on, the aircraft carries a Poppy on the forward engine cowling along with the code ‘W’, a nod to former Wing Commander HG Malcolm who lost his life in a Bristol Blenheim coded W, and who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1942 in recognition of his role in the Squadron’s efforts in World War II.

Alongside the Squadrons motto, ANIMO ET FIDE – ‘With courage and faith’, carried below the crew door, the silver and white colours on the forward fuselage bear testament to the Squadrons operations in the First World War. Moving back along the fuselage the colours blend from the silver to black & red which hark back to the 75th anniversary scheme worn by ZD980 in 1990. Within the red and black design on the rear of the fuselage flying above the rear window is a small red ‘Speedbird’ which were worn by Canberra’s B2s when the squadron was equipped with them in 1953. The red and black design extends up the rear rotor housing and round the engines, where the Squadrons badge, Pegasus rampant, is situated. The Pegasus commemorates the Squadrons co-operation with the Cavalry Corps at the Battle of the Somme during World War I and was approved by King Edward VIII in 1936. The cab itself was chosen due to the time it has spent deployed in several war zone theatres including the Falklands and more recently several stints in Afghanistan.

Brian

Where's me shades?


Graham

I like it, but I have not a milligram of good taste so I am told. I still like it though.
cheers
Jim
(ps why do we have a lonely chinook in the fleet? Was it a gift from a relative that gets brought out only when they visit?)