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Hi Rich, Not exactly Milford Sound, but (in terms of Australasia) yesterday I made a short flight from YBNA Ballina to YCFS Coffs Harbour. Both are excellent products IMHO. Also, I would recommend anything by NZA Simulations if you are building up your collection .

Excellent shots of a nice airport Don

Great shots TTM

Very nice Adam. Number 3 for me .

That looks fantastic Iain. I can't wait to get the 'final' version of XP12 and hopefully all of the Orbx XP11 scenery once converted .

Gosh! There are so many . Having an interest in aviation history I have read many biographies. I will mention just three that come immediately to mind - Roland Beaumont - Wing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (10 August 1920 – 19 November 2001) was a British fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and an experimental test pilot during and after the Second World War. He was the first British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight (P.1A) and the first to fly a British aircraft at Mach 2 (P.1B). During the Second World War, he flew more than five hundred operational sorties. He also spent several months as a Hawker Aircraft experimental test pilot developing the Hawker Typhoon and Tempest and was responsible for introducing these types into operational squadron service. He pioneered the ground attack capabilities of the Typhoon and led the air-to-air campaign against the V-1 flying bomb. Eric Brown - Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN (21 January 1919 – 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. Brown holds the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed (2,407 and 2,271 respectively) and achieved several "firsts" in naval aviation, including the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engined aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-wing aircraft. He flew almost every category of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft: glider, fighter, bomber, airliner, amphibian, flying boat and helicopter. During World War II, he flew many types of captured German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft, including new jet and rocket aircraft. He was a pioneer of jet technology into the postwar era. Douglas Bader - Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probable's, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. Bader joined the RAF in 1928 and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired against his will on medical grounds. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Douglas Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his "Big Wing" experiments. In August 1941, Bader bailed out over German-occupied France and was captured. Soon afterward, he met and was befriended by Adolf Galland, a prominent German fighter ace. Despite his disability, Bader made a number of escape attempts and was eventually sent to the prisoner of war camp at Colditz Castle. He remained there until April 1945 when the camp was liberated by the First United States Army. Bader left the RAF permanently in February 1946 and resumed his career in the oil industry. During the 1950s, a book and a film, Reach for the Sky, chronicled his life and RAF career to the end of the Second World War. Bader campaigned for disabled people and in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1976 was appointed a Knight Bachelor "for services to disabled people". He continued to fly until ill health forced him to stop in 1979. Bader died, aged 72, on 5 September 1982, after a heart attack.

Looking great Graeme .

That shot has just about everything Adam!

Looking great in XP12 Iain .

Excellent set Adam .

Great shots Chunk .

To give you some assurance Don - I did not purchase MSFS until after SU8 had been released. This was also my first experience of W11 having had W7 and W10 on my pcs. Initially I found the experience very frustrating. Now, a matter of months later, I am comfortable with MSFS. I am still learning W11, but the is always an answer for a problem to be found on the internet.

I am looking forward to XP12 once the public beta finishes.

Congratulations! Looking good John

Excellent Don. Hope you are enjoying your new set up .

Many thanks Landon. In real life it flies like a missile! I saw a number of displays (some years ago) - There would be a flypast then it/they would vanish for a few minutes before a flypast from the opposite direction. It was not designed to be a dogfighter .

Great shot Iain

Exactly what Nick says . One other thing - everything in your community folder (MSFS/W11) must look like a folder. Also, you can check whether it is installed by going into Marketplace. At the bottom of that page you can click on 'go to content manager'. This will show you both 'installed' and 'not installed' files. Sometimes I find a livery (freeware) in 'not installed'. That is because it is a folder that has the correct folder inside it. The top folders in the Community folder should all have two json files as well as one or more folders. I fix this by simply making sure that the (say livery) folder always shows the two jsons when I look at it in Windows explorer. I hope that makes sense Don?

Many thanks Iain .

Thanks John. I can remember seeing four CF-104s (Tiger Romeo display team) a few times at the International Air Tattoo. I am sure that one time, flying at about 500 feet, they went transonic! .

A TF-104G at LEXJ Santander Airport, Spain (MSFS). The current airport, built on ground reclaimed from the Bay of Santander, was opened to traffic in 1977. The airport is named after the famous golf player Seve Ballesteros, born in Pedreña, a few kilometres from the airport and being one of the most well-known public figures of Cantabria in the last century. The Belgian Air Force operated the F-104 Starfighter from 1964 to 1983. This one from 31 Tiger Sqn is shown in 1983 Tiger Meet markings. Whilst originating in the USA (Lockheed), many were built in Europe. During the seventies and eighties, I was fortunate to see them flying with the Belgian, Canadian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian and Norwegian Air Forces. In 1958 the F-104 had achieved the world speed record at 1,404 mph (2,246 km/hr).

Nice moody shot

No ground proximity warning in your ship then Johnny?

There is a lot going on in that shot Johnny!

Many thanks Adam