[Visiting the Great Barrier Reef]

22 hours ago, paulb said:

An excellent set Bernd. Well done! .  I too sometimes take a relaxing boat trip in the sim.

Many thanks, Paul. I love doing occasional trips with one of the Cunard and White Star ships available for MSFS 

 

22 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said:

Wow Bernd, I can almost smell the ocean, it's excellent!

Hahaha, thanks, buddy

 

22 hours ago, mikee said:

Beautiful set of shots Bernd 

Thanks a lot, Mikee

 

21 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Excellent pictures from your holiday trip, Bernd, sorry to read you...

At least we won´t loose our memories of such trips.

Many thanks, Gerold. Maybe I expressed it wrongly. Such trips I still love to do. I was more referring to traveling on large private yachts. So far I have done that only once. Too expensive 

 

20 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

What a fun adventure Bernd! Great job composing this together with the short story and great images   Good fun! 

Thank you very much for commenting, Landon

 

20 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Grand set of shots.

cheers

Iain

Thank you kindly

 

19 hours ago, BradB said:

+1 -

Many thanks, John

 

10 hours ago, adambar said:

Beautiful captures from a different perspective Bernd. I do that quite often myself.  

Thanks a lot, Adam, it can be really fun to explore a small part of this world by boat

 

 

[Meanwhile at 100,000 feet...]

Excellent idea, Jack. How long did the way down take 

[Sunshine and clear skies at Ísafjörður]

Superb shots, Nick. You should post more often 

[Port Moresby to Efogi]

2 hours ago, wain71 said:

great shots Bernd, very clear....

Many thanks, Wayne

[Visiting the Great Barrier Reef]

This is a trip you normally don’t do too often in your life, maybe once or twice. The beauty is, here in our sim, we can do it as often as we want.

We have left Cairns on a Green Island Cat to bring us to Green Island. Green Island is a beautiful, 6000-year old coral cay located on the Great Barrier Reef and just over an hour boat ride from Cairns.

 

Once on Green Island we don’t have too much time for snorkeling, as our private yacht is already under steam so to speak to bring us to Hamilton Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 Once on Hamilton Island we have a few days to relax and cruise in creature comfort the area, before we board a plane that will bring us to another destination, called Reefworld. It is located in Hardy Reef, some 40nm offshore and only a short hop from Hamilton Island

 

 

 

 

 

This ship looks more like a war ship, but is in reality a privately owned explorer-type luxury yacht

 

 

A Royal Tongan plane you won't see every day in Australian waters 

 

 

 

 

[Playing Jack at Tromso]

Great shots, Carlos and I fully agree with you, we need a good mesh for this part of the world. Do you by any chance happen to know, who could provide such an add-on? 

[Sun up.]

What a brilliant shot, Iain!!

[She Flies!]

Again, great bird, Paul!! So far I have flown her only in easy mode 

[247D at Renton]

That is one of the most impressive airports in MSFS to this date and your plane is a beauty, Paul!!

[Port Moresby to Efogi]

17 hours ago, BradB said:

Nicely done shots Bernd , pretty wild territory to explore ……..

Many thanks, pretty wild territory indeed, John. And there's a lot of it 

 

17 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

The Corsair is indeed a tough bird to fly and handle Bernd, nice job getting her down safely at a PNG strip! Cool bunch of images!

Thanks a lot Landon. The Corsair is a challenge, that is why I like it 

 

15 hours ago, paulb said:

Very nice Bernd . I always have a soft spot for warbirds.

Many thanks, Paul, me too. Give me a Spitty, Bf109 or a Mustang and I'm a happy camper 

 

15 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Great flight and a fantastic landing on the history track, Bernd!

I'm happy you like them, Gerold. I really hope that we can get the old Orbx strips updated to MSFS

 

15 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said:

Fantastic!

Many thanks buddy

 

14 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Grand set of shots these. 

cheers 

Iain 

Thanks a lot, Iain

 

1 hour ago, adambar said:

Excellent shots of the Corsair Bernd.  

Many thanks, Adam

 

 

["In the weeds " ....]

49 minutes ago, Sniper31 said:

Well Pete, some great looking images here. Lots of color depth! But, how in the world did you end up out in that grass field? I see runway and then the next thing, off the range you go. 

+1 

[H Jet test flight]

That's a beauty, buddy. And it's even yellow 

[Some EGAA to EGPH]

Excellent screenies, buddy. I also like the paint job on your plane.

[Port Moresby to Efogi]

MSFS default largely

The Milviz Corsair can be obtained from the Orbx store

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's check this place out, before I attempt to land this thing

 

Ok, now comes the tricky part 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion: there are a lot of nice airstrips here in PNG (and the Indonesian site of Papua), but with a few exceptions, they all lack Ken's and Tim's magic touch!

[Spitfire flight as remembrance at London Biggin Hill Airport]

Really nice screenies. Thanks for posting!!

[Avro Vulcan over the Himalayas]

8 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said:

Would you have the time to walk me through how to do it?  If not I’ll understand.

Jack, the best way to learn it is from watching it on YT. Here is a link to a couple of tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=convert+fsx+aircraft+to+msfs+2020+

[Rum And Coke Anyone]

Excellent shots, Adam. A freeware Catalina? Where did you get it?

[Swiss Alps]

Great shots, Paul. The second one is my favourite 

[Avro Vulcan over the Himalayas]

18 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said:

Excellent shots Bernd and I didn’t this this was possible.  I’d love to have my beloved L-39 ported as the one MS sells has very poor reviews and a modern cockpit.  

Thanks buddy. I remeber the L-39. I think I had her as freeware model. Someone had converted her from FS9 to FSX. But the VC was so so, that is why I haven't converted her yet to MSFS

 

16 hours ago, carlosqr said:

Splendid shots!

Great looking mountains

Cheers

Carlos

Many thanks, Carlos

 

14 hours ago, BradB said:

Bernd these shots are dialed in perfectly. 

Haha, thanks a lot, John

 

8 hours ago, VH-KDK said:

Fantastic topography in your flight and good to see the Vulcsn flying in 2020.

This is The Mach Loop on steroids.

Mach Loop on steroids...I love that. Thanks Martyn 

 

8 hours ago, mikee said:

Super Vulcan Shots  I like them all !!

Many thanks Mike

 

8 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Grand set of shots. 

cheers 

Iain 

Thank you very much

 

4 hours ago, adambar said:

Gorgeous set of shots Bernd.  

I'm glad you like them, Adam

 

[Avro Vulcan over the Himalayas]

3 hours ago, paulb said:

Great to see a Vulcan fly Bernd! . Nice set and map - well done!

Thanks Paul, I like that Vulcan a lot. I have all three, the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant flying in MSFS 

 

3 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Great flight and scenery, Bernd. No big surprise you did not land in Lukla.

 

That is good news...

... and this is really good news. Gives me hope, that we can (at least) continue to use the more simple planes from FSX/P3D.

 

Many thanks, Gerold. It's bit of trial and error. Usually freeware planes convert better than payware ones, which seem to have some sort of code installed that prevents us from using them otherwise. Sometimes the gauges won't work, then I use the VC of a default MSFS plane. For example when I fly the huge An-124 or 225, I use a 747 VC, but with bluish colors to make it more authentic. So, there are quite a few ways around to make them work. And it's fun to do so. By now I think I have converted over 50 or 60 FSX/P3D planes. From a simple Bi-plane to the 747-200 

 

2 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

Great flight and images Bernd! Love it! Such a good looking military aircraft in the sim, and it looks stunning against those mountains  

Thanks a lot, Landon. I'm happy that you like them. It was really fun to fly there in such a plane.

[Avro Vulcan over the Himalayas]

Orbx Himalaya mesh

FSX Vulcan that I ported over to MSFS

 

 

 

South of Shimla. Those poor tea planters will get a heart attack

 

Most of the gauges work. At 5,500 ft and Mach 0.95. I just love it 

 

 

South of the Indo-Chinese border and close to the Nanda Devi Nat. Park

 

 

The Pisang Peak

 

 

 

 

In the distance you can see Mount Everest

 

Closing in on Nuptse and Lhotse

 

 

Blasting past Lukla

 

 

On final

 

It's a default airport, so in this remote location don't expect too much

 

 

I have to admit, it was a blast. I'll have to repeat this flight, no matter what India's surveillance will tell me 

[LFRN by one.]

As always, Filou, amazing!

[Do you know the way.....]

Very nice screenies, Paul. One of the airports I have bought but then never visited...oh well.

[Into La Paz]

6 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Lovely weather and a challenging place to land, Bernd.

Many thanks, Gerold. I hope that Orbx will do this airport. The area around here is superb in MSFS

 

6 hours ago, wain71 said:

nice set of shots, all look very atmospheric...

Thanks a lot, Wayne

 

2 hours ago, adambar said:

Beautiful captures Bernd!  

I'm glad you like them, Adam

[Scotland: Aboyne airfield to Barra]

6 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Great flight Bernd, and I see you got the timing right.

Hahaha, planning pays off 

 

6 hours ago, wain71 said:

great shots there Bernd of a great journey, I like the plane, been using it quite a bit myself lately...

Thanks Wayne, the Twotter is a great plane for this kind of trips. I also like the Kodiak, which I use a lot in PNG

 

2 hours ago, adambar said:

Top-notch flight and shots Bernd!  

Many thanks, Adam