paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 LOWI (Innsbruck) is one of my all time favourite Orbx airports. It is situated in western Austria, a couple of miles from the centre of Innsbruck. Innsbruck is the provincial capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria by population. It is situated in the valley of Inn river between mountain ranges. This beautiful alpine destination, with breathtaking scenery, and snow-capped mountains, is a favourite winter sports destinations. It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976. Also, it hosted Winter Paralympics in 1984 and 1988. The F-18 aircraft is from Fliegerstaffel 11 (Fighter squadron 11) (Tigers) of the Swiss Air Force. The special markings were for the 2018 'Tiger Meet'. Tiger Meets are held annually and are attended by NATO combat aviation squadrons with a Tiger on their shields. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Wonderful images Paul from one of the top sim locations. The livery is a great change from the expected black and yellow tiger stripes. It looks similar to a Frontier jet would wear but of course they don't have tigers in the US! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 Thank you Martyn . Indeed, a beautiful location. I enjoy the 'Tiger Meet' special liveries. Some are more subtle than others. I think this one strikes a nice balance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caluma65 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Wow, incredible set of shots. That livery is brilliant as well. Cheers, Calum 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Caluma65 said: Wow, incredible set of shots. That livery is brilliant as well. Cheers, Calum Many thanks Calum. Glad that you enjoyed them . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Great shots Paul and thank for advertising my hometown so enthusiastically. That's much appreciated. Would you like to have a job at Tourism Innsbruck? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I agree Paul. In mu opinion I've always thought LOWI to be the benchmark to compare all others to. Wonderful shots. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 28 minutes ago, wolfko said: Great shots Paul and thank for advertising my hometown so enthusiastically. That's much appreciated. Would you like to have a job at Tourism Innsbruck? Thank you Wolfgang . Perhaps a job at the airport then? BTW, I think you missed my post 'In Austria' (on page 5 here now)? It was you who motivated me to make that flight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: I agree Paul. In mu opinion I've always thought LOWI to be the benchmark to compare all others to. Wonderful shots. Thank you Jack . Indeed LOWI was top of the class when released. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Love that last shot Paul !! . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 superb set of shots Paul, that airport is great on approach when you're flying in on a bus or 737 and there's a bit of low cloud, even though it's a sim still get a kick out of coming through the clouds and seeing the runway..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, BradB said: Love that last shot Paul !! . Thanks John. I hope you didn't have to put sunglasses on! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 13 minutes ago, wain71 said: superb set of shots Paul, that airport is great on approach when you're flying in on a bus or 737 and there's a bit of low cloud, even though it's a sim still get a kick out of coming through the clouds and seeing the runway..... Thank you Wayne . Indeed, that brings back memories of my FS2002/4 flying. I added a good clouds package and would often just repeats flights where I broke through the clouds and saw the runway. A novelty value at the time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Grand set of shots these Paul. cheers Iain 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Iain Emms said: Grand set of shots these Paul. cheers Iain Thank you Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/19/2022 at 4:00 PM, paulb said: Thank you Wolfgang . Perhaps a job at the airport then? BTW, I think you missed my post 'In Austria' (on page 5 here now)? It was you who motivated me to make that flight. Yes, I really had missed that one. I have checked it out now and like it very much. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 hours ago, wolfko said: Yes, I really had missed that one. I have checked it out now and like it very much. Many thanks Wolfgang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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