October 4, 20214 yr I’m deep in the Maasai Mara Reserve near the Serena Lodge and plan a trip to the East towards the Ngong Hills, made famous in the book and movie “Out of Africa”. I also found an appropriate plane for my trip, a Gipsy Moth with the correct registration. It’s the FSX GAS model, which I ported to MSFS. She flies beautifully and all gauges work. A bit of trivia, if you allow me: Out of Africa's 1929-model Gipsy Moth G-AAMY biplane was shipped to Kenya in 1985 in the back of a DC8 for the filming of the movie. Sir Henry Dalrymple-White, a noted Royal Air Force Wing Commander in WW2, piloted it, soaring high above the Maasai Mara and the Great Rift Valley. G-AAMY was flown for approximately 50 hours of filming in Kenya, during which, I’m sure you remember, it roused a large flock of pink flamingoes. That scene among others earned the cinematographer, late David Watkin, an Academy Award for his lens work. Since 2013 the plane is owned by a certain Jochen Zeitz, is fully restored and flown regularly at Zeitz’s Segera lodge in Kenya. Here is a nice 5 min video, where the plane is being assembled after restoration. Then he flies G-AAMY around his lodge: I have been to this area a few times, this looks very much believable. Close to the Ngong Hills Quite a few buildings to my left on top of the hills. It shows that they are not too far from Nairobi. At the time of Karen Blixen, an ox-drawn cart needed three days to cover this distance Getting away from the hills again, I turn south. I know a small, unmarked airstrip near another resort, where I can land and have my lunch. Ready for lunch? I am 😄 Thanks for viewing Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
October 4, 20214 yr Delightful 😀 Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
October 4, 20214 yr Nice! Thanks for sharing. Martin Sims: MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024 and X-plane 11 Home Airport: CYCW - Chilliwack, BC Canada i5 13600KF 32GB DDR4 3600 RAM, RTX3080TI Meta Quest 3
October 4, 20214 yr Beautiful ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
October 4, 20214 yr Nice looking pictorial, I don't generally fly older planes like the Moth...but give me an EMB-175 or A220... Darryl
October 5, 20214 yr Very serene and peaceful, just what we need in these traumatic days, thanks Neil Ward CPU Intel Core i7 [email protected] with FrostFlow 240L Liquid Cooling, M/B ROG STRIX X299-E-GAMING, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, RAM G.Skill 32GB DDR4 Ripjaws Blue,
October 5, 20214 yr Wonderful shots and background, Bernd. And the best bit is that although the screenshots are excellent, I know that the immersion factor actually doing that flight must have been even greater. I'm seriously considering getting a silly screen next year (60 inch TV or similar) if I can figure a way to make it fit into my setup - I don't fancy VR but a massive screen could be truly amazing with some of these flights and locations. Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
October 5, 20214 yr Author Many thanks to all of you. I'm happy that you like it. 8 hours ago, andy1252 said: I'm seriously considering getting a silly screen next year (60 inch TV or similar) if I can figure a way to make it fit into my setup Wow, that's massive. Some time ago I moved from a 27" monitor to a 34" curved one. Boy, what a difference. And yours is even bigger! I remember that a few years ago I saw a 29" monitor and thought, who on earth needs such a big screen. Times change. A 60" screen would seriously blow up my study, so that would be a "no can do" for me. That is why I contemplate with the idea of VR as my next move. We'll see 🙂 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
October 5, 20214 yr Another great story...thank you!!! I'll need to drag out that film again, now that I have a bigger HD TV! An upgrade in the study from the 24" would be welcome as well........
October 6, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Some time ago I moved from a 27" monitor to a 34" curved one. Boy, what a difference. Interesting. My old 27 SDR-only monitor is not bad but I am toying with the idea of a larger HDR screen. I see people with with 34, 55 or larger screens enjoying them very much ! I don't think that they do very large monitors, only TV, and the common wisdom has been for a long time that monitors were better than TV. I don't know if it is still true though. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
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