FSX / P3D Repaint

FSX Green Sky Adventures Zippy Sport

Green Sky Adventures Zippy Sport repaint brings a crisp red-and-white scheme and N8693W registration to Craig Richardson’s lively sport single, adding a fresh look for low-and-slow sightseeing or spirited pattern work in FSX. It installs as a new texture set and requires the freeware Zippy Sport base aircraft package.

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Rate 229 downloads since 2012 3.04 MB Scanned clean · Aug 2026 Added 26 Nov 2012

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Repaint — base model required

Images & Screenshots

3 total

A red and white single-engine biplane with registration N8693W is parked on a ramp near several other small aircraft and hangars.

A red and white taildragger aircraft flies above a ramp with a yellow biplane, a silver twin-engine plane, and a hangar.

A red and white high-wing light aircraft with registration N8693W is shown in flight with a single pilot visible in the cockpit.

Green Sky Adventures Zippy Sport repaint textures in red and white for the fun flying Craig Richardson freeware Zippy Sport (ZIPPY_SPORT.ZIP). By Tom Tiedman.

Screenshot of Green Sky Adventures Zippy Sport on the ground.

Installation:

Copy and paste (or drag and drop) the enclosed "texture.Red N8693W" folder into your Zippy Sport's airplane folder.
Copy and paste the [fltsim.X] info below into your Zippy Sport's "aircraft.cfg" file, remembering to change the "X" in [fltsim.X] to the next number in line among your Zippy Sport repaints. Then click 'file', then click 'save'.
Enjoy a zippy flight!

[fltsim.X] title=Zippy_Sport_Red_N8693W sim=Zippy_Sport model= panel= sound= texture=Red N8693W kb_checklists= kb_reference= atc_id=N8693W atc_id_color= ui_manufacturer="Green Sky Adventures" ui_type="Zippy Sport" ui_variation="Red N8693W" ui_typerole="Single Engine Prop" ui_createdby="Craig Richardson" description=Red N8693W repaint by Tom Tiedman.

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File information

Filename

zipp_sport_red_repaint.zip

File size

3.04 MB

Added

26 November 2012

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Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

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Requires dependencies

This file is a repaint — the package below is the base model it paints onto. Install it first, or the textures will have nothing to load onto.

zippy_sport.zip

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D Repaint

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Add livery to base aircraft folder

Place the texture folder (typically texture.{airline}) inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\{base-aircraft}\.
Update aircraft.cfg

Open the base aircraft.cfg in Notepad. Add a new [fltsim.X] section per the readme.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

What’s inside this archive

The archive zipp_sport_red_repaint.zip has 23 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
file_id.diz	11.01.12	260 B
READ ME and INSTALLATION.txt	11.01.12	1.16 kB
Screenshot 1.jpg	11.01.12	270.11 kB
Screenshot 2.jpg	11.01.12	227.93 kB
texture.Red N8693W	11.01.12	0 B
Fresnel_Ramp.dds	10.31.12	640 B
gauges.dds	10.31.12	1.33 MB
pilot.dds	10.31.12	1.33 MB
prop.dds	10.31.12	85.46 kB
Radio.dds	10.31.12	341.48 kB
thumbnail.jpg	11.01.12	85.13 kB
Zippy.dds	10.31.12	1.33 MB
Zippy_1.dds	10.31.12	1.33 MB
Zippy_2.dds	10.31.12	1.33 MB
Zippy_3.bmp	11.01.12	4.00 MB
Zippy_3.dds	11.01.12	4.00 MB
Zippy_4.bmp	10.31.12	4.00 MB
Zippy_4.dds	10.31.12	4.00 MB
Zippy_5.bmp	11.01.12	4.00 MB
Zippy_5.dds	11.01.12	4.00 MB
thumbnail.jpg	11.01.12	85.13 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B