Post by Dennis the menace on Mar 8, 2021 22:44:07 GMT -5
Hi all.
First of all my apologies for moving like molasses on uploading this scenery, but today I uploaded the 1962 Syria and Jordan scenery (including East Jerusalem). You can see some photos of it on this thread: calclassic.proboards.com/thread/10198/damascus-airport
Now I know you will want to fly in and out of there in some classic propliners, so I have painted and uploaded today the following. Here are pictures of some of them:
DC-3s. Syrian Airways 1958, Syrian Airways/United Arab Airlines 1960, Syrian Arab Airlines 1962 and Syrian Arab Airlines 1963. Here is the Syrian Airway 1958 version parked at Palmyra airport.
Air Jordan 1960 (ex Trans Ocean) seen here at the old Amman International airport. The modern Queen Alia airport has been removed.
Convair 240. Air Jordan 1960 (again, ex Pan Am) seen here parked at Kolundia airport in East Jerusalem, Jordan. This repaint is for the VBF CV240 cb16.
DC-4. These are for the Jens Kristensen DC-4. Air Jordan 1959 (again, ex Trans Ocean) also seen parked at Kolundia airport in East Jerusalem, Jordan.
Syrian Airways 1958, Syrian Airways/United Arab Airlines 1960 and Syrian Arab Airlines 1962. Here is the 1960 Syrian Airways/United Arab Airlines parked at Aleppo airport in 1960.
DC-6B cb17. Syrian Arab Airlines 1961. Frank Gonzalez had already painted a Syrian Arab Airlines, but I found out it is in the newer late-1963 paint scheme. I wanted the 1961 introduction paint scheme, so I painted this one up (seems Syrian Airways sure loved to change names and paint schemes ever couple of years). The differences are in the fonts, the logo, and like my 1963 Syrian DC-3, the top and bottom pin stripes in the cheat line are red and not green. Anyway, here it is parked at home at Damascus Mezza airport in front of the old pre-1961 terminal, which became the domestic terminal. The larger terminal behind is the new international terminal.
I do believe that Tom has already changed the AI traffic to direct the AI to use Amman Intl. and Damascus Mezza airports. The modern Queen Alia and Damascus Intl. airports, which opened in the 1970s have been removed. Every airport in Syria and Jordan that had regularly scheduled commercial airline traffic has been recreated. At some of the smaller, outlying airports, you'll even see people on camels. Not too many camels I'm afraid in downtown Damascus! As with all my other sceneries, I did not do anything with military airports - with the exception of those that also serve commercial carriers.
Not all the planes have had photos posted, you'll have to see them when you download them at Flightsim.com. Look for them in a day or two.
Happy flying in the Levant, so go have some hot pita bread, hummous, tabouli salad and some lamb kabobs - and don't forget the best of all - baklava!
Mike
