Sometimes don't you feel curious about how a plane comes to your airport?
When I did my d328ah75 repaint with United Express livery, I knew that this plane originally belonged to Mountain Air Express. So I'm releasing the same plane (N330MX) as was on 1997.
IATA Code:
ICAO Code:PKP
Known As:Mountain Air Express (MAX)
Full Name:Mountain Air Express, Inc.
Country:USA
Hubs:Denver
Callsign:Pikes Peak
Web Site:
History:In late 1995 Western Pacific Airlines felt it needed a
regional commuter to feed the small resort towns and popular
destinations in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Mountain Air
Express was formed to meet this need. This was the first
operator in Colorado to use the DO-328-100 for its operations.
The Airline only lasted until 1997 when Western Pacific went
bankrupt. Mountain Air Express fleet of aircraft and crew
members were acquired by Air Wisconsin.
Many ex-Mountain Air Express planes belongs today to Vision Air, but N330MX and N329MX seems to belong to Aviation Ventures. Some of them had the Max logo on the engines, N330MX doesn't had it. Some had the register code on the tail; N330MX had it on the fuselage. The Do-328 seems to be a model of plane that travels between owners more often than between airports.
Original desing by Robert Versluys. Repaint by Alejandro Hurtado
Dornier Do-328
Performance at max. Take-off weight, to FAR Pt 25, ISA:
max. operating speed (Vmo): 270 knots CAS
max. operating Mach number (Mmo): 0,59
max. speed at FL 250: 356 KTAS
max. cruising speed at FL 200: 335 KTAS
max. rate of climb at S/L: 2430 ft/min
design cruising altitude (normal): 25000 ft
(optional): 31000 ft
required take-off field length: 1100m (3610 ft)
take-off speed (Vr): 114 kts
landing field length: 1010m (3315 ft)
range at max. cruising speed with 30 passengers,
with allowance for 100nm diversion and 45 min hold:
at 25000 ft: 900 nm (1666 km)
at 31000 ft: 1000 nm (1852 km)
In the personal, I think that this plane is a streamlined ATR-42.
My previous repaints are:
For Fs2002 only:
b190ah6: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express
b190ah7: Beech 1900D from the canarian island's Air Atlantic
b737ah8: American Airlines Astrojet, a 2001 plane painted like the 60´s
b737ah12: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration.
c235ah13: The CN-235 was used by the spanish line Binter Mediterraneo
d328ah15: The two Do-328 (prop) of Welcome Air
d328ah16: Air Engiadina was the launching client of the DO-328
For FS2002, in Fs2004 the night cockpit lightning doesnt looks well from outside:
b727ah1: Green and yellow Braniff's 727
b727ah2: 727 flow by Viasa when was bought by Iberia
b727ah3: Braniff 727 painted by Alexander Calder
b727ah4: One of the first 727 flow by Kulula.com
b727ah11: Alaska Airlines 727 leased to the Seattle NFL Team Seahawks
For FS2002, displays a warning in Fs2004 but works ok:
Ju52mlka: Ju-52 owned by Milka chocolats company, in flying state
tornah10: Tornado in 2001 Tiger Meet painting
For FS2004 and FS2002:
md11ah5: MD-11F from Eva Air Cargo
l1011ah9: Two L1011 leased by Iberia
d328ah14: The only Do-328JET of Welcome Air
atr4ah17: Two of the ATR-42 owneds by Lai, a venezuelan company
pby5ah18: A water bomber PBY Catalina, the Canso 71 was used in Spain
pby5ah19: A water bomber PBY Catalina, in red painting from Spain.
b727ah20: 727 flow by Singapore Airlines
d328ah21: DO-328 (prop) Welcome Air, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff 727
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff's 727.
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
d328ah27: Do-328 prop of Air Engiadina, upgraded for FS2004
p51dah28: P-51D Cripes a'Mighty 3rd, a beautifull warbird
b757ah29: Three liverys of the same B757 from LTE to Volar Airlines
b727ah30: Viasa's 727 with Iberia-like colors, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah31: Do 328 flow by VIP Airlines.
b737ah32: Rutaca's 737 in the colors of the Vinotinto Football Club
p51dah33: The only venezuelan P-51D
b727ah34: Red Braniff 727
a320ah35: A320 when LTE was renamed as Volar Airlines
b737ah36: American Airlines Astrojet, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah37: 727 charter flow by Amerijet
b757ah38: 757 Prestige, the biggest spanish private plane
p51dah39: Two P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah40: Another P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah41: P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
p51dah42: Another P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
d328ah43: Do 328-110 from Swisswings
met3ah44: Metro 3 Air Catalunya, a spanish charter company
met3ah45: Three Metro 3 operateds by Key Lime Air
p51bah46: A civilian P-51D in black and red colors.
b737ah47: The famous spanish 737 from Air Europa with Martini stickers
crvlah48: Two Finnair's Caravelle.
b737ah49: two 737-200 owned by the venezuelan company Avior.
crvlah50: Two Caravelles from the spanish line Hispania
p51dah51: This P-51D appeared in the movies "The Empire of the Sun" and "Menphis Belle"
b190ah52: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express, upgraded for FS2004
c130ah53: A civilian C-130 from Tepper Aviation.
b727ah54: Boeing 727-200 from Pride Air
b737ah55: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration. Upgraded for FS2004.
b737ah56: A Boeing 737 from Lauda Air in Star Alliance painting
d328ah57: The only Do-328 owned by Federico II
pby5ah58: Two PBY Catalina in red painting
b737ah59: B737-200 of Phoenix Airlines painted in "Boeing-like colors"
b727ah60: The five prototypes of the Boeing 727 in "house" colors.
1011ah61: L-1011 converted in a Flying Hospital
b737ah62: Ryanair's Boeing 737 with Christmas decoration as was in 1995
md11ah63: Finnair's Md-11 as Official Airline of Santa Claus.
p51dah64: Swedish P-51D, Wing F21
crvlah65: The spanish line Aviaco used 11 Caravelles until the 80's
pby5ah66: The Sunbird Services used two PBY on the New Guinea rutes
b727ah67: Tame uses 3 Boeing 727 for ecuatorian flights.
a10ah68: An A-10A Thunderbold II of the 47 TFS, 917 TFG AFRES
b737ah69: Air Europa painted this 737 promoting a "Queen" concert
md11ah70: Two paint schemes of the same MD-11 Cargo from Eva Air
b727ah71: Boeing 727 from SkyOne, a charter company
d328ah72: A very colorfull Do-328, owned by three german companies
f86fah73: One of the first F-86F Sabre delivered to Taiwan.
b190ah74: Beech 1900D from the Spanish line Air Atlantic, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah75: Two United Express Do 328
b737ah76: B737 with the colors of the italian company AirOne
p51dah77: This australian P-51K served on Italy on WWII
b737ah78: The B737 fleet of Rutaca, including the "Vinotinto"
Fixes:
fix01ah: Fixes the bottom color of b727ah24
fix02ah: Improves the flight dinamics of b757ah29 and b757ah38
fix03ah: Improves de wing textures of crvlah48 and crvlah50
fix04ah: Fixes the tail's port side of b727ah67, year 1980
Textures:
txt01ah: Beaufighter Mk.X, 455th squadron RAAF
txt02ah: This Metroliner III belongs to Lynx Air
Warranty:
I love the warranty wrote by Andrew W. Hall:
"None. Zip. Nada. Use at your own risk. I dont think
this will harm your computer in any way, but if it does, I
dont even want to hear about it."
A last remark: Why don't become a repainter? There are a lot of planes with special markings. I'm tired of the usual F-16 low-vis scheme, or the usual 757 in Delta markings. Why don't a "Bat's outa Hell's" B-25 or a serie of Qantas 737s? The plane modelers like Robert Versluys are very important, but they can't make all the painting schemes by himselfs. So why don't help they?
Installation:
Unzip d328ah79.zip in your "Aircraft" folder of FS2004 or FS2002, install your desired panel and that's all. If you don't know how to install a panel, just let the default Beech King Air 350.
If you like this, or any observation, send me a mail to dracosist@cantv.net
