December 20, 20232 yr A few airlines' logos stay in memory with you, from first sight, since encountered either in RW or in our (virtual) SIM. Though I've never travelled with Austrian Airlines, the unmistakable (stylized) Red Arrow on the fuselage of its a/c has always remained fresh with me, since the earliest days of my SIM. The iconic logo, patterned after the color scheme of the Austrian national flag, symbolizes an airplane taking off into the sky. In our SIMs, we might also recall flying the Austrian Airlines' DC-90 and MD-80 series airplanes...among its other Classic a/c... Regarding Austrian's current fleet, it has adopted an interesting strategy...Airbus A320 and A321 (narrow-bodies) on short-haul routes, and Boeing wide-bodies, B777/B767 and B787 (due soon), on long-haul. Nonetheless, it did operate 737s in its historical fleet, of which, this post illustrates one example. Please find this collection of images, below, of an Austrian 737-600, flying, in my virtual world, from the Port City of Bilbao, in Northern Spain, eastward to the 2nd-most populous City of Spain, Barcelona, in the NE corner of Spain. In between these two cities, lie, geographically, the majestic Pyrenees Mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain, and (effectively) isolating the Iberian Peninsula of Spain and Portugal, from the rest of Europe. The Pyrenees may be less known to non-Europeans, such as yours truly...🙂...than its more famous sibling, the Alps, but it stands on its own merit, completely independent of Alps, as equally picturesque and beautiful. My 737 is flying over and across this impressive mountain range (see images below), including a (pilot-directed) detour...🙂...above the snow-topped apex of the tallest of the Pyrenees, the Pico Aneto... (seen in my shot #15 (or shot #6 from end)) ... Hope you enjoy these images. Thanks for viewing.
December 20, 20232 yr All are really nice shots, but #8 from the bottom is the one my eyes really lingered on.
December 20, 20232 yr Author 9 minutes ago, John F said: All are really nice shots, but #8 from the bottom is the one my eyes really lingered on. Thank you, John...Appreciated the feedback...🙂...! Yes, agree, even the tiny bodies of water, on the ground, reflect sunlight so hard and so impressively in MSFS, that it gives a magical feeling to the ambience...
December 20, 20232 yr Very nice shots! it's sad they retired their 737. They looked great with that livery!! apparently Europe prefers to fly on Airbus, that's not what i would have chosen. 😉
December 20, 20232 yr Another fine set and seems this was a nice Trip ! 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.
December 21, 20232 yr Author On 12/19/2023 at 8:04 PM, Alaska738 said: Very nice shots! it's sad they retired their 737. They looked great with that livery!! apparently Europe prefers to fly on Airbus, that's not what i would have chosen. 😉 Appreciated the comment, Will. Yes, I checked a bit now the Historical Austrian fleet...they had operated 737 (-200C/-300/-600/-700/-800) in the past.... 19 hours ago, pmplayer said: Another fine set and seems this was a nice Trip ! cheers 😉 Thank you, pmplayer. Yes, it was a nice trip...🙂... 3 hours ago, Phantom88 said: Stunning Thanks much, Patrick, for the kind feedback...🙂...
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