This video was originally published to YouTube on Sep 25, 2020. Unfortunately, the livery is not compatible with FS 2024.

Background on N149Z The US Forest Service uses infrared line-scanning aircraft to detect and map forest fires. King Air N149Z is one of the two fixed-wing aircraft that fulfill this role in the western United States. During the current 2020 fire season, the aircraft and its crew have been busy flying missions almost every day. The flightaware tracker (https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...) shows recent heavy activity between Ogden, Utah and points in Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado. The aircraft even has its own twitter account ( @nirops_n149z ) that is used to announce the availability of new infrared imagery as it's acquired, so that emergency response personnel can quickly get the data they need to evaluate fire events as they're happening.

About the Livery My take on the livery aims to be as true-to-life as possible. The actual N149Z is a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, a slightly older model than the 350i featured in Flight Simulator. For ATC, I felt is was important to keep the authentic tail number in-game, though its position is different. Due to a bug in Flight Simulator, the tail number color cannot be changed.

Included in the pack are two alternate color schemes based on the same livery. A reversed version, white-on-red. And a version in the Forest Service green color traditionally used for the ground vehicle fleet.

All liveries have been created from scratch using 4k textures.

I hope you enjoy flying with these liveries as much as I've enjoyed making them.

Download here: https://flightsim.to/file/841/us-forest-service-infrared-scanning-n149z