Stillwater Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well, as Mallard was disregarding his tasks in fire control today, I had to jump in. Took off from Lake Tahoe... ( href='http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/77941-various/%C2'> OK, today the Sierra Nevada does not look like too much of a bushfire risk... ... so I took the chance to go south to Yosemite valley ... ... and towards White Mountain. You can see Mono Lake in the distance, but it is default FSX scenery ! Changes required... Long Valley looks much better than Mono Lake (now in the background). Not many bushes for a bushfire here... Turning to final at Mammoth Lake ... ... looks like a soft touch ... Mates, get off the plane, for a hot bath! PS: For sure I did not read anything like a manual or so. But if you keep the engines in the green areas, why should you? Descending with the AP is a (reported) problem, but that bird is a pleasure for manual control (I did not even have trouble with an emergency landing halfway on my tour, when I ran out of fuel...). You will see more of this plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Beautiful set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Pugwash Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 More great "high vis" action, need my shades for yours and Mallards shots these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twsimfan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great looking shots Gerold and I like your airplane. But keep it away from my "dawgs" if you want to keep free of chew marks. They love their optic yellow tennis balls so much they have come to assume anything in that color belongs to them. Just kidding.... that color is very appropriate to many fire departments. While I worked for the City of Boise in Idaho years ago I bought a heavily used 1961 Ford Econoline Van in a city auction that had been the property of the fire department and was exactly that color. I got it for $150 complete with huge diamond plate steel bumpers fore & aft and lot of scratches, dents, and more than a little rust. The brakes were only fair but that didn't matter because nobody dared pull out in front of that beast. After a few months of using it to transport my wife and my pups from Western Idaho to Eastern Idaho to see my wife's folks a hippy type showed up and wanted to buy it. I told him no a number of times but he kept coming back with a bit more money each time. When he got up to $1,500 I couldn't resist and agreed to part with it provided the cash was up front. Your shots and your story line are great... pardon my long boing story about that ugly old van. Best regards, Tom Wunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Fine set these. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Fantastic shots Gerold !! . Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasi31 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great shots Gerold! Agree with you, the Twotter is a great bird to fly manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks for your comments, mates! Beautiful set! More great "high vis" action, need my shades for yours and Mallards shots these days Well, it´s spring anyway! Fine set these. cheers Iain Fantastic shots Gerold !! . Cheers Brad Great shots Gerold! Agree with you, the Twotter is a great bird to fly manually. ... and now I even learned to get her climb & descend automatically....! Great looking shots Gerold and I like your airplane. But keep it away from my "dawgs" if you want to keep free of chew marks. They love their optic yellow tennis balls so much they have come to assume anything in that color belongs to them. Just kidding.... that color is very appropriate to many fire departments. While I worked for the City of Boise in Idaho years ago I bought a heavily used 1961 Ford Econoline Van in a city auction that had been the property of the fire department and was exactly that color. I got it for $150 complete with huge diamond plate steel bumpers fore & aft and lot of scratches, dents, and more than a little rust. The brakes were only fair but that didn't matter because nobody dared pull out in front of that beast. After a few months of using it to transport my wife and my pups from Western Idaho to Eastern Idaho to see my wife's folks a hippy type showed up and wanted to buy it. I told him no a number of times but he kept coming back with a bit more money each time. When he got up to $1,500 I couldn't resist and agreed to part with it provided the cash was up front. Your shots and your story line are great... pardon my long boing story about that ugly old van. Best regards, Tom Wunder Well, that sounds like a deal, Tom. With a car in radioactive colours. Fantastic story! Do you know if he survived the brakes...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUIBRU Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 It's not wildfire season but you watch and you are meadows. Great shots !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 This livery is on fire. Watch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twsimfan Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I don't know Gerold... hopefully he got the brakes fixed but with that huge diamond plate steel bumper on the front pulling out in front of it was kind of like pulling out in front of a railroad steam engine with a big cow catcher on the front. Not a wise thing to do. When I owned it my wife and I used to joke that we wished somebody would pull in front of us so their insurance company could buy us a new vehicle. A '61 Econoline was boxy at best when they were new and this one was far from new. The Boise Fire Department had those bumpers made to bump things out of the way with at fire scenes... like people blocking fire hydrants... and they were kind of intimidating. We would see people start to pull out in front of us at stop signs then think better of it and wait for us to pass. It was kind of like a big ugly brick that nobody wanted to be in the way of. In that color nobody could claim that they hadn't seen it. Besides I think the guy wanted the van more to live in than drive. He had a late 1950s VW Microbus that was literally falling apart that seemed to contain all of his worldly possessions. Far too much information on a van I haven't owned in about 30 years. I really did enjoy your pictures, thanks, Tom Wunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Amazing set of shots Gerold!! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Superb shots Gerold! Stay clear of FSX default sceneries and everything will be okay And: But if you keep the engines in the green areas, why should you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Excellent set and story Gerold, but.... ....what is a manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Always good to know someone is at your side! Nice pics! Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Beautiful shots Gerold ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Thanks for your support! It's not wildfire season but you watch and you are meadows. Great shots !!! This livery is on fire. Watch out! Indeed a nice contrast to sky & trees. Amazing set of shots Gerold!! Adam Superb shots Gerold! Stay clear of FSX default sceneries and everything will be okay And: But if you keep the engines in the green areas, why should you? Correct, the default demon must be avoided! Excellent set and story Gerold, but........what is a manual? ! Always good to know someone is at your side! Nice pics! Cheers Mallard At your disposal. Beautiful shots Gerold ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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