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I'm so happy to have a 2024 version of the Duke in my sim now. I've taken up TimHH's superb paint on the turbine for about a 350nm flight that lasts just shy of 2 hours. Both airports are freeware recently released! We file X39 BRUTS Q118 THRSR KPDK / FL260 I thought maybe the airport was too small for the turbine duke but they do have JetA fuel... so we'll call it realistic enough! We'll be dodging some storms as we blast out of here - we'll be talking to Tampa departure as X39 is uncontrolled A few deviations to avoid the heavier precip, but we didn't have to do many course changes and are enroute our first fix BRUTS, to join RNAV airwa…

Hi simmers 😉 From todays flight - MD-82 USAir from KRDU to KPHX with around 4h flighttime. Departing from KRDU.. coming near my arrival.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers

In my previous post, I'd travelled from Poland to Italy, mimicking, in the (virtual) air, a roadway trip, that an acquaintance of mine is, in fact, currently in the process of completion, in the RW. There, I flew at 20,000 ft or more, to stay clear of the highest of the Austrian Alps which was my primary focus of interest. At those altitudes, on my route to Rome, I zoomed over the final stretch of the Italian mountain range, the Apennines, down below, that run down (almost) the entire length of Italy, hence, often called Italy's "spine". The Apennines may not get as much attention as the European Alps, including the (vast) Italian Alps that stretch across the northern bor…

Royal Airlines, part of the Montreal based Royal Aviation Group, was a scheduled passenger (and Cargo) service operating flights between half a dozen Canadian cities, as well as international service to a handful of US destinations, and limited destinations in the UK and Germany. The bulk of service during the airline's history between 1991 and 2001, was flown with the B737-200 and the B727-200 (a combined fleet of 18 aircraft between the two types). International/overseas flights were accommodated with the A310. I flew with Royal exactly 4 times in the late 90's...yeah, to say my paltry contribution helped their bottom-line would be grossly overstated! I s…

Denver - Las Vegas

As the summer season is coming to an end, at least for the countries in the Northern hemisphere, and as the temperatures around here have already turned cool; most significantly, I am getting to see, around the suburban yards and gardens, for this year, the last of the butterflies, bees, and especially (those almost bee-look-alike) hummingbirds of Illinois...🙂...Yes, indeed, there is at least one (dazzlingly colored) and vibrantly ruby-throated hummingbird species that shows up (every year) without fail outside my virtual aviator's window...🙂...while the neighbor gingerly tries to take pictures of it...🙂...as the little bird zooms around among the trees and plants. I do n…

Another one published...

...OK...🙂...Part of the title sounds like a line that might be from one of the African novels of fellow Chicagoland-er (and one of my favorite authors) Ernest Hemingway. The globe-trotting author was born ~25 miles from where I live...🙂... and supposedly spent the first 20 years in Oak Park, Illinois (btw, that reminds me I need to find some time to visit one more time his birthplace Home and Museum). Anyway, in my previous post, I was roaming the airspace around the Cape Town International Airport (FACT), in the various Airbus A350 types. That's because I've been lately thinking of (virtually) visiting bits of the (vast) African continent. The other reason for this…

Dirt area is everywhere on the field for more realism: Did you know that they were a VOR Check location at Toussus ? Less and less used, a VOR check done at this compass rose verifies the aircraft’s VOR navigation accuracy against a fixed airport reference point. This ensures compliance with regulations requiring checks within ±4° for safe IFR operations. An attempt - with my limited Blender skills - to mimic the Hégé Hélicoptère building and updates on some other east building zone. West area of LFPN with AstonFly and Trimaille: To join/leave the historical - but still in use - Farman hangar you have to cross the ai…

Hi simmers ☺️ Some real sky snaps.. As Real as it gets Series ! If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers

Here's a few pics of my recent paintwork, all available for 2020 aircraft on fs.2

Let me clarify right away that by "two ATRs of Amazon", I do not mean two ATR aircraft in Amazon's fleet. Of course, one ATR reference does refer to the turboprop regional aircraft manufactured by ATR, the Franco-Italian company. However, the reference to the other ATR in my Title is as follows: ATR = Automated Tote Retriever Today, I was in a large Supermarket in the Chicago suburbs, and was accosted in one of the store isles by one such robotic machine, much taller than I am, I might add, and it wouldn't care to make way for me...🙂... Apparently, it was an autonomous inventory robot, a self-propelled device equipped with cameras and sensors, moving around m…

This was an appealing (ie, challenging!) livery to repaint for the FSS B727-200 PAX...a classic style with a partial metal fuselage. Iberia was the largest operator of B727-200 aircraft in Europe, with a total of 48 in their fleet. The aircraft depicted here, EC-CFB, was delivered on January 22, 1974 and served the airline (single operator) for 26 years before finally being retired in June 2000. Hope you enjoy the photos!

Had a very nice morning flight from my hometown of Bergen over the mountain to Oslo (fun fact, the route is 35-45 minutes by plane and 6-8 hours with a car/train depending on conditions). Latest Fenix version released yesterday I believe, MSFS 2020, Bergen Freeware and Aerosoft Oslo in use in the images below. Specs is in my signature. Settings are all over high-ultra except for bloom and the other settings on the bottom that affects performance unecessary when I only fly the Fenix (as an image in the middle will show evidence of). Clouds and texture resolution is also ultra and AutoFPS controls TLOD from 50 on the ground up to 400 at FL200. VRAM is meant to be used, and …

Let me clarify right away that by "two ATRs of Amazon", I do not mean two ATR aircraft in Amazon's fleet. Of course, one ATR reference does refer to the turboprop regional aircraft manufactured by ATR, the Franco-Italian company. However, the reference to the other ATR in my Title is as follows: ATR = Automated Tote Retriever Today, I was in a large Supermarket in the Chicago suburbs, and was accosted in one of the store isles by one such robotic machine, much taller than I am, I might add, and it wouldn't care to make way for me...🙂... Apparently, it was an autonomous inventory robot, a self-propelled device equipped with cameras and sensors, moving around m…