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| Qantas Consolidated PBY-5 5 paints |
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Five repaints for the Aerosoft PBY-5 Catalina in the colors of PBY-5's operated by Qantas on the 'Double Sunrise Service' between Western Australia and Ceylon between 1943 and 1945.
In 1943, Royal Australian Air Force personnel were seconded to operate Catalinas under the banner of Qantas. The plan called for flights between Perth, Western Australia, and RAF Base Koggala in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The flights were the longest non-stop air route of any airline, over 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) across the Indian Ocean. Navigating without the aid of radio, the crews relied solely on rudimentary navigation by compass and stars during the trip.
Only Catalinas had that kind of range, so five PBY-5 flying boats were converted to make them suitable for the trip.
They received camouflage paint, with a RAAF roundel on the fuselage, but also a civilian registration, since they were officialy operated by Qantas, and they were named after the stars they would be using for navigation:
Vega Star (G-AGFL/FP221 - tail code 1)
Altair Star (G-AGFM/FP244 - tail code 2)
Rigel Star (G-AGID/JX575 - tail code 3)
Antares Star (G-AGIE/JX577 - tail code 4)
Spica Star (G-AGKS/JX287 - tail code 5)
Taking between 27 and 33 hours, with departure timed so that the flight crossed Japanese occupied territory during darkness, the crews would observe the sunrise twice, which led to the service being known as "The Double Sunrise". The flight route flown was along the coast from Perth to Exmouth then setting out towards Cocos (Keeling) Island or Christmas Island (though neither was actually sighted during the flight) and onto Kogalla, a journey of approximately 3,580 nautical miles (6,630 km). After the success of the initial flights, it was decided to run a weekly service, with some services flying over Rottnest Island and then taking a direct line to Kogalla. As part of the Australia-England air route there was a surface component from Kogalla to Karachi that added considerable time to the service. This was later replaced by the Double Sunrise service, with Karachi to England flown by BOAC. Air crews would change in Kogalla taking the next plane in either direction minimising the time taken to complete the journey.
Though stripped of all non-essential equipment, including de-icing equipment and insulation, the average takeoff weight was 15,900 to 16,000 kg; this included 9,040 liters of fuel, which gave the Catalina a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km). The service made 271 crossings, delivered over 4,500 kg of mail and carried 860 passengers, including among them British MP Edith Summerskill and the journalist Keith Murdoch. 'The Secret Order of The Double Sunrise' was an illustrated certificate given to passengers aboard the flying boats of the Australia-England air link, to attest they had been airborne for more than 24 hours.
After the war the five modified Catalinas that had flown The Double Sunrise service were scuttled.
Repaints by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by Aerosoft
| Filename: | Qantas_Consolidated_PBY5_5_paints.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 13th July 2018, 20:38:43 |
| Downloads: | 178 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 49.87 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Gates Learjet 35a - (D-CGFC GFD) |
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Repaint of the Flysimware Learjet 35a. German registered GFD aircraft, D-CGFC.
| Filename: | Gates_Learjet_35a__DCGFC_GFD.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th August 2017, 03:05:04 |
| Downloads: | 290 |
| Author: | Mitch Haughee |
| Size: | 2.25 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Thomas Cook "ILUVMCR" Airbus A321 |
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Repaint of the Aerosoft Airbus A321 in Thomas Cook ILUVMCR Logo livery
| Filename: | Thomas_Cook_ILUVMCR_Airbus_A321.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 3rd June 2017, 02:30:36 |
| Downloads: | 801 |
| Author: | Lee Grant |
| Size: | 7.73 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Power Setting Table to CONTINENTAL TSIO-360EB Piper Seneca II CARENADO. |
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Modification of the power table CONTINENTAL TSIO-360EB Piper Seneca II CARENADO.
| Filename: | Power_Setting_Table_to_CONTINENTAL_TSIO360EB_Piper.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 23rd March 2020, 18:26:36 |
| Downloads: | 167 |
| Author: | Rafael Ledezma |
| Size: | 12.87 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Blue Tiger Meet, F/A-18 Hornet |
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This is a Reapaint of the default FSX Acceleration F/A-18.
| Filename: | Blue_Tiger_Meet_FA18_Hornet.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 8th August 2011, 16:40:37 |
| Downloads: | 172 |
| Author: | Andrea Calderara |
| Size: | 4.03 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 D-ABVF "Frankfurt am Main" V4.1.1 |
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The flagship of Lufthansa, updated to latest specifications. For PMDG 747X (V4.1.1)
| Filename: | Lufthansa_Boeing_747400_DABVF_Frankfurt_am_Main_V411.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 8th September 2011, 21:04:06 |
| Downloads: | 1,066 |
| Author: | Ioan Blidariu - PMDG |
| Size: | 2.53 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| easyJet Boeing 737-900 |
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This is my first repaint of the PMDG 737-900 winglets.
Enjoy!!
| Filename: | easyJet_Boeing_737900.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 14th September 2011, 00:50:13 |
| Downloads: | 727 |
| Author: | Kevin Brown |
| Size: | 12.78 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Cal Fire 310 Bronco OV-10 (N429DF) |
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Repaint of Cal Fire 310 (N429DF) for the payware Aerosoft Bronco X.
| Filename: | Cal_Fire_310_Bronco_OV10_N429DF.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 5th February 2012, 14:16:53 |
| Downloads: | 172 |
| Author: | Nathan Havercroft / Aerosoft |
| Size: | 13.94 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Lufthansa 'Frankfurt am Main' Boeing 777-200 |
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Repaint of the Captainsim 777-200 in fictional 'Frankfurt am Main' livery.
| Filename: | Lufthansa_Frankfurt_am_Main_Boeing_777200.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 8th April 2013, 09:48:25 |
| Downloads: | 765 |
| Author: | Jon Murchison, Captainsim |
| Size: | 5.22 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| American Airlines Airbus A330-200 (GE) |
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American Airlines repaint of the V2 CLS A330-200 with GE engines.
| Filename: | American_Airlines_Airbus_A330200_GE.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 11th April 2013, 08:30:39 |
| Downloads: | 2,066 |
| Author: | Jon Murchison, CLS |
| Size: | 7.25 MB |
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