VPS_SPIT Posted May 6, 2023 Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) Hi, While searching for reference for another livery, I stumbled across an image series of a very special Mustang. The photographs were taken in Geneva in the 1980's and showed a P-51 sporting different nosearts on each side : "Candyman" on the right, "Moose" on the left. More interestingly though, it was written "Pilot Stephen Grey" on the left side of the cockpit and "Crew Chief J-P Sudan" on the right. As you may know, Sir Stephen Grey is none other than the father of Nick, the CEO and founder of Eagle Dynamics. The P-51 on the photo was actually the very first warbird of the Fighter Collection, when it was founded in Geneva. On can argue that DCS might have never existed without if Stephen Grey had not bought this airplane. The crew chief, Jean-Pierre Sudan, was a towplane pilot at my gliding club until recently, yet I never knew he'd worked for Stephen Grey, nor that he'd flown the Wildcat ! He is a very modest guy and never talks about that time. He's also an outstanding pilot ! Learning about all this, I knew I just had to bring this plane to DCS. Since I have recently had some experience plaxing with the textures of the pilot's face in DCS, I also tried to make the pilot look as close as possible to Sir Grey (I hope I did a good enough job of it ) Enough blabla, here are some WIP shots : Edited May 6, 2023 by VPS_SPIT 1
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