What are your favorite destinations/departure location on Flight Sim?  For me it's Hawaii. I spend about 90% of my FS time there. What about you?

That's a tricky one. I've enjoyed some rw weather Alaska with the 707 Cargo lately and I also enjoy tours in the summer Spain with some GA plane. Not too long ago I did a round trip in Australia with all sorts of planes, just not really fast ones.
Hawaii is pretty nice too. I have freeware scenery and the FSDT airports and flew a lot small airliner and turboprop tours there.

I don't have a favourite.  :P

NNewcomb wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 4:15pm:

What are your favorite destinations/departure location on Flight Sim?  For me it's Hawaii. I spend about 90% of my FS time there. What about you?

Me thinks you will enjoy MS Flight and its one Hawaiian island! The Hawaiian pack is supposed to be cheap, so you'll do well. :P
Nah! Just kidding. ;)

Most of my flights involve flying around Australia. Or from Australia to New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Hawaii and the West Coast of the USA and return flights.

Occasionally I head for UK/Europe for some flights.

Mark

same for me :) I hanging out in AU, NZ, Oceania, Pacific. USA and Canada  lately (since i got 707) Now its cool to take-off in snowy canada, and land in Honolulu :) 707 makes it possible in 6 hrs :)

Very simply. For me Edwards. The best place for testing aircraft.
Next Ftx Alice Spring, my wife is Alice.
The last Insbruck, LOWI and my home Babice airport EPBY.

I fly exclusively around the British Isles.

that could be fun to fly routes to hard airports. Kai-Tak, Tincontin, ets. but too much sceneries needed for that....mmm...expensive :)

Good afternoon everybody,

For me, I like to fly in europe, Taking of or Landing at Nantes Atlantiques LFRS . Sometimes, I use Orly airport  LFPO ( a Place where Lou have Hanted some years ago ).


Friendly

I don't have a favourite departure/destination location. It's more fun to fly around world.

Pinatubo.

I think Pinatubo is lying, he mostly flies around the.. Pinatubo. I've seen him and remember that face.  ;D  :P

CoolP wrote on Feb 28^th, 2012 at 3:47pm:

I think Pinatubo is lying, he mostly flies around the.. Pinatubo. I've seen him and remember that face.  ;D  :P

Oh no, it's true...LOL ;D ;D

But I flew a few times on a small FS plane (Cessna 172) around mount Pinatubo, an active volcano, departing from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL). The mount is located about 40/50 miles (65/80 km) northwest of Manila, the capital of the Philippines.


Below, a Google pic, taken from 6,000 feet over the southern flank of Mt. Pinatubo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/Pinatubo/Flight%20Simulator/MtPinatubo.jpg

Pinatubo.

Beautiful picture.

I may be biased - as I live in NZ - but, for me, New Zealand has it all.

Mountains, lakes, volcanoes, steep valleys, some flat green bits ... and a wealth of scenery add-ons for FS9/FSX.

Adamski.

Europe as a whole is good. Nice scenery, lots of large airports, plenty of nav and other planes, what more do you want?

yep. it's kinda cool place. but i just sticked to usa-canada. snowy canada looks so...hmm...clean or something. This is good experience, to fly there now. weather usually bad, snow, turbulence, winds.

Yesterday i made my first flight online (VATSIM), in cs 707-300C. i flew kpdx - cywg with radio navigation. hit the jetstream at 35000 and saved a lot of time. landed at winnipeg at dusk, there was some high clouds...mmm...nice picture.
Guys, i was shocked! thats cool. and i was scared a lot. my english speech aint cool. well, at least i hope ATC in KSEA had some fun listening how i trying to say something :)

P.S. that jetstream saved my butt, and about 88000 lbs of cargo :) I messed up fuel calculations, and spent more fuel on ground before takeoff. offcourse hand flying up to 18000 ft and below 12000 ft + ATC + checklists....mmm...kinda big workload. So i got my friend coming to fly with me CYWG - KORD next week  8-)

I'm a sucker for the EGLL-KSFO route! I'm yet to go to Singapore > Auzzie. Waiting for CS 777 to do that as BAW15  ;)

I'll fly overseas in near future. i have to get some more experience in flying 707. fuel, fuel-efficient power settings, etc. and then i'll do some crossings :) i'll go for doppler nav first. i flew kpdx - phnl 2 or 3 weeks ago. doppler gives enough precision. i was able to arrive within vor range. offset was about 15 nm, but still good for 5-6 hrs flight.

I love to do short hauls, normally I do EGPH-EIDW which takes less than 45 min and is quite amazing especially if you are using old "steam gauges" aircrafts!

And another cool thing about short flights,  that you can do several flights in line. Much like a bus. thats totally different experience. I fly 727 in Australia like that.  A little longer flights. 1 to 1:30 hrs long. Can spend entire day like regional lines pilot, with dinner between legs ;)
Thats fun in sim. Maybe not so fun in real life, but fun in sim))

Overall, I guess I do most of my flights out of LAX, but I like flying in Europe the most. The only problem is that I get my routes off of FlightAware, and since Europe mostly uses Airbuses, and I have mostly Boeings in my collection, so it's hard to find a good real-world route.

I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed.

boeing247 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2012 at 8:42pm:

Overall, I guess I do most of my flights out of LAX, but I like flying in Europe the most. The only problem is that I get my routes off of FlightAware, and since Europe mostly uses Airbuses, and I have mostly Boeings in my collection, so it's hard to find a good real-world route. I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed.

http://www.simroutes.com/fb2/showplans.aspx

This is what I use, the routes are pretty similar (if not exactly the same) as real-world routes.

boeing247 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2012 at 8:42pm:

I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed.

im not from Au, so guys will tell better, but i fly AU most of my time. Before i bought FTX AU SP4 - there was a kinda dull places mostly. Big ports fine, but i fly 727 on regional routes, so a lot of regional airports does'nt have towns they tied to. just desert with some autogen trees, and in the middle - airport. FTX AU brings life to it. That's totally different. So defaut FSX scenery for AU not so good if you look  far from major cities. Default USA looks much better.

NNewcomb wrote on Mar 18^th, 2012 at 9:04pm:

boeing247 wrote on Mar 18th, 2012 at 8:42pm: Overall, I guess I do most of my flights out of LAX, but I like flying in Europe the most. The only problem is that I get my routes off of FlightAware, and since Europe mostly uses Airbuses, and I have mostly Boeings in my collection, so it's hard to find a good real-world route. I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed. http://www.simroutes.com/fb2/showplans.aspx This is what I use, the routes are pretty similar (if not exactly the same) as real-world routes.

I saw that website a while ago, but I forgot the name. Thanks!

I've made KSEA my home base rather than KSFO. KSEA is one of the default airports with a fair amount of detail on the west coast(for the time to load PST), the jetways at KSFO do not work with the CS757/767 :( I'd like to get the KSFO add on **** Airports San Francisco. Do any of you have it?)

I use flightaware.com and will search the United Airlines tail number from my CS aircraft and see where in the world the plane is and use the last or next flight plan. A lot of times its the north Atlantic tracks east coast(KIAD, KEWR) to Europe and back, which change daily.

I like the New Zealand area too but have only flown there a few times. The Lord of the Rings wouldn't have been the same filmed somewhere else...it is a beautiful country.

One of the places I would like to fly in FSX and real life would be Patagonia and The Andes, kinda like New Zealand, what I would call remote and wild.

boeing247 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2012 at 8:42pm:

I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed.

The default scenery is crap. I live in Victoria which is in the south (birds here fly north for the winter) and Victoria does not look like a desert in the Summer. It is very green mostly (the drought did have some areas in the state looking dry, but not like Microsoft portrays them in FSX). Anyone who seriously wants to see how Australia really looks should buy Orbx-FTX AU (SP4)!


dbhally wrote on Mar 18^th, 2012 at 10:34pm:

I like the New Zealand area too but have only flown there a few times. The Lord of the Rings wouldn't have been the same filmed somewhere else...it is a beautiful country.

I just finished a Trans-Tasman flight, Melbourne (AU) to Wellington (NZ). Too bad that Wellington is on the North Island instead of the South Island, I have Orbx-FTX NZSI and the NZNI isn't done yet.

Mark

Markoz wrote on Mar 19^th, 2012 at 1:49am:

boeing247 wrote on Mar 18th, 2012 at 8:42pm: I've done a few flights in Australia lately. Those of you that live there, what do you think of the FSX scenery? I've been rather impressed. The default scenery is crap. I live in Victoria which is in the south (birds here fly north for the winter) and Victoria does not look like a desert in the Summer. It is very green mostly (the drought did have some areas in the state looking dry, but not like Microsoft portrays them in FSX). Anyone who seriously wants to see how Australia really looks should buy Orbx-FTX AU (SP4)! dbhally wrote on Mar 18th, 2012 at 10:34pm: I like the New Zealand area too but have only flown there a few times. The Lord of the Rings wouldn't have been the same filmed somewhere else...it is a beautiful country. I just finished a Trans-Tasman flight, Melbourne (AU) to Wellington (NZ). Too bad that Wellington is on the North Island instead of the South Island, I have Orbx-FTX NZSI and the NZNI isn't done yet. Mark

Here are some places I would really like to see...(and to give Mark and his countrymen a nod.)

this place is truly a wonder of the natural world, along with...Ayers Rock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ularu

There is an episode of Naked Planet featuring Ularu along with Kata Tjurta here on public broadcasting and it was amazing!

I've looked at this area via Google Earth quite a bit...so beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Apostles_(Victoria)

another place I would like to add would be the Tepui's of Venezuela

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepui

I have the another company downtown San Francisco which is great fun to fly around in a chopper. I also have KLAS, BIKF and all of Iceland. But my favorite is FTX NA Blue. I have a bunch of the little airports which which are great fun in all the small planes.

Lou

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this place is truly a wonder of the natural world, along with...Ayers Rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Tjuta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ularu

Orbx FTX AU Red has both the Olgas (Kata_Tjuta) and Ayres Rock (Ularu) very nicely represented. I was flying around there in a GA aircraft on Wednesday. I have been to Ayres Rock in real life too (1970). The airport is further away from "the Rock" than it was when I flew there from Alice Springs.


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I've looked at this area via Google Earth quite a bit...so beautiful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Apostles_(Victoria)

This one isn't represented in Orbx FTX AU Blue. Not only that, one fell down a few years ago, due to erosion, so there are only eleven left now! :(

Mark

wow! i got entire FTX AU SP4. now i think i gonna get dc3 into the air to see all that :)

How fun it is: i bought FTX AU in the beginning of december, and in the end they had x-mass sale :)) i could save 33 $ if i knew that sales happen :) Anyway i didnt miss sale and got some more FTXes.

Now im waiting for sale to get twin outer. dc3 kinda big for small fields in FTX AU sometimes.

windplayer wrote on Apr 6^th, 2012 at 9:22am:

wow! i got entire FTX AU SP4. now i think i gonna get dc3 into the air to see all that :) How fun it is: i bought FTX AU in the beginning of december, and in the end they had x-mass sale :)) i could save 33 $ if i knew that sales happen :) Anyway i didnt miss sale and got some more FTXes. Now im waiting for sale to get twin outer. dc3 kinda big for small fields in FTX AU sometimes.

I just bought AU YBAS Alice Springs Airport, AU YMMB Moorabbin Airport and AU YBBN Brisbane International. In two weeks time, when I next get pocket money, I'll probably buy AU YMEN Essendon and AU YBCS Cairns International Airport.

I wonder if they'll ever do YSSY. I really want that one the most, now that I have Brisbane.

Mark

I saw YBAS scenery, looks very cool. and i fly there often. looking forward to buy Alice Springs and Cairns. This two first in the list.

Did they eat a lot of FPS?

I will download them during my off-peak internet service as I still have about 70GB of downloads left. The peak service is consumed by my sons and their online multiplayer games. I will let you know how they are once I download and install them.

YMMB Moorabbin is going to be interesting, I already have YMAV Avalon and YMML Melbourne v2. All three are pretty close (not much more than about 30-40 kilometres) and YMAV and YMML usually hit my frame rate quite a bit. It will get worse with YMMB Moorabbin and even more worse IF I buy YMEN Essendon, the former Melbourne International Airport (1950-1970) which is right next to YMML Melbourne, the current International Airport.

Mark

Update: I'm getting very good frame rates around Melbourne after adding YMMB to the mix (YMML, YMAV and YMMB)! Frame rate at YBAS is very good too (23 frames per second with the 737-200 with peopleflow on). I'm very impressed with it all now.

i see satellite photos of central AU and there is a lot of unpaved airstrips there. no towns nearby, just road and some airstrips near. What are they for, who build it, and what a central AU like?

I mean i can fly dc3 by GPS or visual aids - thats fun. Maybe you know some hot spots in AU for bush flying? like Pine Gap near YBAS ;) Maybe some abandoned mines or something...

Unpaved runways are probably for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Central Australia is very sparse. Not very many people really. All the big "Station" (ranch) owners live up there. Anna Creek Station is the largest in the world. Its area is roughly 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km2; 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel, and it is eight times the size of America's biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 825,000 acres (3,340 km2; 1,289 sq mi).

Imagine having to mow 6 million acres of lawn!!! :o

Pine Gap is OFF LMITS! Fly over Pine Gap and the Yanks (and a few Aussies) will shoot you down for sure. Not in FSX though. ;)

I fly around the Great Dividing Range a lot, it goes from right near the tip of Queensland, to a place called the Grampians (about 100 kilometres west of me) in western Victoria. It is a hilly, I can't call it mountainous because the largest mountain here is 7,310 feet (2,228 metres) above sea level, would be a hill to many Europeans, and picturesque area to fly around in. Especially with Orbx AU.

Mark

My favorite place? Easy Ice strips. I've landed the Canadian North 737-200C RW enough times on them I lost count. So I tend to do the same in FSX and yes Prepar3D. I'd like to find some challenging strips in Siberia for the CS737.

USCG76 wrote on Apr 7^th, 2012 at 8:09pm:

My favorite place? Easy Ice strips. I've landed the Canadian North 737-200C RW enough times on them I lost count. So I tend to do the same in FSX and yes Prepar3D. I'd like to find some challenging strips in Siberia for the CS737.

Siberia scenery not very good in FSX, and there is no payware as far as a know. There is a HUGE number of small towns to the east of Ural mountains, where no other transport then aircraft works good. Roads - its just a words :) and scenery basically very sparse. forests up to  horizon (we call it taiga), tundra to the north, steppe covers huge region. I've been there - i was shocked. Looking at all that, you cant guess that civilization exist somewhere ;)

Anyway, there is a some major ports like Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk available on avsim.su (russian forum). They are free and created by enthusiasts. Also you may want to try to find town of Mirny. its a diamond mine, look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HvaegcQm24
major aircraft on siberia regional routes a pretty old props an-12(cargo),24, jets tu-134,154, Il-76(cargo). so 737 can fit there very well, and many regional ports are challenging. no ILS, one beacon, but not so interesting to fly that place in FSX, as it wasnt modeled good. And no charts, or at least i dont know where to get em. This regional flights - heavy load for pilots. And maintenance....well, you know what i mean...old jet witch flies a lot far from major towns...

BTW sunsets in Novosibirsk looks something like in LA due to smog :)

Me, I usually do flights from Vancouver, and flight along the western seaboard. And if i got time, ill fly to japan or Hong Kong.

I will also go to Europe and fly to Germany, France, Portugal, and Russia, usually from Heathrow.

I also fly in and out of Australia to Cancun, Or Sint Maarten to Toncontin.

At Toncontin i usually take the 757-200 and practice that 30 degree bank approach  ;D

Braedon

LOWI innsburk! with real weather it keeps you on your toes!

Got to be Italy for me - the Alps and Venice in the north and the warm climate in the south make for a great place to fly. I enjoy whizzing around the PNW in the USA with a Carenado Cessna too with ORBX scenery packs installed.  :)

Alps on a sunset! Man, thats something! i do fly a lot in EU. There was lots of rains a week ago.