The AVSIM Screen Shots Forum

This is what I like about the sim. I don't personally care about how to fly any plane properly, not my thing but all power to those for whom it's important. What I like is being able to pop into my own private F117 and go and scare the good folks (pixels, really) of Colorado if I get the urge. So I headed out from KDEN, planning to head north briefly then fly back down over the city, and then just generally head south for a bit. Because I can. Downtown in the distance Don't know about invisible to radar, but it's pretty hard to spot visually in most cases. I suspect there's a lot of the same reasons at play there - irregular lines and angles etc no doubt fool th…

Over Cleveland today just as Oscar Gonzalez launched his Wildcard Series game-winning walkoff HR. The Hjet so quiet that at FL370 we heard the crack of the bat and the crowd going crazy..... (Ok! Ok! Yes, we were watching on my cockpit iPad, LOL! Reallly was the position of my flight at the time!)

In my previous post I'd illustrated the (Douglas) DC-9-20, with an objective to explore the two a/c manufacturers of my Title,...both companies legendary, but now left with no trace of theirs to be found in the (commercial) passenger (air) transports of today...dominated by A- and B-...if, however, history were just a bit kinder to DC/MD, there could be, now, at least a type of (big) DC (or MD) "twin" long-hauler jets roaming the skies today...indeed it was close...(see below)... Douglas (maker of many iconic a/c, and a company that had introduced more successful designs that fought wars than any other manufacturer) became McDonnell Douglas in 1967, and 30 years late…

I wanted to see if I could follow a flight that departed KLAX. I could but didn't follow all the way as it was just a test. But it was fun.

Biman Bangladesh VEPT-VGHS Georgian Airways ILS Approach RW13 UGSB Batumi From UDYZ Deboarding Oman Air from OOMS To OMAA FL340 Blue Air Lipz LJLJ, sunset at FL240. It was announced that Blue Air was forced to suspend all operations for at least six days, following the seizure of the airline's accounts by the Romanian authorities. Prior to this event there had already been arguments between the airline and the state after a high-ranking official advised against buying tickets from the airline... UPS from EBBR TO EDDK

Flight from Edinburgh to Glasgow. I didn't take the most direct route and made a few circles in the sky above some places before arriving at my destination.The weather was a little more difficult at the start than at the finish.A flight that ends well. I will take the opportunity to compliment Daniela Rodríguez Careri for the sounds design.My god ! After having cut the engine of the 172 and after opening the door I was swept away for a quarter of an hour by this incredible external environment. Simply Magic!

[Aviation history is saturated with tales of remarkable a/c, and also remarkable incidents...small and big...tragic and uplifting...well-known and forgotten. And the internet is an incredible resource and treasure-trove of such stories and events. While lately reviewing a bit, the history of Douglas and McDonnell Douglas companies, one thing led to another, and I came across a little (RW) aviation incident that occurred back in the winter of 1973, in Norway, on the ice-covered surface of Oslofjord bay, roughly 5 miles west of (current) Oslo Airport (ENGM), off the (now decommissioned) Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU/ENFB) ...] The DC-9 was a trend-setter a/c... a truly pio…

MSFS PMDG's 737-600 A quick test hop to Vegas from KBCE, Bryce.

Hi simmers 😉 From a flight today over south America.. laughing Mickey Mouse.. cheers 😉

I thought there was to be 2,000 of separation in the upper flight levels. This was more like 1,000 ft of separation. I had to act fast to get this screen shot. I was at FL360 with a GS of 400 knots in the Hjet. Did not quite see what the other type was, but man was that a super fast closing speed. First time I have had this close of an encounter. His path seemed the exact opposite of mine and it was not on a published airway. I was going direct from SPI to IRK. I am not sure if the current WT G3000 provides audible TCAS alerts.

I woke up far too early for a Sunday today, so I decided to jump in the Sim and simply fly with no planning or ages spent in the World Map trying to find somewhere (it's a bit like Netflix at times!). I just immediately picked Lausanne, headed South with no particular destination in mind and it's moments like this where this Sim can truly shine. You tend to forget the grievances, issues and schoolboy annoyances of Asobo and just enjoy the flight. This one started off in fairly overcast weather, got a bit sunnier as I crossed Lake Geneva and where I'd usually head SW and up through the valley into deepest Switzerland I decided to turn East and head towards Geneva instead…

A few pics of my recently installed the Porter PC6 from Milviz, bought during their flash sale @ 30% off. Quite a fun plane to fly, and one where you need to be careful with the engine so as to not blow it. I'm liking it 🙂 Cheers Pretty sparten in the back. Lots of nice gauges at the front end.

Historically I'm more of a virtual airliner pilot, but these days I am racking up hours flying in Alaska on my NXCub. I took off from Chunilna Cabin Strip (AK98) to the Stampede strip. Nice trip, quite abrupt transition on the ground between normal and snow textures, but great great weather and clouds. I did encounter a small difficulty at 6000 feet when I got too close to the clouds. Icing started to cover the windows and wing edges. I had to quickly descend to 3000 feet while turning on the cabin heat. Intense and immersive, even if icing conditions could be more punishing.

Once in a blue moon, I find a really neat little scenery (outside of where I typically fly in the US). And then naturally I have to do a flight. Today I downloaded this lovely airfield called Voeltendorf: https://flightsim.to/file/41048/load-voeltendorf-airfield I wanted to experience arriving here so I also bought LOWS Salzburg from Digital Design. I think there are one or two more options but this one looked the best to me. It was about 17 USD on Contrail app. Regrettably I have zero clues about flying VFR in this area, if it is even allowed or not. But I did stop at the contact ATC line LOL! So here you guys, a rare Eurotrip for me flying the Just …

Here I am again in this incredible atmosphere. This time departing from Leeds Bradford with a northwesterly direction and of course a return to the starting point. The weather was again difficult and the challenge was up to it.I even scared myself with this change in visibility but I took some risks at low altitude to admire the effects of colors and some beautiful rays of light. I also installed ShadeX with small adjustments.

A new tour through all Asia. The adventure goes on. Skymark Take Off RW03 Amami. Skymark touchdown RW34 Kagoshima. ANA ILS Final approach RW06L Osaka Kansai. Japan Airlines Climb for cruise from Tokyo Haneda To Shirahama. Deboarding Nanki Shirahama. Korean Air Deboarding Jeju from Gimpo. MIAT Mongolian Airlines Boarding ZBAA To ZMUB. Air China Take off RW18L ZBAA To ZMUB. Air China deboarding from ZBAA. Skymark Pokemon Final Approach RW03 Amami from RJFk. China Southern deboarding To Incheon from Yanji Chaoyangchuan. Tianjin air Cargo at Incheon. …

ORBX South America mesh, default MSFS King Air Thanks for viewing

I was reading, today, a bit about "Payload vs. Range" optimizations, and I've (occasionally) mentioned, before, how the a/c manufacturers, at the request of operators (or of their own accord for market needs) often bring out newer (stretched or shrunk) variants of their already deployed aircraft. This is because it's (likely) easier (speaking, here, naively, of course...), for the manufacturer, to build from a proven (and field-hardened) model rather than start with a clean-sheet design e.g., a stretch will be achieved by adding extra plugs to the existing fuselage, but much of the design (systems and flight controls) etc. can be carried over. For example, compared with t…

I think, those of us, who have migrated to MSFS, have our fair share of now surplus aircraft in our old FS9/FSX,P3D hangars. And at least for me it's a pity that I can't use them anymore in MSFS, unless I port them over myself. This Convair is such an example. It's the FS9 Tom Gibson, Greg Pepper aircraft, which I had to convert first to FSX, before I could port her over to MSFS. The panel is from the Razbam Fairchild Metro. And for copyright reasons, I will of course keep this bird strictly to myself. It's not perfect (how could it), but it's different and above all, its fun to fly and most of the gauges work 😃 …

CFY 737 Motorized 737 Max throttle I picked up this throttle as part of my SimOn Solutions 737 Compact trainer package. What additional items needed to use the throttle unit Qty-1 US Plug Adapters (European to US Plug) I ordered 2 2-packs as I needed another for my wet compass. Qty- 1 USB to Ethernet adapter for the CFY throttle unit CFY Setup and configuration utility (Free from the CFY web site) CFY license for PMDG or Prosim ($50) Upon unboxing the throttle unit ships with the motorized trim wheels off the unit. The throttle itself was well packaged and wrapped up to prevent any damage during shipping from overseas. It’s…

Hi simmers 😃 Fenix A320 and Concorde - what a difference of airplanes.. cheers 😉 PS: ..and have fun with the SU10 update, seems some kind of bomer - at least for me 🙃

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