Stillwater Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, wolfko said: @Stillwater So it is okay to post screenshots out of the sim rather than real world photos? You are correct Wolfgang, my intention was seeing real life shots of Orbx airports. Let us try to guess the last one from @John Heaton and then only go on with real photos. If there are some more to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Ok - I won't do this again - which makes it difficult to take part in this "Game" I have loads of photos - all over the world - taken in the 70s and 80s - but is impossible to find one that Orbx has produced - but can find many that are included in Orbx scenery. . I am often reminded that Orbx will not produce an airport specifically - if it has already been produced by others 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 7/31/2020 at 5:46 AM, John Heaton said: Speaking of Orbx airports - I have quietly been revisiting my Library of them - including Aus V2 - keeping a number of screenshots - and when August 18th arrives my first flight will be around my Antipodean country once more - not only to see what MS have done - but to compare what we currently have - to what MSD is orffering. Meanwhile - in the absence of a current Question - try this easy one. Next guess from my side John: Bundaberg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: Next guess from my side John: Bundaberg? dead right Gerold - here's another view with my Citation 560XL - literally on Lift Off and where Orbx includes most of the town. Bundaberg's famous Pilot was Bert Hinkler - the first man to fly solo from England to Australia and his plane is in the local museum Edited August 2, 2020 by John Heaton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 17 minutes ago, John Heaton said: dead right Gerold - here's another view with my Citation 560XL - literally on Lift Off and where Orbx includes most of the town. Bundaberg's famous Pilot was Bert Hinkler - the first man to fly solo from England to Australia and his plane is in the local museum Perfect, thank you John! So I have the chance to move back to real pictures. Shouldn´t be too difficult, as always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Alice Springs (YBAS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, wolfko said: Alice Springs (YBAS) Boah, you are correct and fast. As I suppose you do not have pictures in stock, are you ok if I post another one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: Boah, you are correct and fast. As I suppose you do not have pictures in stock, are you ok if I post another one? Quite a few Orbx airports have RFD facillities. It was the sparse vegetation and the colour of the soil which indicated it might be Alice. I then double checked the RFD complex in your shot with Google Earth satellite view. Was there kinda sand storm going on when you took the foto? It looks like there was lot of dust in the air. And of course you can go ahead to post another one of your pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 3 hours ago, wolfko said: Was there kinda sand storm going on when you took the foto? Indeed it was. With a slight delay before boarding, but takeoff was fine. Qantas knows what to expext there... I have the next one already here...: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernief Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 YMEN - Essendon (Fields as it is called now). Cheers Bernie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Launceston - freebie Orbx a/p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 EDIT This IS an Orbx airport. No guesses? I visited this one last week on a trip to the PNW coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 2 hours ago, John Heaton said: Launceston - freebie Orbx a/p You got it (again), John. Your turn to post another one, if you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Here's one from 1973 which is a clue - but I doubt if anyone can recognise it - without some sort of Guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hmmm, it might be a Qantas plane, so I would exclude Europe. Orbx has no airfields in Asia, Africa, South America as well. And I doubt Qantas had connections to the few suitable Orbx airports in North America (San Diego would be the only long-distance suited for Aussies). So it comes down to Australia. The building between tail and stairway looks like an old tower, we will need to check... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Gerold - I just realised that I might have made a Blue - its Sydney - and I have just realised that it is not an Orbx airport since I rarely use it in my simming Sorry! I almost put up an obvious Heathrow and realised that that wasn't an Orbx as well. Try this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 5:51 AM, John Heaton said: Gerold - I just realised that I might have made a Blue - its Sydney - and I have just realised that it is not an Orbx airport since I rarely use it in my simming Sorry! I almost put up an obvious Heathrow and realised that that wasn't an Orbx as well. Try this That is not totally obvious... so we have to work a bit. Australia is evident, because of the famous airline. Flat land with trees, so no outback. Oceania Aviation ground handling is the only specific hint I see... http://www.oceaniaaviation.com/australia-oceania-ground-handling/ . Which leaves the following airports in the list: Hervey Bay (not that much jet traffic), Brisbane (has mostly jetways), Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour. Due to the slightly intense traffic I would go for Gold (Coast)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 58 minutes ago, Stillwater said: That is not totally obvious... so we have to work a bit. Australia is evident, because of the famous airline. Flat land with trees, so no outback. Oceania Aviation ground handling is the only specific hint I see... http://www.oceaniaaviation.com/australia-oceania-ground-handling/ . Which leaves the following airports in the list: Hervey Bay (not that much jet traffic), Brisbane (has mostly jetways), Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour. Due to the slightly intense traffic I would go for Gold (Coast)? Blimey - I thought I had been forgotten Sherlock - your deduction is correct - Gold Coast it is ! - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 10:00 PM, Rob Abernathy said: EDIT This IS an Orbx airport. No guesses? I visited this one last week on a trip to the PNW coast. Tillamook Airport and Air Museum plus home of some pretty tasty ice cream too . John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 6 hours ago, BradB said: Tillamook Airport and Air Museum plus home of some pretty tasty ice cream too . John That's the bridge to Somoa in the background. KEKA But, I must apologize......I posted this one already! Senior moment! I have another one of a PNW most popular Orbx airport. I'll go find it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Rob Abernathy said: That's the bridge to Somoa in the background. KEKA But, I must apologize......I posted this one already! Senior moment! I have another one of a PNW most popular Orbx airport. I'll go find it. Please, do not hesitate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 3:43 PM, Rob Abernathy said: That's the bridge to Somoa in the background. KEKA But, I must apologize......I posted this one already! Senior moment! I have another one of a PNW most popular Orbx airport. I'll go find it. Rob, do you see the chance that you find a new quest for us? We should not mix it up with MSFS shots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Stillwater said: Rob, do you see the chance that you find a new quest for us? We should not mix it up with MSFS shots... I have two, but finding the pictures is a challenge in itself! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto2 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 While we are waiting, here is a real life pic of an Orbx airport.... Rod 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 21 hours ago, stiletto2 said: While we are waiting, here is a real life pic of an Orbx airport.... Rod That is an amazing shot, Rod. Let´s see if someone knows where this is...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/4/2020 at 3:37 PM, stiletto2 said: While we are waiting, here is a real life pic of an Orbx airport.... Rod It appears to me this thread is dead... MSFS absorbs all attention. I just throw "Walter Suttons?" in the field... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: It appears to me this thread is dead... MSFS absorbs all attention. I just throw "Walter Suttons?" in the field... But isn't Walter Suttons amidst of agricultural fields and paddocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto2 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 The airfield in question is in Washington state. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, stiletto2 said: The airfield in question is in Washington state. Rod I'm going to say S93 Cle Elum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto2 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 That is the right Payware package but not the correct name for the bonus airport that came with S93. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, stiletto2 said: That is the right Payware package but not the correct name for the bonus airport that came with S93. Rod Ah, so the plot thickens....then I will submit that De Vere Field is the answer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto2 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Sniper31 is correct! Here is a pic from my sim of the Orbx version of De Vere Field: I guess that correct guess entitles Sniper31 to post a pic if he has one.....otherwise back to Stillwater.... Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, stiletto2 said: I guess that correct guess entitles Sniper31 to post a pic if he has one.....otherwise back to Stillwater.... The problem is I don't have any real world pics of Orbx airfields...plenty of non-Orbx airfield shots though. At any rate, I will defer to Gerold @Stillwaterfor the next shot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, stiletto2 said: Sniper31 is correct! Here is a pic from my sim of the Orbx version of De Vere Field: I guess that correct guess entitles Sniper31 to post a pic if he has one.....otherwise back to Stillwater.... Rod Amazing how similar this shot looks to the real world one above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 5:13 PM, Sniper31 said: The problem is I don't have any real world pics of Orbx airfields...plenty of non-Orbx airfield shots though. At any rate, I will defer to Gerold @Stillwaterfor the next shot Okay, my friends, I do not have very many left - there is no much flying on this planet currently! But let me try to overcome imgur struggles... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: Okay, my friends, I do not have very many left - there is no much flying on this planet currently! But let me try to overcome imgur struggles... Brisbane (YBBN) at low tide. On appraoch to rwy 19, now 19L. In the background one can see the construction of the only recently opened rwy 19R. So you must have been there not long time ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/22/2020 at 10:24 PM, wolfko said: Brisbane (YBBN) at low tide. On appraoch to rwy 19, now 19L. In the background one can see the construction of the only recently opened rwy 19R. So you must have been there not long time ago. Sherlock Wolfgang has found it again. And the right timing as well: That picture was taken the last spring before Corona. The only Orbx airports I can (plan) travel to now are Porta Westfalica (already posted here), Innsbruck (same), Jena (don´t own it and have no interest, the German freeware airfields (too small to travel to). Ah, I have one more: Probably too easy to guess. So... please answer only, if you can reply with a picture from your travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Stillwater said: Sherlock Wolfgang has found it again. And the right timing as well: That picture was taken the last spring before Corona. The only Orbx airports I can (plan) travel to now are Porta Westfalica (already posted here), Innsbruck (same), Jena (don´t own it and have no interest, the German freeware airfields (too small to travel to). Ah, I have one more: Probably too easy to guess. So... please answer only, if you can reply with a picture from your travels. I know this one, but I won't answer, because I have no personally taken photo to post. I remeber to have a spare digital pic of an Orbx airport stored somewhere, but I can't find it. However I had a shot of this airport available which was not taken by myself but was taken at exactly the same spot and looks almost identical. Only the aircraft shown on the pic is different. And it is of an airport which was already featured in this thread. Would it still be okay to post this shot? Edited September 24, 2020 by wolfko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 10 hours ago, wolfko said: Would it still be okay to post this shot? Of course, mate! Come on, solve the "quest" and get us the next one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Okay, it is Vienna Schwechat Airport (LOWW). And here is the next one. As mentioned before this was not taken by myself, but I have personally taken an almost identical shot (which I cannot find) of a Qantas (or Qantaslink) Dash 8-300 at exactly the the same parking spot at the same airport. So this may be a hint, a Qantas and an Air NZ Link Dash 8-300 at exactly the same location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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