NZ Business Jets AI project Options

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!! V1.0 RELEASED Nov 16 2008 !!
download from avsim.com, filename: nzai-bizjets-v1.zip

Had a wee messaging exchange with Charl recently about an Air National repaint I'd done of their IAI Westwind-II for AI purposes. The biz-jets don't fit into the 5-tonne weight cutoff of the GNZLAP project so he suggested I consider a package of NZ based biz-jets. I've done a bit of digging around on the Interweb and come up with a starting list (which others have subsequently contributed to) of NZ registered or operating business/corporate Jets.

NZ Registered Bizjets

• ZK-KFB Gulfstream IVSP 1362 (ex N888LF)
  Air National (Auckland) caa www | caa | pics | repaint (deeknow)
• ZK-MUS Cessna 510 Citation Mustang (ex N1749L)
  Acernus Aero Limited, Wellington www | caa | pics | repaint (deeknow)
• ZK-RGB Gulfstream G200 158 (ex N658GA)
  Air National (Auckland) www | caa | pics | repaint (deeknow)
• ZK-RML IAI 1124A Westwind 339 (ex N90KC)
  Air National (Auckland) www | caa | repaint (deeknow)
• ZK-TBM Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 (ex N1287D)
  Pacific Jets (Christchurch) www | caa | pics | repaint (deeknow)
• ZK-XVL Learjet 35A (ex N35QB)
• Auckland Air Charter (Ardmore) caa | pics | repaint (charl)
• N146EX Dassault Falcon 900EX
  Sleepyhead (Auckland) pics | repaint (deeknow)
• N2243W Cessna 510 Citation Mustang
  Lowe Corp (Hastings) pics | repaint (deeknow)
• N57LE Bombardier Global Express XRS
  Rank/Graham Hart (Auckland) no model available
• N805M Hawker 800XP
  Network Jets (Auckland) pics | repaint (charl)
• N800DT Cessna Citation 1
  National Business Review (Ardmore) pics | repaint (deeknow)
  

If you know of any other resident jets in the country please post to the end of this thread.

There are a heap of other mostly Australian and US registered machines that fly in and out fairly regularly but they're probably better delivered by the VOZ AI project. If you're interested in the machines that are based in various countries check out the LAAS Current Corporate Jet Register. To keep an eye on comings and goins here in NZ check out Mike Condon's MRC Aviation Blog

A rough-but-close-enough repaint has been done of ZK-RML and if anyone else feels inclined to fire up Gimp or Photoshop and do a couple post back here to let us know so we don't get double-ups or wasted effort. I'll have a crack at one or two more shortly but am no expert on the repainting front.

AI Models and Repaint Kits

Here are some AI models and/or repaint kits that should be useful for the various repaints. Most of these are FS9/2004 specific models but would be interesting to know if anyone is able to run them in FSX as AI as well?

• Bombardier Global Express XRS
  Note: There is a fully flyable model from Thinus Pretorius (BGE.zip) but may not be suitable for AI use
  AlphaIndiaGroup have a team working on a model right now, see forum post
• Cessna Citation Mustang
  Model: Chuck Dome Filename: jjmustng.zip
  Model: John B. Loney Filename: c510cmv1.zip
  Note: neither are AI models but seem to have fairly low polygon counts
• Cessna Citationjet CJ3
  Model: Dee Waldron Filename: paintkit_cessna_citation_ii.zip (avsim)
  Note: the Waldron model is actually a 550 series Citationjet and is avail with the WOAI Citation 550 package, there doesnt seem to be an AI model for the 525 Citation which is what ZK-TBM is. There are fully flyable models but will probably be too much overhead
• Dassault Falcon 900
  Model: PAI Filename: pai_install_model_dassault_f900.zip
• Gulfstream IVSP
  Model: HTAI Filename: paintkit_gulfstream_g-iv.zip
• Gulfstream G200
  Note: may not be an AI model currently avail which matches this particular machine but is similar to a Gulfstream IV or G-II
• Hawker 800XP
  Model: Henry Tomkiewicz Filename: paintkit_bae_hs-125-800.zip (avsim)
• IAI Westwind II
  Model:Henry Tomkiewicz Filename: ai_iai_1124a_westwind_2.zip
  Note: base model and Australian textures distributed with VOZ AI pack
• LearJet 35
  Model: HTAI Filename: paintkit_gates_learjet_35.zip

Will also be great to knock up some flight-plans too, Nunner has volunteered to do that
As Charl pointed out tho we probably dont want to be "tripping over them everywhere" but some legs out and back from their usual base aerodrome and maybe the odd south pacific flight would be pretty cool. Once their all done we could post a package to AVSIM, not much point in drip-feeding them one-by one just yet I dont think.

cheers all.
Dean