bernd1151 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Just 45 minutes from Cairns by fast catamaran, Green Island is a beautiful 6000 year old, small rainforest covered coral cay, located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mac Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Really beautiful shots Bernd! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 14 hours ago, John Mac said: Really beautiful shots Bernd! John. Many thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Superb set of shots Bernd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Brilliant tour and shots Bernd. If I may add one of my preferred "simulator", taken in 2019 - you can use it as navigation aid to avoid crushing into the reef: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Thanks Gerold! That picture shows, how good MSFS is 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Remarkable images Bernd! Looks like a beautiful and warm tropical location Landon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 superb shots, strange looking plane.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Many thanks, Landon and Wayne for commenting! Sorry Wayne, the plane, I have forgotten to mention it, is the Dornier Wal (whale), a quite successful twin-engine German flying boat of the 1920s. The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen used it for his (unsuccessful) attempt to reach the North Pole in 1925. He landed at the wrong location. On January 22, 1926 a Spanish crew took off from Spain in the Wal to cross the Southern Atlantic and arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 26. They stopped over at Gran Canaria, Cape Verde, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. The 10,270 km journey was completed in 59 hours and 39 minutes. In 1930, a German aviator started on a transatlantic flight in the same plane, Amundsen had flown, establishing the northern air route over the Atlantic, flying from Sylt (Germany)-Iceland-Greenland-Labrador-New York 4,670 mi (7,520 km)) in 47 flight hours. Later these planes were also successfully used on regular mail runs between Spain and South America. It would be quite something to repeat some of these adventure flights today in MSFS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 21 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Thanks Gerold! That picture shows, how good MSFS is Indeed! What a pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 10:39 AM, bernd1151 said: Many thanks, Landon and Wayne for commenting! Sorry Wayne, the plane, I have forgotten to mention it, is the Dornier Wal (whale), a quite successful twin-engine German flying boat of the 1920s. The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen used it for his (unsuccessful) attempt to reach the North Pole in 1925. He landed at the wrong location. On January 22, 1926 a Spanish crew took off from Spain in the Wal to cross the Southern Atlantic and arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 26. They stopped over at Gran Canaria, Cape Verde, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. The 10,270 km journey was completed in 59 hours and 39 minutes. In 1930, a German aviator started on a transatlantic flight in the same plane, Amundsen had flown, establishing the northern air route over the Atlantic, flying from Sylt (Germany)-Iceland-Greenland-Labrador-New York 4,670 mi (7,520 km)) in 47 flight hours. Later these planes were also successfully used on regular mail runs between Spain and South America. It would be quite something to repeat some of these adventure flights today in MSFS thanks for that info, you have to admire these pioneering early flyers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Great stuff Bernd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Nice set of shots! Great Locale and aircraft for it too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Beautiful shots Bernd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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