Sun

17

Feb

2013

We are moving!

We are pleased to announce that our new website is now open!

 

This site here will not be updated any longer, and will be shut down soon.

 

Please update your bookmarks, and follow us at

 

www.flyingcarpet75.com

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Sun

18

Nov

2012

The more the merrier

More painters mean more repaints for your flightsimming pleasure!

 

And two talented fellow painters accepted my offer to join me here so please welcome Juan Sebastian Gonzalez and Elias Merino. The fact they both hail from Colombia is not an indication that we are setting up some painting cartel but merely a possible reminder that the passion for aviation that we all share is also very strong and alive in Latin America!

 

They both have been active in the fs world for quite a while and you might find many of their respective contributions on the usual flightsim sites. What you will find here is their latest repaints, listed alongside my own files on the airlines and general aviation pages.

 

Initial paints featured here by Juan cover many Colombian subjects, including Satena, Viva Colombia and several smaller cargo and air taxi operators.

 

Elias' repaints cover ABSA Cargo, ABX, Aerosucre, Air Choice One, Ameristar, Caribbean Airlines, Kavoc AirKeylime Air, Peruvian Airlines, Planemasters and Xtra Airways

 

Enjoy and stay tuned for more goodies in the near future

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Mon

12

Nov

2012

Mega Update

Yes it's been a while since I updated the site, but the paintshop remained active through this period, mainly focusing on FAIB's amazing new Boeing 737 series, covering the NG models after the previous classics released earlier this year.

 

My new repaints cover the following airlines:

 

Aerosvit

Air Austral

Arik Air

Hainan Airlines and its affiliates

Hong Kong Airlines

Hong Kong Express

Malaysia Airlines

Rwandair

Yakutia


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Wed

26

Sep

2012

From Bahamas to Belarus

This week's batch of new repaints takes us to the Bahamas, with Bahamasair's latest addition to their fleet in the shape of Boeing 737-500s that replace and upgrade their older 737-200s. So you now have repaints for both sub-types on the fabulous FAIB models available here

 

From the Atlantic Ocean, we then go to the Mediterranean with another Boeing 737-500, operated by Air Mediterranee. This one, also featuring the FAIB new model, complements my previous collection of that airline's Airbus fleet.

Available here

 

And still heading further east, we reach Belarus and a fleet update for the country's national airline Belavia. This includes both Boeing 737-300 and 500 for the new FAIB model, and also the airline's latest fleet member, a brand new Embraer 175

 

All three are to be found here

 

As usual now for FAIB models, you have an option between standard textures that will look good in both fs9 and fsx, and native fsx hi resolution textures that will only work with that version of the simulator, so don't forget to pick up the one that is right for you!


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Tue

11

Sep

2012

New paints for new models...and more

The new Boeing 747-8 has been released by UTT, complete with a few repaints by yours truly :-)

 

These include the Cargolux fleet of 4 aircraft, each one featuring a large coat of arms of the city after which they are named. And while painting the Cargolux birds, I also added a couple of standard 747-400s in a simplified 'albino' livery. Check them out here

 

Another operator for the freighter is Cathay Pacific Cargo, and you get two variations: B-LJB in the standard CPA livery, and B-LJA named 'Hong Kong Trader' with special markings and livery. Get both here

 

And finally, Korean Air Cargo with one airframe, available here


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Sun

29

Jul

2012

More Ukrainian Boeings

To finish the Ukrainian round off, here is yet another operator of the Boeing 737 classic, newcomer Air Onix which started operations in April this year. You will find here both their 737-300 and the smaller 737-500. I have also provided a direct link to their latest flightplans, provided by UTT

 

The birds are here


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Fri

27

Jul

2012

Ukrainian Summer...and more

FAIB does it again! After the stunning baby Boeing, Erez graces us with more of the 737 family, including the 300, 400 and 500 in all of their main variations. And as with the previous -200 series, these models come in two flavours: native fsx model and HD textures, and standard ones compatible with fs9

 

Time for me to revisit some of my older paints, starting with the Ukrainian airlines, who are still heavily relying on the 737 classics.

 

First, we have Aerosvit, with no less than 12 aircraft represented here, featuring the various sub-types and the mix of old colours/new colours, wingletted or not... Check them out here

 

Aerosvit's sister airline Dniproavia is obviously also featured, including 5 aircraft variations

 

Available here

 

And finally, Ukraine International with 8 aircraft variations, including their single all-cargo 737-300

 

Get them here

 

After painting all these 737s, I needed a break and turned my attention to an aircraft that was missing from the ai skies... Israir's ATR 72. So here it is, in the Israeli airline's vibrant new livery.

 

More to come soon...


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Mon

25

Jun

2012

A Hare, a Bear, a Falcon a some other animals...

What do a hare, a snow leopard and a polar bear have in common? All three animals have been voted official mascots of the upcoming Winter Olympics to be held in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in 2014. And Aeroflot being the 'official carrier' of the games, they have recently painted these mascots on Airbus A320 VP-BZP

 

This aircraft is now also available for your flight simming pleasure here!

 

But there are more animals flying around for you today! What about a Peregrine Falcon? This one is called Sapsan in Russian and is flying high in Kazakhstan, Sapsan Air being the name of a recently started domestic airline that operates two Bombardier CRJ-200s.

 

Get it here

 

Sheer coincidence, but a new set of summer flightplans for Sapsan Air have just been released today on avsim.su

 

No animal link to follow on, but another new Kazakhstan operator for the CRJ-200, with SCAT Air replacing its Yak-42s with three of these on its domestic network

 

Available here

 

And finally, yet another new CRJ operator, this time in Russia, with Severstal introducing the type to its regional network.

 

Get it here


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Thu

21

Jun

2012

Do you like football? a LOT?

Unless you have spent the past few months in deep coma, you KNOW that the Euro 2012 football cup is under way in Poland and Ukraine!

 

But just in case, LOT Polish Airlines added some special markings to several aircraft in its fleet to remind you of what is going on in their home country. This includes both Embraers 175s and 195s.

 

As a bonus, you get the smaller EMB-170 in the standard new colours

 

Get them all here

But what about Ukraine, who is also co-host of the Euro 2012?

 

Well, no special markings, but take a look at the Area 51, and you will see some Ukrainian colours that should come your way soon!


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Sun

20

May

2012

More South American Boeings

Here comes yet another South American operator of the baby Boeing: Peruvian Airlines.

 

This is the FAIB model, which means that you get two optional sets of textures, standard or high rez FSX special

 

Get them here


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Thu

03

May

2012

May Day! May Day! May Day!

May Day was a good day to find some time sorting out my latest repaints! :-) So here come a few things just off the paintshop for your flightsimming enjoyment!

 

Continuing the FAIB Boeing 737-200 saga, here comes the complete Rutaca fleet, that operates in Venezuela.

 

Can you spot all the tiny differences between each aircraft? No two are 100% identical, even the door stencils are different from one to another!

 

As usual with the FAIB models, you get two options, with a separate package including specific high rez textures for fsx.

 

These packages are available here

 

On an entirely different hand, here's also a new member in LOT Polish Airline's  growing Embraer fleet, with their latest E-195 being delivered featuring the airline's new colours.

 

Check it out here


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Fri

20

Apr

2012

The Mexican Connection

This variation of the Aeromexico Connect new livery was missing from the ai world, and needed for the new Alpha India flightplans, so...

 

Here it is


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Wed

18

Apr

2012

Beware of the penguins!

If you have seen the 'Madagascar' movies, you know how evil these creatures are! ;-)

 

But don't worry, nothing to fear here, just a beautiful livery on a magnificent aircraft!

 

Air Madagascar just accepted delivery of the first of two Airbus A340-300s leased from Air France, as a replacement for their Boeing 767s

 

Get it here


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Mon

16

Apr

2012

Reaching for the stars

Here come some more operational 737-200 Classics, and again from Venezuela!

 

Get them here

 

 

And by the way, those of you who would be tempted to paint this fabulous model themselves can now do so. The official paintkit has just been released. Go to www.fsxaibureau.com to download it


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Sat

14

Apr

2012

This week's Baby Boeings are...

Still working on populating the ai skies with more examples of the fabulous FAIB Boeing 737-200 model, we have today three more current operators of the type, one from the U.S and two from Indonesia, all three are available here and soon from avsim as well. These include Merpati Nusantara, Sriwijaya Air and Sierra Pacific Airlines.

 

As a reminder, the FAIB Boeing 737-200 is the first ai model built specifically for fsx, and although it works perfectly in either variant of the sim, it takes advantage of FSX's improved visuals and offers fsx users Hi Resolution textures. As a result, my repaints for this model come in two flavours: fs9 which include the usual set of 32bits plus mipped and non-mipped dxt3, and fsx which include the special Hi  rez textures only supported by that version.

 

Just make sure you download the file best suited for your version of Flight Sim


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Tue

10

Apr

2012

Go Mokulele, Go more

I recently released the Go! Mokulele Bombardier CRJ-200 fleet, and now comes logically the other side of Mokulele's operation with the Cessnas.

 

Each one features slight livery variations, so I give you all four aircraft in this package!

 

Get them here now!


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Tue

10

Apr

2012

Three from Montenegro

The Montenegro Airlines fleet of 3 Fokker 100s is now available for your flight simming enjoyment!

 

Get it here


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Wed

04

Apr

2012

Baby Boeing Boom!

FSX AI Bureau is a brand new name in the flightsim world, and this new 'brand' makes a dashing start in the ai world with a breathtaking rendition of the 'Baby' Boeing, the classic 737-200!

 

Possibly the first ai aircraft truly designed with fsx in mind, it takes advantage of that version's enhanced graphic potential, and graces us with 'High Definition' 2048x2048 textures, in a format native to fsx.

 

These larger textures are only supported by fsx, but fs9 users can also enjoy this bird in their sim, the larger original textures allowing for a higher level of detail even at the standard fs9 format.

 

To make things easier and avoid confusion, I have separated my packages into 'fs9' which can be used as any other ai package in either version of the sim, and 'fsx' which include the fsx-only HD textures.

 

My first series of repaints include a selection of currently operational airframes, including:

 

Avior Airlines of Venezuela with four variations of their latest livery

Bahamasair with their fleet of two

Lineas Aereas del Sur, a new airline from Argentina

and finally SAT, the Sakhalin based airline that links the Russian Far East to China and Japan with a fleet of two

 

Chose the format that fits your sim best, and enjoy a new generation of ai perfection!


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Wed

04

Apr

2012

Che Bella (Air) Europa!

Belle Air Europe is the Italian division of Albanian low cost Belle Air. Now with this newly acquired Airbus A320

 

Get it here


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Wed

04

Apr

2012

Hawaii Three-GO!

Here come some Hawaiian birds, three of them, depicting the livery variations of Go!Mokulele's Bombardier CRJ-200s

 

Get them here


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Fri

16

Mar

2012

Paranormal activity detected!

It might seem a bit quiet around here in the past few days, but make no mistake! A high level of paranormal activity has been registered, with intense behind the scenes action taking place! ai repaints  featuring stunning but inexistant models have been spotted in-sim, causing much commotion at the concerned airports! Go and see for yourself in the Area 51 if you dare!

 

Also updated my links page for more ai related resources

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Tue

06

Mar

2012

The Sun shines bright in Paraguay

a newcomer on the international aviation scene, Sol del Paraguay recently started operations with three Fokker 100s . All three are now available here!

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Thu

01

Mar

2012

West Air Airbus A319 Update

A minor update on this repaint. The aircraft type on the aft fuselage was showing as "A320-100" instead of "A319-100". This bird has now been scaled down to its real identity. If you had already downloaded my repaint either here or from avsim, you might want to download it again and overwrite the texture with the ones in this new file.

 

Thanks to those who pointed me to this error

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Tue

28

Feb

2012

With a little help from my friends...

Following up on my Hainan Group update, here comes Tianjin Airlines. China's largest regional carrier is a rather interesting subject as far as repaints are concerned, as they not only have quite a few livery variations currently flying (some in new colours, some still in former Grand China Express markings, and some hybrids), but also feature a few colourful 'logojets'.

 

What have my friends to do with this? Well, first of all, when painting the 'Yujiapu' logojet, I was faced with a challenge: There is a looong slogan in Chinese on the upper fuselage which was next to impossible for me to reproduce clearly on my repaint...So I contacted one of my friends who can read Chinese and he wrote that text down for me in a format I could use in my repaint.

 

Then, when I was almost through with that series, Maik Voigt contacted me and offered to use his own paintkit for the Embraer 190. I ported all the textures to his pk, but it was worth the effort as it makes for an even crisper and sharper looking model!

 

And of course, there is the brand new set of flightplans by Oliver Richter at Alpha India Group's flightplanning department that will take these birds to your virtual skies!

 

All 8 repaints are now available for download, check them here!


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Sat

11

Feb

2012

The Chinese Invasion Here's some more!

Last but not least! Here is one more repaint in my Hainan group update, featuring their new Airbus A330-300

 

The file is here


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Fri

10

Feb

2012

More of the Chinese invasion

West Air A320 B-6763
West Air A320 B-6763

So this invasion started with the A319s, but now let us move to something bigger, the A320!

In fact, this is the latest type to join the Hainan fleet, and many more are on their way, so there will probably be A320s in all of the group's livery variations. So for now, let's start with the most basic one: West Air

 

 


Beijing Capital Airbus A320
Beijing Capital Airbus A320

Followed by another livery variation in the Hainan Group: Beijing Capital

 


Lucky Air Boeing 737-800
Lucky Air Boeing 737-800

Lucky Air so far operated only the Boeing 737-700 but has now added some 800s too

 

 


Chang An Boeing 737-800
Chang An Boeing 737-800
Shanxi Boeing 737-800
Shanxi Boeing 737-800

And two more variations within the main Hainan fleet, with aircraft featuring the Shanxi Airlines and Chang An airlines titles over the standard Hainan livery.

 

The files are here


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Fri

10

Feb

2012

The Chinese Invasion - Part Two

More A319s in Hainan Group colours. This time, you get the Lucky Air ones, including two variations in full colours and one hybrid with Lucky Air titles and Deer/Capital logos!

 

Get the package here


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Wed

08

Feb

2012

The Chinese Invasion aka Hainan Group update

Capital Airlines A319 B-6157
Capital Airlines A319 B-6157
Capital Airlines A319 B-6211
Capital Airlines A319 B-6211
Capital Airlines A319 B-6169
Capital Airlines A319 B-6169

Get ready for a major update in my Hainan Group repaints! Aircraft are moved around the group's airlines and older Boeing 737-300s are being retired, resulting in a great mix of titles and liveries!

 

Let's start here with 3 variations of the A319s in Beijing Capital colors, formerly known as Deer Air

 

Package is available here


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Fri

27

Jan

2012

The Birds from Bengal

Biman Boeing 747-400 TF-AMY
Biman Boeing 747-400 TF-AMY

TF-AMY is an ex-Japan Air Lines Boeing 747-400 operated by Atlanta Icelandic and wet-leased to Bangladesh Biman

 

The aircraft features old style Biman titles and logo applied on its original JAL livery, and is mostly used on routes from Dhaka to Saudi Arabia

 

Now available here

 

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Wed

25

Jan

2012

Flying Carpet's Website Official Opening!

Hello flightsimmers!

 

And welcome to my new site, where you can find all of my ai traffic repaints!

 

Enjoy the visit, and come back soon for more updates!

 

Have fun!

 

FlyingCarpet

 

Oh, and if you see anything wrong, like a dead link, a wrong link or other discrepancies, please let me know! I will fix it right away!

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Welcome to Flying Carpet's Paintshop

Latest News

Aeroflot lineup at Moscow Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot lineup at Moscow Sheremetyevo

Soon to be released by RATS, the complete Aeroflot fleet. All current 78 aircraft are featured, each one with their unique registration, ship name, weathering marks, and occasional oddity (mismatched nose cover or engine panel as they appear in real life). No two aircraft are exactly the same!

 

The fleet will also feature a brand new Ilyushin Il-96-300 model!

 

Stay tuned for more updates soon! And visit the RATS site for more Russian and CIS paints and flightplans

Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines

The whole Malaysia Airlines fleet is now available, covering each type operated by the Malaysian flag carrier.

 

Get it here

Solaseed Air
Solaseed Air

New colours from Japan! Skynet Asia has changed their name to Solaseed Air and adopted a new livery.

 

Available here

Camair-Co
Camair-Co

A new star in the African skies! Camair-Co was finally launched in 2011 as the new flag carrier of Cameroon, with a striking new livery.

 

Get it here

LOT SE-LDI
LOT SE-LDI

LOT Polish Airlines has yet another 'logojet', this one promoting the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

 

Get it here

UR-USA
UR-USA

A Bizjet for a change! UR-USA is an Ukrainian registered Raytheon Beechcraft Premier

 

Available here

Etihad A330 A6-AFA 2012
Etihad A330 A6-AFA 2012

Etihad's 'Visit Abu Dhabi' logojet has now been updated to feature 2012 in its title, and is available here

Etihad A330 'Blue Moon Rising' logojet
Etihad A330 'Blue Moon Rising' logojet

Etihad's latest logojet called 'Blue Moon Rising' and promoting the Manchester City Football Club, property of the Abu Dhabi Royal family.

 

Now available here

Wizz line up at Budapest Ferihegy
Wizz line up at Budapest Ferihegy

7 variations for the Wizzair fleet, including their Wizzair Ukraine sister airline.

 

Now available here

LOT latest EMB-195 logojet
LOT latest EMB-195 logojet

LOT Polish Airlines latest aircraft and second Embraer 195, featuring the intricate frescoe promoting Polish Tourism. Now available here

Other new additions

Donate!

Each repaint means long hours of research and hard work to make it look as close as possible to the real world original.

 

Although it is all available here for free, I will appreciate any contribution to keep me going maintaining this website and bringing you more flightsimming goodies!

 

You can use Paypal from wherever you are to send me any amount you feel like giving -hint: the more the merrier! ;-)

 


About my repaints

These textures are intended for use as AI traffic in Microsoft's Flight Simulator versions 9 and 10.

 

They have been thoroughly researched and painted based on actual pictures of the real aircraft, so that each individual aircraft is an exact replica of the real thing at the time of painting, down to the precise windows configuration and the stencils colours and locations.

 

To view them in your simulator, you need first to download and install the base aircraft models/packages available  separately . Most of these models are available from the usual avsim and/or flightsim libraries, but I have provided a link to these base packages on this site for your easy reference. Check the links section.

 

You will also need adequate flightplans to take these birds into your virtual skies. Running a search on avsim and flightsim libraries will get you up to date flightplans for most of the world's airlines

About bitmap formats

Most of my repaints are provided in three textures formats: 32bits, dxt3 and dxt3 with mipmaps.


AI traffic can draw heavily on your computer resources and significantly reduce your sim's framerate. Using the right set of textures can improve your framerate and ensure  smooth  and lifelike movements.

Basically, 32bits texture are larger and therefore having more pixels, will have sharper details and will look better in your sim, particularly at close range. Downside is they take up more HD space and use more resources.

Mipped textures are supposed to be what fs is really looking for, and will ensure the best framerate and movement smoothness. However, if your graphic processor is an older or a lower end one, with less than 1GB dedicated memory, mipped textures will look awfully blurred.

To keep things simple, if you run your sim on a new, powerful, high end computer, go for the 32bits or mipped textures, or use the 32bits only for intricate liveries where the quality of finer details will make a difference.

On the other hand, if you are using an older less powerful machine, or if you are not sure or don't know what all this means, go for the non-mipped dxt3 format.