Not everyone wants to fly in retro styled aircraft, so having some paint left over from the older design, Smeary came up with a more updated livery for the Skyways King Air that may suit other players - or, if you are operating different services on your virtual airline, you can choose to use a different livery.
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Skyways Limited was an early post-World War II British airline formed in 1946 that soon became well-established as the biggest operator of non-scheduled air services in Europe. Its principal activities included the operation of worldwide non-scheduled passenger and cargo services, including trooping and oil industry support flights, inclusive tour and ad hoc charters for automobile industry executives as well as specialist freight services.
Skyways was a major civilian participant in the Berlin Airlift and became one of Britain's foremost independent airlines during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Its main operation hubs included Langley (defunct), Dunsfold (now closed to commercial ops), Bovingdon (defunct), Stanstead, Heathrow and Gatwick. After a buyout in 1961, Skways was incorporated into Euravia. It re-emerged in the 1970's with final closure in 1980
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When looking for a 'virtual airline' to call my own, I went through a few designs (designs being my main thing over actually setting up a VA). With Skyways I think I have found the ideal vehicle - non scheduled air services suits my own casual playstyle.
I have created the following, which will be made available as both a pack and individually:
- Cessna 172 (standard) Trainer - retro 1950's livery
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX - retro (alternative) livery
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX - retro air cargo livery
- Beechcraft Kingair 350i - retro 1950's livery
- Beechcraft Kingair 350i - revised VA livery
- Airbus A320 Neo - retro 1950's livery
- Airbus A320 Neo - Revised VA livery
- Airbus A320 Neo - vintage Air Cargo livery
Simply download, unzip and drag it into your community folder. It is untested with 3rd party modifications and apps.
All comments and feedback are welcome.
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Please note: these liveries are marked and copyrighted - and are made available for free download at Flightsim.to. Do not copy to other sites without the permission of SmearyGrain.
[Oct '21 - Now updated to fix the pink cockpit]
SmearyGrain
Hi all - happy to say I have tested this in update 5 and its working. Let me know if there are any issues out there