coronado990 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 OK guys, this is the last batch for the year so enjoy it. This is the Air Zaire fleet, with their great classic livery. Here's some info on the airline: Air Congo was renamed Air Zaire, after the Democratic Republic of the Congo changed its name to Zaire in 1971. At the time, the fleet included 2 Douglas DC-8-33s, 8 Fokker F.27-600s, 2 SudEst SE-210 Caravelle IIIs, 6 DC-4s, and 4 DC-3s. In 1972, the carrier put in orders for 3 737-200s, and 2 DC-10-30s, the first of which arrived in February 1973. In October 1973 Air Zaire leased a 747-121 from Pan Am. Air Zaire began services from Kinshasa to Brussels, Geneva, and Rome just a month later, in November. By year’s end, Air Zaire was one of the largest carriers in Africa. In 1974 they received the second DC-10-30 and two new DC-8-63CFs. In March 1975 the 747 was returned to Pan Am as the lease wasn't renewed. The 1970s, were great for Air Zaire, however in the early 1980s, due to the world economic situation at the time, they got into financial difficulties. They sold off a few aircraft to avoid collapse in the face of declining traffic and rising expenses. In 1984, all international routes were suspended, except the Kinshasa–Brussels via Lagos route. Things did not improve much over the next 10 years, and the airline was eventually declared bankrupt on 12 June 1995 by a Brussels court after incurring debts to the value of 1 billion Belgian Francs. The planes: 737-200 747-121 Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R DC-4 DC-8-63 DC-10-30 continued........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coronado990 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 ........continued F-27-500 That's it for the year. Have a Happy New Year with good health, love (spiritual or physical, lol), and prosperity. Adios Amigos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Wow! Quite a collection. Very nice as always :pilot: Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 A great collection of liveries for the Air Zaire fleet Ted. :cool: :cool: :cool: By the way - what's your hobby? :D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks for another bunch of fantastic liveries Ted! :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 nice collection! Slapping paint on flightsim models you'll find all my FSX/P3D repaints here and all my MSFS repaints here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Impressive job Ted. Quite a line up. Best wishes. Khalid Asus P8Z77-V Premium Mobo w\32GB MSATA Caching SSD On-Board | i7-3770K CPU | 16GB DDR3 1600 | FSX Gold on 1TB boot SSD | P3Dv4 on 512MB SSD | 1TB+2TB WD HDDs | 2 Asus GTX660 2GB Ti Cu cards w\SLI | Win7 Pro 64 | REX Full Catalogue | ORBX FTX Full Catalogue | Saitek Flight Control Pro w\Dual Throttle Quadrants+Pedals | 24"+2x19" HP Monitors | 1000W PSU [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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