jean marc Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I am preparing slowly a long exploration of Africa wonders - like somethings differents posts (Artic story in standby ) but it would take quite a long time to complete these trips (always very busy by my work so no much time to advance ...) To not wait upto the end, here are first shots, just to show how great are these areas with many distinctive landscapes : desert is not desert, thanks to AfricaOpenLC PS : Great to use LittleNavMap for accurate relief maps and to look for interesting places to fly...also old TPC charts available on http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/tpc/ P3dv4-5 - and at the end Aïr in P3dv5 Tibesti Mountains (Chad) 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 To Ennedi (Chad) 10 11 12 13 14 To Emi Koussi and Tobago Hills (Soudan) 15 16 17 18 18b Ethiopia - Omo valley (great people and our old ancester Lucy - eldest known prehuman australopithecus afarensis) and Afar (volcanos and terrible Donakil people) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Eritra 37 38 Aïr (Niver) in P3d4 39 40 41 in P3dv5 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 and so many other and for each one many things to insert about people, history, wildlife,... but the life should be still long Happy African Flights ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauer Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Superb series... well done! Herman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Wow - Outstanding post Jean Marc !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 The first few images are amazing for OLC. Apologies Jean Marc, I don't have the time to look at it all now but I will look forwards to going through it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Amazing stuff once again Jean Marc, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Another labor of love Jean Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great looking shots! That background information is very valuable. Thanks for your efforts in putting this together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev D Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great stuff.......a lot of time and effort put into this...well done! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great post, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulbit Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Thanks for sharing it !! Stunning shots !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schtroumf Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 It's really well done, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 thanks for sharing, not only great shots but also a very informative amount of narration, I really enjoyed the trip...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 You sir are a human encyclopedia and not a bad screen shot artist either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 A fantastic post with some really good screenshots, marvellous. OLC landscape is tremendous at times. As it is always the case with your postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 23 avril 2020 at 10:37 PM, Hauer said: Superb series... well done! Many thanks Herman On 23 avril 2020 at 10:37 PM, BradB said: Wow - Outstanding post Jean Marc !! . Outstanding Africa Glad you. Liked John On 24 avril 2020 at 12:52 AM, VH-KDK said: The first few images are amazing for OLC. Apologies Jean Marc, I don't have the time to look at it all now but I will look forwards to going through it later. Thank you Martyn ... You will have plenty of time to come back and to see next the posts full of details I guarantee many inserts the next time On 24 avril 2020 at 2:06 AM, adambar said: Amazing stuff once again Jean Marc, great job! And it is the quick edition without the all future inserted pictures and stories thank you very much Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Some masterpiece shots, once again, Jean Marc. especially these first ones are OLC at its finest! I will have to store some of your flight routes to redo them in my p3dv4, some later moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 2:39 AM, Jack Sawyer said: Another labor of love Jean Marc. oh yes and a great exploration of an amazing continent...It is quite difficult and very uncomfortable* (or highly expensive in private 4WD etc) to visit such places - so a virtual sim tour is a luck thanks to Open LC Thank you Jack * I've been in Southern Senegal and in Mali upto Tombouctou with local transportation ... sometimes some trucks like the one on shot #6...we were on the top on the truck full days ... On 4/24/2020 at 10:32 AM, Eberhard Haberkorn said: Great looking shots! That background information is very valuable. Thanks for your efforts in putting this together. Thank you very much for your kind comment Eberhard...Next time it will be with more African liveries and some of yours On 4/24/2020 at 12:01 PM, Kev D said: Great stuff.......a lot of time and effort put into this...well done Thank you Kev...and it is only the beginning very uncompleted On 4/24/2020 at 12:27 PM, Taph said: Great post, thank you so many things to show from these amazing countries ! Thank you Taph - Happy flight in Africa...but not too high not too fast On 4/24/2020 at 12:35 PM, Kulbit said: Thanks for sharing it !! Stunning shots !! Happy you liked Kulbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, jean marc said: It is quite difficult and very uncomfortable* (or highly expensive in private 4WD etc) to visit such places - so a virtual sim tour is a luck thanks to Open LC Oh indeed uncomfortable, at least. All the "official" road controls, warlords or just armed officials and unofficials blocking the roads. OpenLC is the solution for comfortable travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 1:18 PM, schtroumf said: It's really well done, well done Thank you Olivier... To be continued On 4/24/2020 at 1:21 PM, wain71 said: thanks for sharing, not only great shots but also a very informative amount of narration, I really enjoyed the trip..... Glad you liked Wain - your comment is much appreciated I think it is more convenient to know a bit about the flight places otherwise it quite far and lost in the huge continent ... and many comments will be added (but I will try to limit them too ) 12 hours ago, olderndirt said: You sir are a human encyclopedia and not a bad screen shot artist either. Thank you OND ... I have a few excellents books from Theodore Monod, Wilfred Thesiger, Yves Coppens (3 Grand Men) ... and Google help - so just to pick up some details of these reading Always a huge pleasure to see beautiful shots isn't it ? I collected thousands of great pictures and just need times to insert them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Stillwater said: Some masterpiece shots, once again, Jean Marc. especially these first ones are OLC at its finest! I will have to store some of your flight routes to redo them in my p3dv4, some later moment... Thank you Gerold Some of my favorites too with grear rock details It is necessary to be slow and low to appreciate such places ... and to trick and to jump by the map new location when it is too long from a point to another point Hoping to see next some of your shots in similar places 14 minutes ago, Stillwater said: 20 minutes ago, jean marc said: It is quite difficult and very uncomfortable* (or highly expensive in private 4WD etc) to visit such places - so a virtual sim tour is a luck thanks to Open LC Oh indeed uncomfortable, at least. All the "official" road controls, warlords or just armed officials and unofficials blocking the roads. OpenLC is the solution for comfortable travels! ...and a terrible poverty - injustice and immorality at some places... eg. a guy without any basic medecine drugs despite a dispensary in the village...from where all the drugs have been stolen or sold However I will go once in Namibia, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Northern Niger & Chad ... the 2 last would suit for winter holidays as summer holidays would be very uncertain this year Have you already been in such Deserts places ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 13 hours ago, Captain Lars said: A fantastic post with some really good screenshots, marvellous. OLC landscape is tremendous at times. As it is always the case with your postings. much appreciated Lars so great to have finally open LC Africa ! Happy flights ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 hours ago, jean marc said: It is necessary to be slow and low to appreciate such places ... and to trick and to jump by the map new location when it is too long from a point to another point That is indeed the challenge in this big, big continent. Until now I hold my philosophy to simulate all relocations by flying, but I am sure there will be some jumping to come. 2 hours ago, jean marc said: Hoping to see next some of your shots in similar places Will do, will do... 2 hours ago, jean marc said: However I will go once in Namibia, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Northern Niger & Chad ... the 2 last would suit for winter holidays as summer holidays would be very uncertain this year Have you already been in such Deserts places ? Some countries are safe, some not so much... I have not been to Africa at all . And SAAs high probablity of officially going bankrupt in the next days would destroy my already puchased (and paid) flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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