Flying Carpet's Flight Sim repaints...
Donavia
| IATA CODE |
ICAO CODE |
CALLSIGN |
| D9 | DNV | DONAVIA |
Donavia was founded in 1991 on the assets of the former Aeroflot directorate of Rostov on Don.
The airline was purchased by Aeroflot in 2000 and became a 100% subsidiary of the former, doing business as Aeroflot Don. However, following a fatal crash in Perm in 2008, Aeroflot decided to distantiate itself from its regional subsidiaries, and Donavia was rebranded under its original name.
The airline initially flew a variety of ex-Soviet equipment but over the years has replaced them with Boeing 737 classics, including 400 and 500 sub-types.
Up to date flightplans are available from Alpha India Group
Airbus A319
Donavia recently introduced the Airbus A319 to its fleet, replacing older Boeing 737s.
To be used with the DJC Airbus A319 (CFM model) base model
Boeing 737-400
This package includes all three Boeing 737-400s operated by Donavia.
To be used with the FAIB Boeing 737-400 logolight (VQ-BCS) and normal (VQ-BAN and VQ-BAO) models
FSX version
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FS9 version
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This package includes all three Boeing 737-400s operated by Donavia.
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Boeing 737-400 logolight (VQ-BCS) and normal (VQ-BAN and VQ-BAO) models
- This package has now been upgraded to the FAIB model above and we strongly recommend to use that one instead, especially if you are using fsx
Boeing 737-500
This package includes all 3 Boeing 737-500s operated by Donavia, each aircraft featuring slight variations.
To be used with the FAIB Boeing 737-500 (logolight) base model
FSX version
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FS9 version
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This package includes all 7 Boeing 737-500s operated by Donavia in 2010, each aircraft featuring slight variations, and two operated in a basic white livery.
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Boeing 737-500 (logolight) base model
- This package has now been upgraded to the FAIB model above and we strongly recommend to use that one instead, especially if you are using fsx
Tupolev Tu-154M
RA-85149 always kept its basic China Southwest original livery. It was recently leased out to KMV and is currently stored following that airline's demise.
RA-85637 was briefly operated in 2010 in full Aeroflot colours, and has since been stored at Moscow SVO
RA-85626 and 85640 were operated until recently in full Donavia colours. Both aircraft are now stored at Mineralnye Vodi
To be used with the Simlandmarks Tupolev Tu-154M base model
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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.