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On 8/31/2021 at 9:01 AM, Iain Emms said:
Great shots these Gerold.
cheers
Iain
Thank you Iain!
On 8/31/2021 at 2:17 PM, lifejogger said:Enjoyed the flight and commentary Gerold!!!!! And thanks for showing the map, it is nice to know exactly were you were flying at.
You are welcome John. That was really a fun flight, with a nice plane and an interesting route.
On 8/31/2021 at 2:35 PM, BradB said:Excellent shots and narration Gerold from your flight .
Thanks John. I think I have never flown in this area before, and we see it too rarely.
On 8/31/2021 at 5:24 PM, wain71 said:great shots of a great flight there Gerold....
Thank you Wayne!
22 hours ago, Bullfox said:Great shots and nice to see the map. I have been looking for something like that. Is it an add on and from what developer?
Thank you mate!
The planning tool is plan-g from Tim Arnot http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/.
Many others use Little Navmap https://github.com/albar965/littlenavmap/releases.
16 hours ago, TerribleT said:Very interesting indeed thank you - great scenery, great aircraft, top notch narration, great map - it saves my ballpoint and my atlas!
Thank you TT. It makes me happy that one could save something, maybe this shortens the way to your next graphic card a bit.
8 hours ago, Aussieflyer38 said:Thanks Carlos, great pics and story.
Don
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Fantastic water settings, indeed.
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That looks perfect, Don. Already a bit too perfect, regarding the skies or the ground, but time will show.
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After recovering from some drinks with @carlosqr we head out to explore Costa Rica. We step out of his house and directly into the appropriate plane, ...
... climb out over San José...
... and turn left towards the Reserva Forestal Grecia.
A great wide landscape.
The Volcan Arenal is quite a prominent landmark in the country´s north. If one would call someplace 10° off from the equator as "north".
Back down to the Pacific we cross a village called Miramar. A name with good reason.
And soon after we meet the famous & safe port of Puntarenas.
Following the coast we cross Parque Nacional Carara, ...
... and come close to the Estero Damas swamp near Quepos.
Passing the mountains of the Reserva Forestal Los Santos...
... before we meet some fellow travellers invited by Henrik Nielsen.
This ship traffic really fits to our exploration!
Next we pass el Golfo Dulce ...
... in slight tropical rain, ...
... which does not make El Golfito less interesting, looks like an airport location worth an upgrade.
We leave the clouds of Costa Rica behind...
... and approach Panama´s highest mountain (hidden behind clouds) in the NP Volcan Baru.
Time to land in Ciudad David...
... surrounded by palms, but just another classical default airstrip.
For interested travellers: Here we have todays routing.
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1 hour ago, Bullfox said:
Very NIce!
Thank you, mate!
6 hours ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said:Great run Gerold, and well done on the journey. Nothing like a successful landing when doing a nice flight like that.
The landing is the cherry on the cake - for a simulated flight. In reality the expectation may be a bit different.
2 hours ago, BradB said:Terrific set of shots Gerold .
Thank you John!
2 hours ago, carlosqr said:Are we going to have a second round of shots?
Brilliant wording, you make two points in one!
The next post is also in preparation...
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Old… maybe the plane, but the shot looks totally fresh!
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Great test of the north runway, Graeme.
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7 hours ago, John Mac said:
Great flight and pictures!
John.
Thank you John!
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16 hours ago, lifejogger said:
Nice flight Gerold. thanks for the pictures!!
My pleasure, John.
14 hours ago, Iain Emms said:Fine shots these Gerold.
cheers
Iain
Thank you Iain!
1 hour ago, carlosqr said:Awesome!!
You should have texted me so I could picked you up at the airport!
I live very close to the airport. Plane fly over my house some times
Nice shots Gerold
Cheers
Carlos
What a pity I did not have your number to text you early enough. It would have been a pleasure to meet.
I have already done a low & slow flight across your country, hope I picked some good sights to visit...
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Great shots, mate. Do you also hear London calling?
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For this relocation from one region to another I took the trusty 777.
Out of San Diego...
... and southwards across the Baja California ...
... peninsula. You can see the Pacific in the background.
Hermosillo. For comparison I enclose a photo from a book documenting a tour around the world with an ultralight, a fascinating adventure to read.
I can make the same comparison above the Western Sierra Madre.
Fantastic clouds on the way further south...
... towards Acapulco...
... and the Nicaragua west coast.
Finally we approach Costa Rica, ...
... follow the A27 to San Jose...
... and land at MROC Juan Santamaria International. Maybe I have the chance to have a drink with @carlosqr?
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The essence of flight simulation.
In the way that one can do things that are impossible in real life. Travelling to Chicago, for example.
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Fantastic shots indeed, this must have been a pleasure to fly.
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Nice summer shots, Paul. Hope you get safely back to the ground in the widowmaker.
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Cool trip mate, well deserved!
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10 hours ago, Bullfox said:
This is on a flight from YBRM to YCAR out on the western coast of Australia. I just thought it was an interesting pattern in the coastal waters. That's the Carenado Shorts 360. It seems that western Australia is like eastern Oregon. There is not much out there.
Great shot and scenery effects, indeed.
6 hours ago, Bullfox said:This is the airport at Caiguna, YCAG, Western Australia, 487.2 miles east of Perth. This is it, two pickups, two guys, two sheep, a road, and a dirt runway. Its near sunset. There is a tree on the horizon. If this were MSFS there might would be some grass.
Rush hour in the outback, no doubt.
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10 hours ago, bernd1151 said:
Great captures, Gerold. I use imgur too and so far I have never experienced ads when I upload my screenshots. Have you registered with them or do you use it as an unregistered user?
Currently unregistered, just to avoid maintaining too many passwords. So this might be an idea!
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On 8/24/2021 at 8:20 AM, Iain Emms said:
Great shots these Gerold.
cheers
Iain
Thank you Iain!
On 8/24/2021 at 8:22 AM, wain71 said:lovely shots Gerold...
Thanks, Wayne.
On 8/24/2021 at 10:27 AM, BradB said:Thru the years development has taken its toll on a lot of the Palm trees , this link provides a good history:
https://www.palmsprings.com/history/
My folks use to have a Winter home in this area for years and I would go down in the Summer to check on the place ,
I can attest to the old Indian translation of “boiling water” . 120F will do that .
Ah, thank you for the history link, John.
In that "boiling water" conditions I would prefer some colder liquid made from hops, barley or wheat.
On 8/24/2021 at 2:20 PM, lifejogger said:Enjoyed the shots Gerold !!!!!!!!!!!
My pleasure, John.
20 hours ago, Bullfox said:Very Nice!
Thank you!
13 hours ago, TerribleT said:Your clarity and sharpness in this area continues to impress me - and I have added two more POIs to my todo list, thank you!
Sorry for extending yout todo list. But... that is one of the purposes of this forum. And, much better than getting the todo list filled by she-who-must-be-obeyed!
5 hours ago, adambar said:Marvelous captures Gerold!
Thank you Adam!
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That could be the future of the Alaskan Mule Team airservices: Magical hovering over ground, hairdrier-like engines and, as usual, no need to look at the instruments. Karl @flyingleaf will be totally confused!
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Indeed your tour looks very good. Nearly as if we were travelling ourselves...
PS: I feel the need to go shopping at Dolce&Gabbana now, don´t know why...
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Given the travel bans in USA and Australia, I am surprised that you were able to crash on I5 in California, John.
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20 hours ago, Bullfox said:
Some really nice shots there!
Thank you, mate!
5 hours ago, boetie said:Super trip Gerold. Your sim is looking beautiful.
Cheers
Graeme
Thanks a lot, Graeme. Especially for the comment re the sim: I am also quite satisfied, still. P3D seems to depend strongly on the quality of the add-ons provided, as can be seen in the scenery here.
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As promised at the end of my last flight report, here is an aerial picture of Palm Springs airport.
If you have sharp eyes, you can spot the San Jacinto tramway here. It is a pleasure to land on its platforms with a helicopter, Orbx details at the very finest!
Here we look back at the sandy Palm Springs valley. Not many palms to see, does someone know where the name comes from?
And just as we come over the San Jacinto mountains, sharp eyes can already spot the Pacific.
For those who need assist spotting things in the distance, they have built the San Palomar observatories under the right wing of the King Air.
Shortly after we are already descending over the waterfront at Torrey Pines ...
... and into San Diego.
Quite busy the place, let´s see if we get a parking lot.
PS: Wooooah, now Imgur shows ads before each upload
! Time to move to another platform - which one do you use?
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Great shots John. Your new trekking simulator pays off, did you combine it with a home training device?
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! Time to move to another platform - which one do you use?
An interesting exploration
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I need to thank you with a series of comments, Carlos.
First: I agree, central America could deserve some more details in the sims. Imagine what it would look like with a scenery pack like Papua New Guinea!