The final livery of our Oceania trio is that of TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) - a precursor to the current Air New Zealand national carrier. The airline was established by the governments of the UK, Australia and New Zealand to provide a cross-Tasman service using flying boats in the 1940s and 50s. A conversion to land-based planes began in 1954, when the popular Auckland–Sydney service switched to Douglas DC-6 aircraft. In 1960 land-based planes also took over the Coral Route. New Zealand assumed full ownership of TEAL in April 1961.
While TEAL's operations were largely between New Zealand, Australia, and the nearby Pacific nations, under the Air New Zealand company brand, they expanded across the Pacific, into Asia, and around the world.
The registration number is fictitious, but the livery is as close as possible to one of the original mid-1950s liveries. This one carried the flags of both New Zealand and Australia, though later most aircraft carried only the New Zealand flag.
The screen shots picture the aircraft at Auckland Airport, and taking off from Christchurch Airport with the backdrops of the Christchurch Hills and the majestic Southern Alps.
INSTALLATION: unzip the accompanying file and install it using the PMDG Operations Centre.
21 days ago
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25 days ago
Highlander23
Another great livery, I'd definitely second the reg' change. Really looking forward to flying around NZ and across to Brisbane or Fiji with her.
3 years ago
AntillesFlyer
Awesome livery, love the classic look of this aircraft. More please……
3 years ago
I was only planning on doing these three Oceania liveries as freebies because PMDG had completely overlooked this part of the world. I may do a Sth African livery if time permits, but I'm busy doing custom requests for the forseeable future.
3 years ago
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cjm845
Awesome livery! Thanks! And even the thumbnail is very well done, great job!
I just don't think TEAL had any ZK-RCL or VH-RCL. I think they only had 3 DC-6: ZK-BGA, ZK-BGB, ZK-BGC.
I think the version you made, that has 2 flags on the tail, is BGB.
3 years ago
Thanks for your helpful comments - it is a fictional livery. I am busy with requests at present but if time permits I may update the rego. If you really want that for yourself, send me a direct message and let me know and I'll add it to my queue!
3 years ago
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