VH-KDK Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Time to take the Birdcage for a flight. 1. Powering off from Bowerman. 2. Ocean Shores at the entrance to Grays Harbour. 3. Gray's Harbour with the Johns River in view. 4. Getting above the clouds. 5. The Colombia River at Clatskanie. 6. 7. Close to St Helens. 8. Tualtin can be seen in the distance. 9. Over McMinville 10. The Willamette River approaching 7S5 11. Landed at Independence State at Monmouth. Hope you enjoyed the flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Grand set of shots Martyn. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Well done Martyn! Some great shots there. Probably the third and fourth are my favourites with the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Flying down to Rio next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Outstanding! I love this plane, doesn't it seem to have so much power? I mean this plane can get to altitude in a hurry, almost like a jet! And didn't it have something like a 13 foot diameter prop? Huge for a plane of this size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Smashing shots in your "Birdie" Martyn . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Super set of screen shots Martyn I enjoyed you flight and the captions on the flight as you go thanks my friend regards stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Bowerman and the climbout to Ocean Shores is an ever-so-beautiful area, thanks for showing it again, Martyn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewies Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Nice selection of images, the diversity of the cloud types really adds to the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Swell series of captures Martyn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 19 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Grand set of shots Martyn. cheers Iain Thank you Iain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 19 hours ago, paulb said: Well done Martyn! Some great shots there. Probably the third and fourth are my favourites with the clouds. Thanks very much Paul. Glad you liked 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 18 hours ago, Bermuda425 said: Flying down to Rio next? I probably won't, but then again I just might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 17 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Outstanding! I love this plane, doesn't it seem to have so much power? I mean this plane can get to altitude in a hurry, almost like a jet! And didn't it have something like a 13 foot diameter prop? Huge for a plane of this size! Thank you Jack, isn't it a wonderful powerful aircraft. I think I am right in saying that the massive prop was the reason for the gull wing design to keep the u/c legs as short as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 4 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Thank you Jack, isn't it a wonderful powerful aircraft. I think I am right in saying that the massive prop was the reason for the gull wing design to keep the u/c legs as short as possible. That's what I think too. I was just talking to my 86 year old uncle about this the other day, he remembers seeing them all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 5/11/2017 at 2:13 AM, BradB said: Smashing shots in your "Birdie" Martyn . Cheers John Thank you John, a beautiful plane to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 5/11/2017 at 2:40 AM, stewart1 said: Super set of screen shots Martyn I enjoyed you flight and the captions on the flight as you go thanks my friend regards stewart Thanks for commenting Stewart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 5/11/2017 at 4:36 AM, Stillwater said: Bowerman and the climbout to Ocean Shores is an ever-so-beautiful area, thanks for showing it again, Martyn! A wonderful area to fly around Gerold, some beautiful scenery to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 20 hours ago, mikewies said: Nice selection of images, the diversity of the cloud types really adds to the photos! Thank you Mike for your comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 16 hours ago, adambar said: Swell series of captures Martyn! Cheers for commenting Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: That's what I think too. I was just talking to my 86 year old uncle about this the other day, he remembers seeing them all the time. Never seen a Corsair in RL, first time I was aware of it's existence was seeing a friends kit when I was very young and thinking what a strange plane it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Just now, VH-KDK said: Never seen a Corsair in RL, first time I was aware of it's existence was seeing a friends kit when I was very young and thinking what a strange plane it was. I loved it too, even built it in plastic and balsa. It was the F4 Phantom of its day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Great set, if you have a VR headset the FS2 version is amazing, looking out the cockpit over that wing is amazing, the plane feels huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 31 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: I loved it too, even built it in plastic and balsa. It was the F4 Phantom of its day. I waited until the early 70s before I got the Airfix kit. I had a big collection of WW2 planes, all painted in their authentic colours. I had to them leave behind when I came to Australia in'81. I gave them all to the young kid next door and his dad said he was over the moon with them. Good to make people happy isn't it! Now instead of having planes gathering dust on the shelf we can fly them on the FSim, never thought we would have this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 19 minutes ago, Ken Hall said: Great set, if you have a VR headset the FS2 version is amazing, looking out the cockpit over that wing is amazing, the plane feels huge. Cheers Ken, must be a wonderful experience but I can't see me going in this direction for a long time if at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: I waited until the early 70s before I got the Airfix kit. I had a big collection of WW2 planes, all painted in their authentic colours. I had to them leave behind when I came to Australia in'81. I gave them all to the young kid next door and his dad said he was over the moon with them. Good to make people happy isn't it! Now instead of having planes gathering dust on the shelf we can fly them on the FSim, never thought we would have this. Good on ya as they say Down Under! I live to help people and you’re right. I never would have dreamed of this kind of computing power and the performance of the sim, couple that with Orbx’s stuff and I’ve never been happier to fly in my virtual world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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