Flying Carpet's Flight Sim repaints...
LOT Polish Airlines
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Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT Polish Airlines was established back in 1929 as a state corporation to operate air services to and from Poland.
After WWII, LOT relied exclusively on Soviet airliners, but from 1989 on, proceeded to renew its fleet entirely and retired all Russian built equipment t replace them with Boeing 737s and 767s. The airline later introduced Embraer aircraft first with the 145, later replaced with larger E-170s and more recently E-195s, which are now the backbone of LOT's short to middle range fleet.
LOT joined the Star Alliance in 2003
LOT will be the first european airline to take delivery of the Boeing 787 in 2012, and is currently in the process of introducing a new livery
Up to date flightplans are available from Alpha India Group
Embraer E-195
LOT has recently introduced a new livery that is being adopted fleetwide, with newly delivered Embraer 195 SP-LND being the first of its type to feature them
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-195 base model
LOT promotes the Euro 2012 cup being hosted by Poland and Ukraine with special markings on a few aircraft including SP-LNC
To be used with the AI Aardvark Embraer E-195 base model
LOT recently took delivery of its second Embraer 195 featuring special 'Polish Tourism Organization' colours
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-195 base model
LOT introduced the larger E-195 into its fleet in 2011, effectively replacing older Boeing 737-500s
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer 195 base model
Embraer E-170 / E-175
Most EMB-175s in LOT's fleet are currently featuring the 'Euro 2012' additional markings, promoting the football cup being hosted in Poland and Ukraine.
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-175 base model
This package includes both E-170 (1 variation) and E-175 (3 variations) Embraer sub-types operated by LOT, including SP-LII 'logojet' featuring large '600th E-Jet' titles
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-170 and Embraer E-175 base models
LOT's Embraer 170 fleet is now completely repainted in the new colours, except for the 'Krakow' logojet and SP-LDK in full Star Alliance livery
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-170 base model
As a member of the Star Alliance, LOT has applied the full Alliance colours on one aircraft of each type operated, including Embraer E-170 SP-LDK
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-170 base model
The great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is a famous Polish charity organization, currently promoted on Embraer 170 SP-LDI
As of June 2012, this aircraft has been repainted in the new colours
To be used with the Ai Aardvark Embraer E-170 base model
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!
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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.