FSX / P3D Repaint

FSX Air Maplin Boeing 737-800

Air Maplin Boeing 737-800 repaint brings the fictional Hi-De-Hi holiday-camp airline to life with a crisp 1980s-inspired scheme and registration G-PUGH, named “Ruth” in tribute to Gladys Pugh. Designed for the default 737-800 in Microsoft Flight Simulator X, it adds a distinctive charter-operator look to the virtual cockpit.

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Rate 168 downloads since 2011 2.95 MB Scanned clean · Jul 2026 Added 8 Aug 2011

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Repaint — for the sim’s default aircraft, nothing else needed

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A yellow Boeing 737-800 with Air Maplin livery and the name Ruth is parked on a taxiway near a striped barrier.

Air Maplin Boeing 737-800. A repaint of the default B737-800 in a livery for the fictional Air Maplin, based on the 80s sitcom Hi-De-Hi. By Paul Murtagh.

Air Maplin Boeign 737-800 on tarmac.

Fs x Air Maplin Boeing 737-800 registration G-PUGH. This is my first re-paint for fs x using Fs Repaint. It's for the fictional airline Air Maplin based on the 80s sitcom Hi-De-Hi!.

INSTILLATION:
Copy the Hi-De-Hi directory to the 737-800 directory.

Open the Aircraft.cfg file and add the following text:

[fltsim.xx] title=AIR MAPLIN 737-800 "RUTH" sim=Boeing737-800 model= panel= sound= texture=HI-DE-HI kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref atc_id=MAPLIN atc_airline=AIR MAPLIN atc_flight_number= ui_manufacturer=Boeing ui_type=737-800 ui_variation=MAPLIN'S HOLIDAY CAMP ui_typerole=Commercial Airliner ui_createdby=Microsoft Corporation description=Named after Ruth Madoc (Hi-de-hi's Gladys Pugh) this aircraft is used for charter flights operated by Air Scotia.

Paul Murtagh

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File information

Filename

hi-de-hi-1.zip

File size

2.95 MB

Added

8 August 2011

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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 hi-de-hi-1.zip has 14 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
aircraft.cfg	09.24.10	506 B
file_id.diz	09.24.10	197 B
README.txt	09.24.10	867 B
b737_800_1_T.dds	08.05.10	1.00 MB
b737_800_1_T_Specular.dds	08.05.10	1.00 MB
b737_800_2_T.dds	08.05.10	1.00 MB
b737_800_2_T_Specular.dds	08.05.10	1.00 MB
Fresnel_Ramp.dds	08.05.10	640 B
texture.cfg	08.14.06	137 B
thumbnail.jpg	08.15.10	771.33 kB
Thumbs.db	03.09.07	5.00 kB
texture.HI-DE-HI	09.24.10	0 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B