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After watching a video about starting the H135 I went back & had another go, this time with success. There is a subtlety in the 'From Cold' start procedure that I missed 1st time around. When you start each engine with an upwards roll of the mouse wheel on the starter switch, & everything is running ok, you need to 'roll the mouse wheel' again on each starter switch, to bring the FADEC in. I missed the 2nd 'roll'. So now it I have a civilized flyer. TTM

Indeed! Nested on top of a car. In P3D I could fly Helicopters without too much trouble. In MSFS I loaded Vagar then the H135. Fired it up & went berserk in front of the terminal & ended up in the car park. Back to square one as regards learning the H135! TTM

I like the mid Atlantic location of the Faroes for stop overs between the UK & Iceland & Scandinavia. It makes for white knuckle approaches. MK-Studios MSFS Vagar, (EKVG), captures the wind swept bleakness of this blasted heath airport locale. There is something not quite right in the shot below. Can you spot it? TTM (MSFS)

Among those in the know, but spoken of in hushed tones, is that the hangar with 'extras' has subsequently been identified as a clearing house for purloined goods, & the perpetrators are under surveillance. Rest easy. TTM

Wing Commander TTM drops into Bryce to check progress on the update & Pony. The absence of both will generate a report to HQ. TTM

Where's the Pony? TTM

Nice composition Carlos! TTM

You can't take 1 flight at Hammerfest then put it aside! This time I used SoFly Light Snow to give a winter ambience, & had a look around the City. I was keen to get an authentic livery in there, but Wideroe run Dash 8 Q100's, [for the short runway], & I couldn't find a Q100 for MSFS. There is a freeware Q400, but it needs nearly twice the runway length & the freeware Wideroe livery is currently a bit dicey. I settled on a fictional Kingair 350 livery. Hammerfest is a very interesting place to fly out of , all sorts of stuff tucked away around the peninsula & beyond. Also, there is what looks like a massive power transmission lines system near the airport. FWIIW, all shots are untouched/unedited/un fiddled with etc. TTM (MSFS) A drifting left departure from Rwy 4. Circled clockwise & now back over the City. More City as I head for the LNG terminal. LNG terminal fly by. On approach into Rwy 4. Climbing as the airport is on a plateau & I was below it. Successful roll out after a bit of sliding. Note the power line complex on the horizon. Anyone know what that is? Perhaps a feed to the City from hydro or thermal power?

Bit slow to pick this one up. I wanted to try the circling approach into Rwy 22 & the 1st shots reflect an 'attempt'. Hammerfest is a very compact airport and Finni has done a nice job of reflecting the character of the location & immediate surroundings. A worthy addition to your Scandinavian portfolio! TTM (MSFS) Departing Rwy 22 to circle back anti clockwise. Switched to dusk to pick up the landing guidance lights. Couldn't spot them from here. Rwy 22 Lead in lights- I was actually on approach when they appeared to turn on. They are bright Amber. One is under the left wing tip, the other is in front of the left wing. There was a 3rd which I have flown past. It was back, to the left, so the 3 form a curved lead in to Rwy 22. I think I needed to be a bit lower as I was turning, to trigger the lights earlier. View from the cockpit. Looks ok but was way too slow from fiddling with shot placement & the Goose dropped like a stone just short of the runway.

Very crisp. TTM

Nicely composed & cropped. TTM

Interesting choice & nice set of shots. 2,909' = pretty tight. Shot 6: the boat with 4 orange half spheres on deck, what is it carrying? TTM

A welcome & nicely executed addition to MSFS Scandinavian destinations & a shortish flight from Bromma. A few shots in differing weather & times of day. TTM (MSFS) I assume its a a hangar or munitions store?? Drag racing with a tarmac patrol car. Prior to this I had to dodge a speeding luggage tractor coming towards me. Dusk Dusk, looking the other way Morning cloud Light snow

Excellent set! TTM

Manfred Von Schnitzel, Chief Test Pilot for Jonkers Aircraft LLC, sniffed the morning air. There was a diffident wind out of the East. Grey smoke curled lazily from the bowl of his pipe & wafted through his handle bar moustache. He pulled his leather WW1 helmet tighter over his head & adjusted his ToysRUs goggles before clambering into the pilot's seat of the idling JO-53. A quiet burp reminded him that his traditional breakfast of Coffee, Croissant & Frosty Flakes spread with chunks of Bratwurst was still in his digestive tract. It had been a tumultuous 5 hours. He had been rung at 3am by Malena Von Ditchdigger, President & CEO of Jonkers Aircraft, LLC. He still did not know why she had left their hotel bed & gone to Hotel Reception to call him. 'Test Ctrl +E', was what she had whispered in a guttural Schnapps & chewing tobacco infused voice, at 3am. 'Why!', Von Schnitzel had demanded. "It must start ze engines, or all is lost!", she whispered loudly. Nonplussed, Von Schnitzel pulled on his flying suit, leaped into his Trabant, & set off through dark & dusty Germanic country lanes to the secret Jonkers testing airfield. His mood was somber. The JO-53 had been started by his mechanic, Rusty Von Spannerwerx. In the cockpit he checked the dials & then cut the engines. All 3 spluttered into a lonely silence that descended like a winter weight duvet over the Jonkers. Von Schnitzel cleared his throat. Now was the moment of truth. Unbeknown to him, Marina had followed a safe behind in her Nash Rambler. Her companion & bodyguard, Dirk Blowout, sat sourly in the passenger's seat. She watched through high powered binoculars from a distant hanger. Von Schnitzels hands trembled. Would it work? He lit a Galois to calm his nerves, then he pressed Ctrl + E. Almost immediately the left engine roared into life! He pressed Ctrl + E again, but nothing. He pressed again & suddenly the middle & right engines roared. As his shaking hands fiddled with levers & with 1 ear tuned into the purring BMW engines, he was startled when the passenger's door was flung open & Von Ditchdigger clambered into the cockpit. A feat in itself considering she was clad top to toe in a gold lame sheath frock with ermine trim. With a matching handbag that could hold a small dog. She planted a large wet kiss on Von Schnitzel's goggles & exclaimed in guttural excitement, 'Well done mon Cherie, I knew you had it in you, Let us flee this land for a place of romance!' Von Schnitzel hesitated. He had promised to take his Mother to Bingo that day. But he could see out of the corner of his eye that Marina would not be denied. He nodded a grudging acceptance. Then he turned & staring though his now fogged up goggles like an owl on Advil, asked quietly, "Where to?" Malina laughed heartily. "Cherie, there is nowhere else to go but the most romantic place on earth, Essendon!!" So, in a nutshell, Ctrl + E does work. TTM

Not sure. All my aircraft 'hot start'. There is a recent release that won't Ctrl + E start, not sure which, might be the P38L. It was in some intro. notes. Tomorrow I will cut the JU-52 engines & then try Ctrl + E. Stand by. TTM

Took the pre 1939 version of the newly released JU-52 for a spin from Bromma. I was surprised how sprightly it was & the civilized sounds from the engines. I anticipated sluggish performance & raspy engines because of its era. TTM (MSFS) Off from Rwy 12 & cutting across some buildings Under the bridge at night Further on from the bridge Back at Bromma, lining up for Rwy 30 Cockpit view of approach. The flash of light on the middle engine prop. disc, is, I think, one of the landing lights reflecting back. I haven't found the switches to turn off the landing lights yet.

NZA have some superb Freeware offerings, which you can get from their site. TTM

Where does one find the 2 files to be emptied? To date not something I have done. I tried a freeware NZA airport, (Motueka), but it was pulling FPS down from 38 to 22 FPS. So I uninstalled it. I will try your deletion suggestion & try Motueka again. I like NZA's stuff, Raglan is a cracker. TTM

Great set! Did you notice any FPS impact? TTM

Quite sensitive brakes, easy to nose over. TTM

Yes, freeware in Simouthouse, I think. TTM

Ah! You can Jetstream in & don't have to get an Uber to the office.

Nicely done set Iain, indoor shots in particular are a revelation re what can be done. Where exactly are the Orbx offices in relation to the airport? On the airport or near the airport? TTM

Excellent set that captures the 'hemmed in by suburbia' nature of this location. I wonder if there are flight time restrictions? Shot # 22 - is this an attached to the side of a building advertising hoarding showing a lady being interviewed? TTM