The AVSIM Screen Shots Forum

[This is a follow-up of a comment exchanged in the recent bernd post on "Leaving Dianangat, PNG".] The Andes Mountains are as majestic and unparalleled as the incomparable Himalayas...with the great Mount Everest going against the fearsome (stratovolcano) Chimborazo since the earliest creation. We all know the former to be the highest on Earth, but here is a less known fact: Mount Chimborazo's summit is the furthest point on Earth from Earth's center, nearly 7,000 ft farther from Earth's center than Mount Everest's summit. Set in the backdrop of these Andes surroundings, are the Magdalena River, and Avianca of Colombia, world's second oldest living airline...Avianc…

Hi simmers 😃 A few of my favorites that I've flown a lot lately... DC-6, 787-10, B717, If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Top of the Morning to you...a flight from Dublin to London. Hopefully you enjoyed these images, your commentary is greatly appreciated...Darryl

Hi simmers 😃 Prepare for a night start at EDDS.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Hi simmers 😃 A first flight with the Horizonsimulation 787-9. Flightplan: Hefei Xinqiao International Ai (ZSOF) to Kansai International Airport (RJBB) RW06L Flighttime: 2h 10m If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Found some excellent new freeware scenery so I did a flight from KBID to KSYR (Verticalsim) in the Aerobask DA50RG. The new diamond single is a joy to fly and I was able to sit in one at Oshkosh... it's just a unique plane that is very modern. I'd love to own one someday! Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Fairly decent sky rendition from XP12... some minor issues here and there still Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr This one I really love - using Vstates ortho for the new england area Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Our route and we'll eventually get to 16k with O2 t…

Not been doing much simming of late (real world stuff plus setting XP back up), but almost back in to it now. A few random shots from things I've bought or visited recently. Can't even remember where some of them were. So many places, so little time! Hardly ever take the A320 out, but spotted this livery I had so thought I'd see what it looked like I think this was on the way to Southampton But not sure where this was Supercarrier Pro at San Diego Even in the sim, everybody's got their phone up against their ear all the time! Congonhas While I'm making my mind up about the LVFR A330 I grabbed the Headwind version. I like the look of it …

Ken Hall from ORBX, who had previously developed the PNG airstrips for P3D, is active again, but this time for MSFS. A few days ago, he has launched his first PNG strips and they look superb. Here is one of them: Dinangat Thanks for viewing

Testing out this gorgeous and highly detailed new Airbus H160 Helicopter from Hype Performance Group--what an amazing addition to the hangar! Starting out on the corporate ramp at the equally beautiful new KMSP from Flightbeam, across Minneapolis to Crystal Airport near Brooklyn Center. Leaving there it was back down across the city and out into the fields to stop for the night and set up camp!

A long while ago, for nearly 10 years, I used to travel once a year from Columbus (OH) to Washington D.C. / Maryland (a distance of over 400 miles) to visit friends and family, around the Holiday season. So, the route and its landmarks got imprinted in my memory. Basically, I would take I-70 eastward, crossing into Pennsylvania just before Pittsburgh, and then, at New Stanton, I-76 would merge with I-70 to form the PA Turnpike. The Turnpike runs lengthwise across PA, between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. I would get off the Turnpike at Breezewood, a most curious (and very congested) motorist-service oriented town, marked by a large Rest Area (and Truck Stop). My passenger …

WBSim C172 Classic at Bowerman KHQM

Folks: 4 pictures of the same flight, as in my earlier post, this time with a Twin...🙂...the King Air 350...I've chosen dusk light for this flight and flown the (same) 80 miles from Chicago (KORD) to South Bend (KSBN) across Lake Michigan. It got dark when I got there. Winter is already in the air around here (e.g., the mornings are getting darker and darker...getting harder to wake up at 6am...🙂..., and the Daylight-Saving Time ends in 2 weeks for us, here). If you wish to know some more details, please refer to my earlier post. Thanks for viewing and good flying...!

Sometimes the SIM is a wonderful device to divert our mind, albeit briefly, from these troubled times...Today, as I was flying over the Smoky Mountains in MSFS2020, recalling my many trips to that region, the 80s/90s felt so different. For several years, I used to visit the Smokies once every year, including one memorable (winter wonderland) trip during Christmas time. After navigating the mountainous (country) roads, perfectly cleaned and salted, but with layers of fresh/white snow on either side and on the trees, I'd reached Gatlinburg, late (very late) in the night. Those were the days you had to call-in to reserve your (hotel) accommodation (internet-based transaction…

The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, in the Western U.S., equally majestic and rugged, but distinct and separate from its better-known sibling, the Rockies, has always fascinated me. Though I've visited the Rockies up/close, on several occasions, I've never visited the Sierra Nevada except overflying it in commercial flights...and always been on the lookout for it during such flights...🙂... There has been also one particular side-story, from the period of westward migration, that of the (ill-fated) Donner Party, associated with this Mountain Range. The event is regarded by historians as one of the most fascinating tragedies of the entire migration era, symbolized by ext…

A new experience in a flightsimulator: driving a fun car --> new from Parallel42: the Juice Goose as UTV(Utility Task Vehicle) on a variety of playgrounds and can be us all over the world's sceneries. Hereby an extraction of how it looks on the specific included sceneries of this exciting //42 package:

Hi simmers 😃 First short testflight after update to v2-0-50 and it does look fine to me, no more zig-zag flight in NAV modus and ILS was capturing fine with the GTN750, not used the Gyropilot at this flight. Flightplan: Stuttgart (EDDS) to Bremen Airport (EDDW) If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

I was testing the POI Waypoint insertion to the (MSFS) FlightPlan and thought of this famous Castle...tucked away in the foothill mountains of the Bavarian Alps... Please find 5 pictures of the en-route terrain (quite scenic) I flew across.... after lifting off from EDDM/Munich... Hope you enjoy. Thanks for viewing.

Hi simmers 😃 My all-time most loved 747 livery, and I know there are other very good ones, for example the Qantas Yam. Dreaming but the SAA Ndizani is mine !! And she is visiting Amsterdam Schiphol EHAM.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Please enjoy this quick CJ4 repositioning flight from Montgomery KMYF to Palm Springs KPSP We're very light so it'll be a quick climb to 17k via JLI V208 TRM direct KPSP. MYF is freeware from our favorite developer @vbazillio ! At the end I show off some of iniBuilds scenery Thank you for viewing Ready for taxi Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Embarking on our 25 min flight Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Coronado bridge, downtown San Diego, Lindbergh field and North Island NAS in the background Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Doing around 4500 fpm here - one of Waffler11's new paints which in…

After reaching Rusty Barge on my way to Chunilna, it was time to break camp to fly over Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, head West towards Yakutat, and find a way North of Kayak Island to find the Million Dollar Bridge and the Childs Glacier Airstrip. I tried something new, at least to me, creating a custom map with geolocalized photos so you can follow the trip (just click on the map, it'll redirect you to the MyMaps) Early morning in Rusty Barge, 0°C (32°F), not enough to prevent the 2 Rotax to start. ~10 mn after take-off, Haines is waking up, and in the background is Chilkhoot Inlet, which lies North up to Skagway. I took a lit…

Hm. My very first try (!) to show you one of my pictures ... 😅 And now I start to sweat.. I understand that for best results we use something like Google Drive, flickr, et cetera et cetera . Until today, I don't own something like that. But I've tried to create a link, so that you only click on it to open my picture. Let's see if this link works. Due to hardware changes, this is a rather old picture, 7 or 8 months old, and I only begin to set up the simulator completely new. But nevertheless imho there's a certain beauty in this picture. From EDDF to PANC nonstop with Randazzos B744 PS: Now you ask me for the location of that picture. Somewhere in…

No One did a Tour, So I did...Phoenix Sky Harbor. One problem, the frames are lower than I would like but the quality is better than expected. Hopefully you enjoyed these images, your commentary is greatly appreciated...Darryl

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It's a murky day here in the PNW of the USA. But it's a perfect day for an IFR flight from Bowerman to Orcas Island in the TBM 850. Cruise is 17,000 ft and routing is: KHQM ULESS T263 ARRIE ORCUS (RNAV 34) KORS By the time we reach FL170, we're nearly at TOD, so please enjoy the photos from my trip. Absolutely lovely HQM freeware from @vbazillio and KORS scenery by Orbx. My favorite colored livery by @Tim-HH! Everyone knows the Black Square TBM by now, and mine is equipped with TDS GTN 750Xi and GNS 530W. With this overcast it's still VFR but we'll pop into the bases right after gear retraction Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Climb aboa…

Like a lot of people, I've been flying the new Black Square TBM 850 around like crazy. Most of my flying has been short hops, practice approaches, VFR sightseeing etc. This afternoon I wanted to stretch my legs and take her up to FL300. It's a little over a 2 hour flight from KMYL to KMRY in the TBM850. I didn't have much of a tailwind, (and had a heck of a crosswind). But she flew at book numbers and I ended up with about 320 kts over the ground for most of the trip. With a distance of 550+ miles I needed to split my adventure into two parts. Part 1 is taxi, takeoff, climb/cruise. Part 2 will be initial descent into the Bay area, and then onto Monterey. The stun…