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The first and third shot I can't see unfortunately. The interior looks fabulous, Adam!

Great shots and a very nice looking livery

Let’s visit first Panama City Above the canal’s entrance I realize that crossing it would be much more interesting in a ship The last time I have used a ship was the Queen Mary in Sydney. She has crossed the canal multiple times, so I won’t use her now for this crossing. I know of a ship, which has used this canal only once, in 1946. It’s the German battle cruiser Prinz Eugen, now under her new name USS Prinz Eugen The first locks near Panama city are the Cocoli locks Having left the Miraflores Lake, we approach the Via Centenario Bridge With a speed of 35 knots, it is easy to overtake other ships Suddenly I feel so tiny The final locks before we arrive in Colon on the Pacific side are the Gatun locks Colon is in the background On our way to the US Naval Base in San Diego

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Spendid shots of one of my favorite aircraft in MSFS, next to the Connie

As real as it gets. Never has this been more true than now with MSFS. And your great screenies prove it again, Adam

Many thanks, Wayne Thank you so much, Landon Thanks, John. That's my impression too Thanks a lot, Gerold. The olympics for sure, but then also the annual Kiel week, if we want to go into more details. If I'm not mistaken this sailing event is the largest one in Europe I'm glad you like them, John

Fantastic journey Tahiti to Frankfurt, Gerold with some great shots. We are so blessed with the quality of our modern flight simulators. Re Bailey's, a long time ago a LH captain suggested that I pour a bit of that stuff into my coffee. Since then I do that on every flight

Fine shots of a nicely modeled strip!

Kiel lies approximately 90 km (56 mi) north of Hamburg. Due to its location on the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of Germany's major maritime centers, known for a variety of international sailing events. It has also been one of the traditional homes of the German Navy's Baltic fleet. The more I fly the Fokker, the more I like the old lady. It’s ideal for exploring a region low and slow. Getting close to the Laboe Naval Memorial, which was built in the late 1920s, early 1930s, originally as a memorial for the dead of WWI of the German navy. In 1954 it was rededicated as a memorial for the sailors of all nationalities who were lost at sea and at the same time a memorial for peaceful sailing in open seas. In front of it sits a WWII-era German submarine. U-995 is the world's only remaining Type VII U-boat.

Great shots, Adam. I need to get it, after I have read, what Landon has mentioned here!

Many thanks, John Thanks a lot Gerold. I don't think that D-AQUI will ever see the clouds from above again. But there are good news. The former owner and CEO of the Rimova luggage company, who was a great supporter of Ju-Air and now builds and sells the Junkers F-13 has decided to build the Ju-52 again. The company is based in Switzerland (at the airport St. Gallen-Altenrhein), but all the work will be done in Germany. The plane will come with modern avionics and modern Turbo engines. Instead of 17, it will offer seats for only 14 pax in order to increase leg room. First flight is scheduled for 2025. Many thanks, my friend I'm happy you like them, Landon Hahaha, great idea Many thanks, Wayne Much appreciated, John Thanks a lot, Adam I'm glad you like them, Iain Thank you so much, Graeme A very far destination indeed Many thanks for your kind comment

Nice shots of the most unusal plane (and paint) I have seen in a loooong time, Adam

Very nice caps, Pete !!

Many thanks, Landon. I think the Queen fits right in there I fully agree with you, John Thanks a lot, Carlos For the porting over I use a software called MSFS Legacy Converter. I think your other questions were already answered by Frank Thanks, Adam. I toured her twice, once in the late 1980s and once in 2001. Both times I decided to book a room on the ship, so I had more time to explore her. The old first class accomodations can be booked. Very 1930s!! The second time around I took the family along. They loved it too. Many thanks, TTM Thank you so much, Frank. Thank you also for the comparison shot with the Titanic. Very interesting! Many thanks, Wayne I had heard about it, but I missed that one unfortunately. But my first stay (alone) was interesting in another sense, as I was on a guided tour that was letting us see the entire engine room. Absolutely fascinating. I don't know, whether this is still possible today. In 2001 it was off any tour offered.

Queen Mary II is moored at Circular Quay in the Orbx Sydney city scenery. So I thought, why not let the original Queen Mary visit her. She must be terribly bored at her resting place in Long Beach, so let’s take her out to visit Australia. The Queen Mary is a freeware FSX model, which I ported over to MSFS. After a long, but very enjoyable journey, she is seen here approaching Watsons Bay She is about to round South Head, which allows her to enter Sydney Harbour On our starboard side we pass Mosman Bay. Hmmh…wasn’t there something with a rowing club The virtual bridge deck clearly shows that this ship is not an MSFS model, but it still looks nice and is pretty close to the original For a ship of this size, Sydney Harbour can be quite tight. It must be much worse with the present mega cruise ships Two beauties

Very nice looking trip, Gerold, so relaxing! I used to have for P3D a payware scenery, which made those islands look even better.

Sorry Gerold, I didn't make myself clear enough. I meant more the stretches over the Pacific I used to fly from Asia to the US a lot. In those lucky days I was still able to visit the crew on the flightdeck and usually the captain told me that there was no other commercial airliner around us for miles on end

Quite a nice trip in an exotic location, Gerold. You must have been the only one up there.

Many thanks for your comments, my friends. It's available in Tonga as freeware, John

I have version 2.1 installed and I didn't clear the rolling cache, neither before nor after the update.

That is strange. Except for a misaligned runway, I have no issues at all. I have the Orbx mesh installed and Sergio’s airport. Have a look:

That looks very impressive, Wayne. Also on my shopping list, together with the PMDG 737.

We arrive in Midway on board the USS Alabama. Let’s tour the facilities in the Milviz Corsair.