Indian Air Force paints - anybody?

[Firebird]

Here is a site I found that confirms that 3 are Gulfstream IIIs, Gulfstream SRA-1 technically. It also lists VT-ENR as having a dual serial of K2960, and also believes that K2962 may have been written off in a hangar collapsehttp://geethrees.blogspot.com/2009/06/con-495.html. Whether or not VT-ENR actually wears its military code is not mentioned.

I don't know whether this helps or confuses you.

[kungfuman]

I'm currently trawling the internet on this topic. All photos of VT-ENR/K2960 show the civilian reg. However, there is no need to repaint as all three G-iii's are in a UGA package. And yes, K2962 was damaged beyond repair in a hangar collapse. This is what I have so far:

IBSF:

ERJ-135BJ
VT-BSF

HAL Hs.748
VT-EAT
VT-EAV
VT-EHL
VT-EIR (aka H2380) No engines. Stored at Delhi.



ARC:

An-32 (Seen operating from the ARC apron, but most likely a detachment from the Air Force)
K2698 (white/grey)
K2708 (white/grey)
K3058 (all grey)
K3073 (all grey)

B707-337C (also based at Charbatia, Orissa)
K2899
K2900 (possibly not active - suggestions that it has been scrapped, however much mis-information exists about these two aircraft. I have even seen threatening replies to posts that featured photos of these aircraft! Ridiculous when you consider that all the info is freely available from simple web searches. Paranoid nationalists...)

GULFSTREAM 3
VT-ENR (aka K2960)
K2961
K2962 (possibly destroyed in hangar collapse)

Il-76MD
K3012
K3013
K3014



AHQCS:

HAL Hs.748
H1011?
H1034?
H1178 (TTW Yelahanka?)
H1179
H1181
H1512
H1524?
H2379 Central Air Command Comm Flight

Do-228
HM-661?
HM-662?
HM-663?
HM-664?

An-32 (probably detached from other squadrons)
K2680
K2693
K2728

B737-2A8
K2412
K2413
K3186
K3187

ERJ-135BJ
K3601
K3602
K3603
K3604

B737-7HI/W BBJ
K5012
K5013
K5014



41SQ:

HAL Hs.748
H1177

Do-228
HM-670
HM-674
HM-692
HM-693


I have no information on the ARC's twin prop King Air type aircraft, and there is currently no model of the Astra that I'm aware of.

Does anyone posess further information, or corrections to the above?

Cheers,

Dan

ps. Does anyone subscribe to the atdb database?

http://www.aerotransport.org/

I need a small favour looking up a couple of reg's as I've used up my free weekly allowance

[kungfuman]

OK, my final list of aircraft stationed at VIDP:

IBSF:

ERJ-135BJ
VT-BSF

HAL Hs.748
VT-EAT (ex HAL?)
VT-EAV
VT-EHL (stored?)
VT-EIR (aka H2380) No engines. Stored at Delhi.



ARC:

An-32
K2698 (white/grey)
K2708 (white/grey)
K3058 (all grey)

B707-337C (also based at Charbatia, Orissa)
K2899
K2900 (possibly stored/scrapped)

GULFSTREAM 3 (also based at Charbatia, Orissa)
VT-ENR (aka K2960)
K2961
K2962 (possibly destroyed in a hangar collapse at Charbatia)

Il-76MD
K3012
K3013
K3014



AHQCS:

HAL Hs.748
H915 G White
H1179 K White
H1181 H Grey
H1512 J White
H1524?
H1525 Grey
Plus two regular visitors:
H2376 Grey HQ Flt Maintenance Command (based at Nagpur)
H2379 Grey Central Air Command Communication Flight (based at Allahabad)

Do-228
see 41SQ

An-32 (temporary detachments / visitors "snapshot")
K2667?
K2672 Grey from Chandigarh 48SQ
K2680 Grey from Yelahanka FWTF
K2685 Grey from Agra 12SQ
K2693 Grey from Chandigarh 48SQ
K2715 E Grey
K2717 E Grey from Yelahanka FWTF
K2728 Grey from Agra 12SQ
K3073 Grey from Chandigarh 48SQ


B737-2A8
K2412
K2413
K3186 (ARC RAW?)
K3187 (181 Flt)

ERJ-135BJ
K3601
K3602
K3603
K3604

B737-7HI/W BBJ
K5012
K5013
K5014



41SQ:

HAL Hs.748
H1177 White
H1527 Grey

Do-228 (2 are used by the AHQCS)
HM-670
HM-675
HM-677
HM-682
HM-686
HM-692
HM-693
HM-691 H (not sure about squadron assignment of this one)

[ani4may]

hello,
sorry about yesterday . there was a problem with my phone line .

i did not read any of the info you'll posted yesterday , so i painted all the g3s .

i bet the ones by UGA do not have those features painted on the fuselage to give that 3d look and a large door to remove the equipment .

i will try and make k-2962 really dirty ,as if it were written off .





so i will now finish the an 32s in white and grey .

sorry again .
thank you .

[ani4may]

info on hawkers .

http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/delhi/ne ... rport.html

[ani4may]

i wil try my best, communicating through my phone .


vt-ehl and vt-eav are done.

thank you.

[ani4may]

the next variation will come with wordings and a grey nose , followed by one that has wordings and a black nose .

thanks a million Miljan .

[kungfuman]

Sterling work!

I'm just finalising the flightplans (again), after finding out a bit more about where these planes actually fly, and their purpose etc.

Then I'll be adding the new runway and taxiways to my Delhi/Palam AFD file and testing everything.

[ani4may]

[sprocky]

I follow this story since a while now and I hope to see a package one day

Talented skills. Keep up your great work!

[Firebird]

I do like the Cline, I don't know why I just do. It seems to be an aircraft that is hanging on to two massive engines for life itself.

[ani4may]

think we need this livery ?

[Firebird]

Why not? That's what I say.

[ani4may]

could someone do me favour by searching for K2715 on yahoo and opening the bharat rakshak website .

at the top of the pic there is an option to go forward and behind . one of those has a 707 in the background .

please use the img code to post it here .

[ani4may]

i have a paintkit for the dwai 707 .

or should we wait for the elvis model on avsim ?

i still am not sure, which model of the 707 it is .

[kungfuman]

Definitely the Boeing 707-337C model, formerly the ARC Boeings were part of Air India's fleet. K2900 was VT-DVB "Kamet", and K2899 was VT-DXT "Trishul". Engines are JT3D-3B/7.



Note the long red stripe that surrounds the windows was simply overlaid with the blue airforce colours, and the other red Air India livery was painted white:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpRroRLCaYc/R ... _05916.JPG

And another image (scroll down to around half way down)
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... start%3D30

Note how the blue stripes curve down to the nose like with the Air India livery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23841392@N ... 56/sizes/l

[kungfuman]

Here's the requested image showing an An-32, the Gulfstream G3 VT-ENR (K2960), and one of the 707-337Cs:

[kungfuman]

K2715 no longer has the blue stripe. Just the standard grey, with a light grey nose-cone:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/India--- ... 1557868/L/

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... arch=K2715

Personally, I'd prefer to have current repaints, but I'll take what I can get...

[ani4may]

hello,

thanks for the pics .
the site was offline this afternoon .
so what model of the 707 should i use ?

thank you .

[kungfuman]

I'm afraid I don't know which model is closest to the real 707-337C. What would be important to me, given the choice, is that the model has good AI credentials - ie. many LODs, a good FDE(?) file for realistic flight characteristics and hopefully some additional animations such as moving flaps etc. But I'm afraid this is an area where I'm out of my depth.

Any MAIW staffers and other assorted experts able to comment on this?

Thanks in advance...