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California Misery, Part II


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Following on the heels of my previous flight from Monterrey to Santa Maria, I thought I would post (again, real weather according to looking outside the window and Opus) another flight in the miserable paradise we call California. Flying with P3D 1.4, Orbx FTX Global, and Opus with REX OD textures. Drought be damned, this January has been one for the books!

 

This time I wanted to go low and slow, and flew the Manfred Jann C-47. If you do NOT have this aircraft I most highly recommend picking it up. It is a FABULOUS freeware aircraft, and the sound packs from TuFun (Ted) make it all the better. Check it out over on SOH. It is a an aircraft with "soul" - ######-poor visibility out the cockpit, flies like a big yellow bus, but it is just FUN!!!

 

Here we have a really nice startup sequence. Lots of coughing, stumbling, and blue smoke.

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Contact - ready to go.

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Flying from Mariposa to Auburn, CA, along the base of the Sierra Nevada.

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This is just a sweet aircraft, and there are a ton of paints available for it!

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Orbx and Opus at its finest. Have to say, Mister Venema really likes power lines...  :)

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Love this time of day...

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Co-pilot informed me we are not landing there - no cantina in sight - go for the the strip at upper right instead. (Perfect example of mesh problems)

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It just does not get much better than this, does it... Late evening, CAVU conditions, and a cantina in sight!

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It is really remarkable what FTX Global does with run of the mill airports, in this case Auburn, CA.

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John Howell

Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick 

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Thanks, TJ. 

 

And yeah, I fear that we will be a mirror of how the Aussie summer has gone - brutally hot. While the Aussies got some rain (too much, IIRC, with flooding), our dry conditions are going to present a murderous fire season...   :(

John Howell

Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick 

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