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The Spirit of Hong Kong 97 Fictional (B-HOZ), Cathay Pacific, by Charles Cheng
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT (The Original Boeing 747-200B, B-HIB)
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The design on the aircraft fuselage is based on the airliner's "The Heart of Asia" print advertisements, with brushstroke depictions of prominent buikdings on the Hong Kong Island skyline, and the Chinese character "Ga", which means "Home". The design was chosen because it is the spirit of Hong Kong that drives the extraordinary success of Cathay Pacific's home, and Hong Kong's skyline represents the aspirations and achievements of its people.
(Hong Kong Aircraft Yearbook 1998, by Danny C.Y. Chan. Published by Northcord International Limited)
The Spirit of Hong Kong 97 (B-HIB) is a type Boeing 747-200B and was the first commercial aeroplane landing on the new Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, it was landing on the runway 7R on May 2, 1998. The aircraft(B-HIB) was sold in the late 1998, and it's become a part of New Air Atlanta Icelandic as (TF-ATC).
Notes
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The textures are using DXT3 format. I've tried my best to reduce the colour loss during the conversion from 32-bit texture to DXT3 texture. As the colour loss is quite big in wings texture, I've given up painting dirt on the wings.
This is my third repaint of a Project Open Sky plane, feel free to give me comments and suggestions!
REQUIREMENTS
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- Microsoft(R) Flight Simulator 2002
- An unzip software
INSTALLATION
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1. The aircraft should be installed into the "aircraft" folder of FS2002
(i.e. X:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\aircraft);
2. Double click the file "kt_hoz.zip";
3. Extract the files by using the path function and point it into the "aircraft" folder of FS2002 (i.e. X:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\aircraft);
4. Start Flight Sim 2002 and enjoy the plane.
KNOWN BUGS
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The repaint is not perfect... But a bit better than the old B-HIB...
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
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Please feel free to send me comments, suggestions and questions(I'll try to answer you).
Charles Cheng, fs@chengweb.com
http://www.kaitak.tk/ - Freeware add-ons for Flight Simulator 2002
DISTRIBUTION
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This is a freeware product and may NOT be included in any commercial package or website. If you decide to use any part of this package, whether it is for freeware use or commercial, you must obtain permission from me, the author. Should there be any damage done to your system after using these files, I will not be held responsible.
ABOUT ME
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Charles Cheng, Software Engineering student. I participate in the Cathay Pacific "I Can Fly" program 2003. A member of Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Brigade (Cadet Region).
My Flight Sim Productions:
1. Hong Kong (VHHH), taxiways and gates for VHHH - vhhh_charles.zip
2. Cathay, The Spirit of Hong Kong 97(B-HIB) - kt_hib.zip
3. Cathay, 50th Anniversary A330-300 - kt_hyd.zip
4. Cathay, The Spirit of Hong Kong 97(B-HOZ) [Fictional] - kt_hoz.zip
CREDITS
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Microsoft FS team for FS2002. Project Open Sky for the aeroplane Boeing 747-400. Charles Cheng for the fictional paint of The Spirit of Hong Kong 97.
Copyright (C) Charles Cheng. All rights reserved.
The textures included for this aircraft are copyrighted by Charles Cheng / Hirata Takamitsu / ProjectOpenSky.
Thanks for Hirata Takamitsu for leting me use his engine texture in his B-HOR!
I'm sorry that I forgot to say thank you to Hank(hkadb.com boardmate), who sent me a copy of the Chinese character "Ga"[Home], in the released readme file of B-HIB. I would like to say thank you to him once again!
Special Thanks: Hirata Takamitsu, Hank, Dickson Chan, Jonathan Hartana, Jerry, Trevor Slack, Lionel Goh, DJPrev(I don't know his name...), Sam Needs, Cathay Pacific Virtual(cpavirtual.org) boardmates and some more people for their comments, suggestions and their help!
By Charles Cheng
Location: Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Date: April 16, 2003
