The AVSIM Screen Shots Forum

[Just fresh from the Austrian Alps...returning today for a trip...bit closer to home...🙂...] Many years ago, when I started living in Texas (Austin) for a few years...being bit of a history fan, one of the first towns I visited was San Antonio, just ~70 miles southwest of Austin (an hour and half away, no issue, could be accomplished in a weekend day...). Then one day I was chatting with a local friend, and I asked about El Paso, and casually said to him...it should be a good 2-3 hours' drive, I guess. The answer was I should budget about (9-10) hours, El Paso being ~600 miles west of Austin. Texas is, by far, the largest of the contiguous states in U.S., notin…

Lately I've been re-visiting and re-watching some of the Classic (1970s...🙂...) films...and if with bits of aviation in them, the better...The last two I watched recently are the (original) "Airport" and "Where Eagles Dare". In the latter, I like the interplay between the two main actors: the (already) established and accomplished Richard Burton and the (then) upcoming star Clint Eastwood...And, of course, there are bits of aviation involved too...e.g., the Ju-52 flying the Team in in the dramatic opening crescendo, and also helping them make their escape out in the ending sequence... (Note: Unfortunately, the RW plane was destroyed in 2018, in an accident.) But the …

Today I'm going from the British Virgin Islands, more precisely from Terrance Lettsome Airport on Beef Island (next to Tortola) to St. Kitts. But I'm taking a small detour via Sint Maarten. And here we have our good, old Staggerwing Hmmh... Obviously we are on a secret mission today, because we are flying without any identification To be on the safe side, I ask the pilot: "Are we smuggling rum today?" The answer comes promptly: "We ain't smuggling nothing, Mista. We are trading in West Indies goods". Well… that could be fun We are now over the French part of Sint Maar…

From the Cold to the Beach...a flight from Zurich to Nice, France. Hopefully, you enjoyed these images, your commentary is always appreciated...Darryl

Flybe has been always a favorite airline of mine, as probably true for many of us, here. The airline that ceased operations a few years ago was known for its distinctive colors, but the signature "purple" (see below) was one of my most favorite of its liveries. I read today, the airline had said, "Purple is not just our new brand color, it reflects our passion...our flagship purple plane reflects our new world of color and light...". One has to admire these the elements of passion... I'd flown earlier, here, the shorter ATR (42-600), please see, if you wish, my ATR in Jamaica post...BTW, I was thinking a bit... I've travelled, in about a week, from Norway to Jamaica …

A couple of oldies. GAS Stearman in a Jankees livery, & a DC-3/C-47 in a Buffalo Airways livery, over Chile. T45

A long while ago, I'd got the MSFS/Asobo ATR Turboprop, but had never got to fly it. So, I took it out today for a first trial...and chose the Caribbean skies over Jamaica for a short trip. Jamaica is an island country, about 150 miles in length and a maximum width of ~50 miles (and as narrow as only 20 miles wide in some parts). So, I could bicycle the width of the country, coast to coast, in a couple of hours...Nice... (or even less time if I get to use my (newly acquired) Electric (exercise-free) Bike ...🙂...10 mph seems too slow on it...). In contrast, I was just recalling one of my posts, here, and the (RW) trip, from Chicago to New Orleans, also widthwise across U.S…

A light but flexible and capable of reaching high altitudes is the Aérospatiale SA315B Lama, her in the Zermatt-livery and heading the Matterhorn on the Suisse/Italian border.

It is time to continue my trip report Warning: Not much flight action in this post! After arriving in Milford Sound we took a walk around the village. The first place for a simmer (and probably for many other visitors as well) is the famous airport. Sure we spotted a number of planes going in and out - all within a few minutes. The scenery has lots of details, I can´t show them all here, ... ... because we went along the peninsula a bit further to Roscos Kajaks. And surely we enjoyed the views of Bowen Falls. We took a boat to Sandfly Point, the end of the Milford Track - hard to …

I picked up the SLH Caribbean airport bundle today... direct from their site. Payment was using Gpay and was simple enough. The downloads are all zip files which I put in my Addon Linker Caribbean folder. File sizes range from about 100MB to 1GB or so. I wanted to take some views of the airports for you guys. In my opinion, if you even have the slightest inkling to fly this area....the purchase is WELL worth it. Some airports seem slightly nicer than others but overall the quality is fine, especially for the price. I screwed up a bit with the Bermuda TXKF airport, I took a closeup of the GA ramp. There is a full terminal that I sort of captured in the ove…

Hi simmers 😃 From todays flight - Flightplan: IFR A300-600P_Seoul Incheon International Ai (RKSI) to Singapore Changi Airport (WSSS) RW20C Flighttime: 6h 20m If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

At 2000 m height in the Haute Savoie is altiport Courchevel-LFLJ with the typical very steep runway and a popular area for the alpine skiers in the French Alps. Airborne in a Pilatus-PC6;

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Hi simmers 😃 Testing the new V.1.0.4 A300-600 and did a nice flight today witout any issues ! Flightplan: IFR A300-600P_Norman Manley Intl (MKJP) to New Orleans Intl (KMSY) RW11 Flighttime: 3h 30m If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Welcome to Lubbock, heart of the West Texas Alpine District. Home of the big sky, by the looks of things. I feel a Who moment coming on ("I can see for miles, and miles, and miles and miles . . .")

A Chicago O'Hare's Winter... Hopefully, you enjoyed these images, your commentary is always appreciated...Darryl

Mucho thanks and appreciation to all the Devs and Painters!

Hi simmers 😃 A first small sightseeing at MKJS.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

After seeing the 7 (Gaya) airports listed in Ryan's Caribbean Post, first I looked for the Caribbean (XVI) Update on my Xbox system. It showed up as an optional update of "12GB"...and I thought it would take several hours for installation. However, as a pleasant surprise, it took only about 15 minutes...so, I went on to test 2 of the airports (see the full list of 7 in Ryan's post). I've shown, below, a lift-off from (MTCA) Antoine-Simon Airport, over and across the mountains (first 10 pictures), and a touchdown into (MKJS) Sangster International Airport (rest 8 pictures). MKJS has an ILS Rwy of 10,000 ft length, if you wish to fly in with a jetliner... I'm plea…

Like it says on the tin. First, a MiG over Albuquerque, because I can! Perth, jus 'cos I liked the shot Somewhere in Central America On the way to LOWI Somewhere south of Dallas, possibly Around TNCM And although it looked quite calm in the previous shots, there was actually a hurricane on the way to TNCM, and here it is! And all from the comfort of my man-cave. Ain't life grand?

S.31 = Spitfire PR.XIX with the Swedish Air Force S31 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr S31 (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr S31 (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr S31 (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr S31 (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Since I recently saw here a BRAATHENS S.A.F.E. Boeing 767, (Braathens SAFE operated two 767-200s for 2 years), I've been thinking about both Braathens SAFE and SAS, two of my historically interesting airlines. First, it is to be noted that "S.A.F.E." stands for "South American & Far East" because soon after been established (its founding in 1946 was actually 4 months ahead of the (mainline) Scandinavian Flag carrier airline "SAS" that we know today), it had first opened (international) routes to such destinations. For example, one of its Far East routes (quite impressive for the time) went like this: [Oslo -> Amsterdam -> Marseille -> Cairo -> Basra -…

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After seeing all the threads and pictures about the iniBuilds A300, I took a flight on one to see what was the fuss about. But that was during my holidays, I only had my laptop and FS9, so I had to do with HNAC: Not bad for an ultraportable laptop.