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Wanta go Skiing...Loveland to Aspen Colorado Thanks for viewing, Darryl

I often recreate flights I have taken IRL. For example, YBCS-YBCG.

Many years ago my wife and I flew into Alice Springs, spent two days in the somewhat sleepy town, before we took a car and drove to Ayers Rock. In those days very few called it Uluru and I was still allowed to climb it. Starting October 2019 it will be banned to climb Uluru Kata out of respect to its traditional owners, the Anangu people ORBX Australia v2 I still remember well, when we drove by car through this “hole” in the mountain Lake Amadeus is a large salt lake, some 180 km long and 10 km wide Shortly thereafter Uluru comes into sight The sha…

Enstrom copter ported from FSX via FlyAway Simulations. Has simple VC and good handling, arguably the best handling I've experienced in a P3D copter.... I like the look of this copter which is in the same vein as the Rotorway 162... https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/5840/fsx-enstrom-280fx-package/ John

BD5j out of Lubbock TX, with its great farm vibe.... Last shot shows the final extent of my OrthoXP coverage made for XP11.... Provides hour upon hour of scenic flying! Note the "Queen of the skies" on takeoff from Lubbock to the south, in my first shot.... John

Gee Bee ("G B" stands for "Granville Brothers" (Zantford, Thomas, Robert, Mark and Edward)) was a unique and novel aircraft. In particular, Gee Bee Model Z (subject of this post, and made famous via the film The Rocketeer) was the first of the Super Sportsters built by the Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, MA. It was created with the sole intent of winning the prestigious Thompson Trophy. Just as (one of the few still continuing) famous Reno Air Races (1st race 1964), Thompson Trophy was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s (it lasted 1929-1961). It was the period of aviation when daring pilots, with nerves of steel, …

Sunny and 75! Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr

My modified Sky Spirit 767-300ER so I can have wing views from the external model ported into P3D.... The last pic is a real one of the same livery in Phoenix. Thomas Cook has recently expanded its non-stop 767-300ER service out of Phoenix due to its success, and the 767 is a great aircraft for long hauls in economy.... I use the 2-d panel included with another Skyspirit package found here and the Thomas Cook/Condor livery found at Avsim and modified to fit in with this package, which makes for a fine library of 13 repaints and P3D4.x compatibility. As noted in another post, I modified the aircraft by editing the internal model in the four model.cfg files to match the…

My fav shot is the last shot, note the lightning.... John

The Boston area was understandingly quite cloudy and misty as we departed KBOS during the morning after, one of the smaller airports in the region visible through the BINOVC. The flight to St Louis saw mostly cloudy skies along the flight plan [BLZZR.BAF Q480 AIR J110 VHP.AARCH2] We finally broke out of the cloud cover near central Illinois, just as we began receiving our first St Louis area ATIS. KSUS, St Louis Spirit, was the first we received, and we were overjoyed to hear 6,500 scattered and 20 miles. That was an indication our slow approach would be seen by many fans on the ground! We however were to land at St Louis Lambert! …

I modified this Skyspirit 767 so it could have dynamic wing views from the original model. It uses the original 2D panel, and I used P3D's camera config to save the wing view positions. For a legacy aircraft, flight dynamics are just outstanding and the takeoff and gps guided flight towards EGLL feel quite real, especially with the wing views and sunset takeoff from JFK looking towards the Empire State building and new WTC.... To get the wing views from the exterior model I just modified the model.cfg for each of the four included aircraft types so the interior model matched the exterior model. The pax perspective makes for enjoyable memories, my last European flight …

I forgot to take screenies of the landing - I was just enjoying the weather and the lighting

Blue wednesday, nice weather

Departing Leadeville's Lake County Airport (KLXV). Highest airport in North America (9,934 ft). Crossing the continental divide for the first time at Freemont Pass (11,318 ft). Climax modybdenum mine. Joining I-70 at Copper Mountain. Following I-70 eastbound. Dillon Reservoir. Crossing the divide for the second time. I-70 disappears into Eisenhower Tunnel (11,158 ft). I-70 reappears 1.7 miles later, just after the divide. Torrey's Peak (14,267 ft) in the distance. Leaving I-70 and turning west at Empire for Berthoud Pass. Crossing the div…

It’s early morning, weather forecast is favorable and we use this time an old WWII B-25 Mitchell plane, because I just love the sound of round engines We cross the Queen Charlotte Sound Below us are a couple of islands south of Dawsons Landing and Rivers Inlet I must admit that some of these pics almost look like real On our final leg, we have turned northeast into the Burke Channel Almost there Thanks for viewing

Sitting on display on the tarmac at Lambert Field, in St. Louis, just out of the paint shop! Waiting to head to our Stanley Cup Conference Finals destination! Will it be the San Jose Sharks? Or the Colorado Avalanche? That will be decided in tonight's Game 7 Division Finals in San Jose. If San Jose wins, the Conference Finals will begin there. But if the Avalanche prevail St Louis will inherit Home Ice advantage and the series will start in St Louis. The winner of the Conference Finals 7 game series will play in the Stanley Cup Finals. During the series with Nashville, and the series vs Dallas, the back and forth trips were made with a Turbine Duke v2. But st…

The airborne Tin Lizzy and the Cardinal....

I am glad Laminar has finally updated DC and NYC, NYC is especially well done, as is the Lincoln Memorial and Capitol building in DC.... Cultural additions to Xplane11 add richness to the sim for Americans, or Europeans, or elsewhere where such additions are added. John

Just one, a night flight just out of Fairbanks AK in the Icon A5 with the shimmering Aurora overhead to cast an eerie green glow atop the wings. The Aurora is not in Xplane11 as a default option, but it and shooting stars can be added by editing X-Plane.prf in the output, preferences folder and editing these lines from a zero to a one at the end, to read: renopt_aurora 1 renopt_fire_ball 1 The aurora will appear above 60 degrees north or higher--Fairbanks for example is at 64 degrees north The shooting stars are brief, but watch for them.... John