[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

Many thanks, Adam and Steve!!

[Lawnmower service, part 1: Jacksons to Tapini]

Great screenies, Gerold. PNG is always a special treat. I had hoped that Ken and Tim would transfer their P3D PNG scenery eventually to MSFS, but so far they haven't. On the other hand, we have now over 70 airstrips as free add-ons in Papua (both PNG and Indonesia) to fly into 

[Edinburgh to Porto]

Great flight, Graeme !!

[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

John  and Landon, I'm glad you like them !!

[What in the world]

Wow, amazing. I didn't know, we have aurora borealis in MSFS. How did you turn that one on, Adam?

[Open my single shot]

What a nice postcrad. My best wishes for 2022 go to you and your family too. I hope we don't have to call the new year Omicron22 for too long 

[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

Many thanks Wayne, I thought so too 

[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

4 hours ago, bvdboomen said:

Photo made in Marrakesh in 2016.

 

Great set Bernd and indeed, Gold Coast looks amazing with some fine photogrammetry which proves MSFS is very capable of doing PG.

Thanks a lot and also many thanks for that photo of yours!!

 

3 hours ago, boetie said:

Ooops. Not Orbx scenery Bernd.

Yeah, I know. But I believe if you buy a plane on the Orbx store, you are allowed to fly it over non-Orbx scenery. 

[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

6 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Fantastic shots, fantastic plane, fantastic flight. And we all know: Landing on these beaches is possible.

Thank you, Gerold. Where was your great picture taken? I have never done that in rl 

 

3 hours ago, flyingleaf said:

Beautiful shots Bernd. Looks incredibly real.

Thanks a lot, Karl

 

2 hours ago, flyingfish55 said:

Great shots. Very atmospheric.

Many thanks for your comment

 

15 minutes ago, John Mac said:

Without doubt Bernd a beautiful set of shots!

John.

I'm glad you like them John

[Gold Coast to Caloundra, part 1]

The fantastic Kodiak 100 is available from the Orbx store.

 

 

 

 

I have been to this beautiful part of Australia twice, this really looks spot on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We fly along the North Stradbroke Island, which is part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park

 

 

I think I am not going to Caloundra today. Never allowed in real life, but I am going to land here and spend the night. Should be fun.

 

 

 

 

 

In the radio I hear “Starry, starry night” by Julio Iglesias, lovely.

 

See you in the a.m. 

[Between the years, between the countries - part 3 (of 3)]

Excellent screenies, Gerold. For me this was the best part of your trip, because those islands are just beautiful !!

[Top of the world]

Absolutely awesome shots, Pete. I do right now a flight along the eastern coast of Australia in the same plane. Luckily it's a lot warmer there 

[Above Sydney]

Landon, John and Pete, many thanks for your kind comments!

[Between the years, between the countries - part 2 (of 3)]

I love this tour of yours, Gerold!

 

5 hours ago, Stillwater said:

I couldn´t carry all passengers arriving with the Qantas flight in Horn Island, only the bravest.

I think you are too modest 

[Exploring Okavango Delta in Kodiak 100]

Fantastic!! Luckily this is a sim. In rl I wouldn't want my plane that close to an elephant herd. I have seen them turning over tourist cars, when they feel threatened. 

[Above Sydney]

6 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Lovely shots of an uncommon bird in Sydney´s skies.

Plus, in the first shot there are many uncommon birds: Even before the pandemic Lufthansa was not serving YSSY. And I doubt that Alaska Airways did. Who cares, at least we HAVE some traffic there!

Many thanks, Gerold. Yeah, I know about the AI traffic. This is the Aerosoft version that puts liveries on default planes, hence the inaccuracy. I had at the domestic Taipei airport an A320 parked from Alitalia, even worse than what we see here. As you already said, we are glad to have traffic at all. 

 

4 hours ago, BradB said:

Excellent shots Bernd !! .

Thanks a lot, buddy.

 

4 hours ago, flyingfish55 said:

Fantastic shots.

Thank you very much.

 

4 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Great shots.

cheers

Iain

Many thanks Iain.

 

27 minutes ago, carlosqr said:

Great shots

I love those close encounters!

Thanks Carlos, I love them too. When I saw that plane coming I put the sim on hold and just waited for it to get as close as possible so that I can hit the V key and take this photo 

[Above Sydney]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close encounter 

 

 

 

[PATK Talkeetna Airport - Kodiak 100]

Superb, Adam. Aren't we glad to have the Kodiak now. And she handles like a dream 

[Between the years, between the countries - part 1]

Great tour and nice screenies, Gerold !

[Hong Kong Kaitak to Singapore]

Many thanks Mikee and Graeme!

[Zadar airport]

Excellent screenies, Carlos. You even got Flixbus there !! (That's a German bus company )

[Hong Kong Kaitak to Singapore]

23 hours ago, Stillwater said:

All 4 engines running until the landing, you must have a good mechanic on board. Great shots, btw.

And it seems it gets time to finally leave the originating city, reading the news these days.

Hahaha, good one, Gerold! Yeah, by miracle all four engines were running, maybe because it was not LH but Air France. Really depressing news about HK!

 

21 hours ago, lifejogger said:

Great shots of those three cities!!!!!!!!!

Many thanks, John

 

21 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Great set of shots.

cheers

Iain

Thank you very much

 

20 hours ago, Steve Colbert said:

Love this set!

Many thanks, Steve

 

19 hours ago, John Mac said:

Really super set Bernd!

John.

Thanks a lot, John

 

18 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

Epic set of shots Bernd. The colors and details are all nicely displayed in these. That Connie looks very comfortable flying over that scenery and looks like a nice flight was had. I've always appreciated the complexity of the Kaitak approach. 

 

Landon

Many thanks, Landon. A Kaitak approach is stressful, be it in the Connie or 747 

 

17 hours ago, TigerTigerM said:

As always, an exemplary set.

It pains me to ask as I should be able to deduce this - which Sim are you using?

& a Happy Xmas & Healthy New Year!

TTM

As mentioned under the thread's title, this is MSFS 

Merry Christmas and a safe New Year to you too!!

[Wheels up at last]

Superb caps, Don, especially the interior shots !

[Hong Kong Kaitak to Singapore]

I can’t show you the whole trip, as that would violate Orbx regulations, but at least I can show you three cities that are available on the Orbx site: Hong Kong, Macau and of course Singapore.

Luckily I am old enough to have experienced my fare share of Kaitak landings, most of them went uneventful.

 

 

 

Famous buildings are the Bank of China and the HSBC building, but at least for me there is another building of interest. It’s the white one with the small round windows in front of the plane’s nose. That’s the headquarter of the trading house Jardine Matheson. It played a role in the 1988 mini series Noble House, in which Pierce Brosnan played the Taipan of the Noble House. James Clavell used the history of Jardine Matheson as basis for his famous books.

 

 

 

Over Macau

 

 

About to reach Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[After a long lockdown: Another real life comparison for me]

Excellent comparison, Gerold!