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That is very kind of you John

Great set Bernd. Lovely variety of scenery on your journey .

Thank you Calum. I love the option to fly different types of aircraft in the sims

Many thanks John .

Thank you Iain

A short flight from Molde to Trondheim . Orbx ENML Molde Airport and partners - Blackbird Simulations 310R and Aerosoft ENVA Trondheim Airport in MSFS. Excellent aircraft and airports. Lots of detail. A little over 100 miles apart, both airports are close to the Norwegian Sea Making sure that everything is ok with the Cessna. Nice tail on my neighbour . A few passengers ready to depart. All very smart. But not too busy in the terminal A nice view of Molde Someone is flying the flag for Orbx Finally, we are on our way Weather changed a bit partway through the journey (live weather) Coming in to land at Trondheim Quite a large airport. Third or fourth largest in Norway depending upon where you look ATC kindly directed me to Gate 27. I am in the right place for arrivals Quite a few people in the terminal waiting to fly I can't take any more - four passengers already

Thank you kindly Bernd .

Thanks Martyn . I was having a problem with my passport (left it at home ) so a fast departure seemed judicious .

I knew that I was doing something right Ken!

Just a few shots from LTFE Milas Bodrum in Turkey (MSFS).

For a while taking off in a powerful single engined warbird was the toughest challenge for me. So much torque. I even chose the runway direction so that the open area was to my left and the buildings were to my right .

Is it the clouds/mist effect in your shots Iain? But they all seem a bit pale.

Great memories then Jack. The factory detail is first class .

Great shots Iain

Many thanks Wayne .

Very nice Martyn. Looking good .

Looking good Martyn . Only one quick visit to Turkey for me - Istanbul on a cruise.

It's just my latest addiction Martyn. My last addiction was to Helium, but no one was taking my cries for help seriously.

A nice warm home for your HJet Jack .

Here is a story that I read Rodger On the 4 May 42 Yorktown strike on Tulagi, there were 4 F4Fs very hurriedly sent off to deal with some F1Ms that were bothering the SBD and TBD strike planes. After performing their mission, shooting down 3 of the F1Ms, and shooting up a destroyer they happened upon, they started to head back to the ship. The division leader signaled for an increase in altitude to pick up the YE-ZB signal, but his section leader did not see the signal (although the section leader's wingman did). So the division leader and his wingman pulled up through the cloud layer, picked up the signal, and, after milling about a bit waiting for the other two, proceeded back to the ship. The section leader left behind had a problem, his radio did not work. His wingman's did. Eventually they came up through the clouds and the wingman picked up the YE-ZB signal. He also made radio contact with the ship and started flying a box pattern so the ship could get a good radio fix so to tell him which letter he should be listening for. Well, as far as the section leader was concerned, his wingman was flying in all sorts of odd directions for no apparent reason and finally signaled him to knock it off and then led the way back to Guadalcanal where they bellied in on Cape Henslow - - - with the wingman keeping a running commentary with the ship the whole time. Result was two of the ship's 18 F4Fs were lost for no apparent reason.

Looking cold there Jack. Time to light that fire .

Many thanks Iain .

Thanks Jack . Well, MSFS is a new toy for me. Initially I decided not to purchase for it (having spent a vast fortune on P3D and XP11 add ons). But I am now getting comfortable with the sim and have not had one CTD so far. So yes, I am buying something for it most days! .

The new way was utilization of the YE-ZB homing system, developed by Frank Akers, which all USN carriers had at the start of the war. This system used a morse code transmission of a particular letter for a particular bearing, a different letter for each 15 degree sector. This was a UHF line-of-sight system, so the higher you were the better. If the letter you were receiving changed, then you knew you were moving tangentially to the transmission point. You simply found the strongest signal and followed it back to the ship. In the early days of the war it was a fairly new system and some pilots were more proficient with it than others and those less proficient tended to be less believing.

Well done Martyn . Nice memories of flying that bird. Let's have more warbirds in MSFS!