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That is what I initially thought as well, but the seconds were moving in a pleasant way... 😉 Thanks for commenting, Wayne!

Looks like a good morning, indeed!

Thank you John. Good to learn there are fantastic places like these on the Northen hemisphere as well. Thank you Carlos. I can´t keep on with your virtual travels, but I try in real... 😉 Thanks Timmo. I would not be surprised if you have been in that area already. Merci Jean Marc. Hard to beat Usuhaia, at least not when you keep the polar region undisturbed 😎!

Happy Birthday from Germany, Ken!

As a German I have to say we Europeans sit in the same glasshouse.

I forgot to add the driven / flown map:

I have to second / third Ken as well: What an outstanding idea and fun this exam is! But oh so difficult... Let me try. MATHEMATICS: which formulas do not add up to three? That is easy for me: I took my bike and within half an hour I was at the mentioned Racecourse. Nothing happened there (maybe due to the snowy weather), so this did not add up to 3. BIOLOGY: which creatures have four legs? Easy as well. See the picture I took in Kruger park 16 months ago: PHYSICS: answer the following foundational physics questions. 1. Can electrostatic electricity zap you if you rub a wool duck? I would guess: Yes. 2. How many atoms are not enough to fill a hungry Welshman? To fill a hungry Welshman I assume you need a pie of about 750 gramm (don´t know which crazy non-metric units they use in Wales currently). Saying most of this is Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen we use an average molar weight of the pie of 14. This makes 53 moles of the mentined atoms. As you know, a mole is 6 *10exp23 atoms. 3. Will wave optics ever reach the top ten? Not as long as the Stones keep on releasing records. CHEMISTRY: which of the following are used in chemistry experiments? 2. Beakers, test tubes, and Bunsen burners. Take the proof from this 1970 science magazin: LANGUAGE: which of the following are not parts of speech. This answer may be offending to some, so I skip the question. HISTORY: which of the following is actually true? 2, to my knowledge. The genocide done by the british was completed about 150 years ago, the last survivors being Truganini and Fanny Cochrane Smith. Have to say so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truganini

As many of you will remember, one catecory of sim flights I do is re-flying trips that I have done in real life. Posting screenshots from these flights, I often added some real life-photos. This has become more challenging in the last years, due to two reasons: With MSFS not many sceneries cover the Orbx forum rule "must contain scenery made or sold by Orbx", so these can´t be posted as I did in the past on the Orbx forum. Over the past two years about half of the guys that used to post and comment moved to the AVSIM forum, and half stayed at Orbx. Now that some more attractive payware sceneries have been established, I will try to take up my documentation practice again - let´s see if I can manage it. Last February we travelled with some long-distance night flights to New Zealand, overcoming our jetlag and starting our tour in Queenstown. We went down to the southernmost point on the planet I have been until now: Mossburn, ... ... had late breakfast in Te Anau, ... ... before driving up the Eglington valley. Via Mirror Lakes ... ... to Lake Gunn (the one left below). Followed the road to Homer tunnel. As some of you may know, this is a single-lane tunnel only, so you have to wait before you may pass. Guides say this can take up to 30 minutes in high season. Even with a car it is quite a steep way down from there to the valley. But with a plane this is even more challenging. The routined pilot can do it, before turning into final over the famous sound. We stayed in Milford Sound Lodge, a place that was finally added to the scenery with the area pack. An area we will explore on the follwoting days in more detail.

A nice departure in cool-looking weather, Carlos. I had similar views with 35+°C last summer, showing your shot #6 is really accurate:

Great light, great shots, Darryl!

We did nearly the same on Christmas. Just not at a pool, and with heavy clothing. And no sunglasses. And no sunshine. So, nearly the same. Let me show you some pictures of Hanover. The (remaining) old inner city: Our "New Town Hall" (not new in the sense one would use the word usually): The quarter where I live

Lovely shots once again, Carlos. I have covered the European part completely (Amsterdam, Prague, Vienna, Innsbruck). The rest I will probably not make in this life... that´s where virtual travels come into play!

The Million Miler does it again. Of this post I have been to New York (like most others, I assume), Narita, Cologne, Amsterdam and Bangkok. I love those memories!

You´ve been collecting quite some bonus miles, Carlos. Out of this post I have only been to Olbia, Bangkok and Nagoya...

The next virtual flight tours for me will be preparations of upcoming travels: Australia: Victoria (Melbourne - Great Ocean Road - Grampians), Tasmania: Launceston (just to let you know, @gumbypickett ) - Cradle Mountain - Strahan - Hobart), NSW: (Sydney) Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Cape Town You can be sure I post as much as I can, given the condition that there is some Orbx-sold stuff in it.

Seems I should show these clips to my travel mates ahead of our upcoming safari… 🤣 Now I see these movies are taken in fenced areas with all east European people. Probably a Zoo. Crazy.

Good that I will only visit Victoria, Tasmania and finally Sydney next month… 😉

Quite a way to go, at least for me. Quicker to make are my wishes for a HNY to you!

I can fully agree to your thoughts. And I wonder how many other simmers make these observations - and how long it takes until the market reacts?

I have just flown some heavies in p3d and I can say: Agreed. Piloting in p3d is much more rewarding than in the game simulator with its beautiful ground scenery.

Wouldn´t it be great if these fantastic places could be visited in peace and freedom?

Surprising how many babies have been born on this day 🤣. Congrats!

A good and peaceful new year Karl. Hope you stay in good health. BTW, are you joining "dry January" too?

A good old plane with this good (old) classic scenery. Manfred and @Jarrad Marshall have done great works.

If there was a need to import deadly animals to Australia...