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I just completed this flight, from Lyon to Strasbourg, France.
 
The typical 1-hour-flight I can realistically fly, having 2 children  -_-
 

 

Parked at the short-haul hub, well surrounded by Air France low-cost and regional airlines : Hop!, Brit Air, Airlinair, Regional. Boarding completed, we are cleared to taxi to 18R.

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Pushback, GSX style, engine start up, flaps one notch. Let's roll !

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One minute after TO, following SID MABES 6S : 4,2 nm from LSE, heading left to intercept 328° LTP radial...
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... and then, to DANBO a few miles North LFLL
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End of SID, quietly climbing to FL250
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Enjoying cloud shadows, and the sense of depth it provides
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After a steep 2 500ft/mn descent to 8 500ft, we are approaching SOREM, the 3rd point of STAR LUL 6V. In the background, somewhere lost in the mist, Mount Saint Odile, where in 1992 Flight Air Inter #148 crashed while approaching LFST.
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This flight is my modest tribute to the passengers who lost their lives without even knowing what was happening.
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Turning around Initial Approach Fix SAV, under a thick cloud layer.
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This panorama gives you an idea of the atmosphere over the Rhein. Beyond this natural barrier, Germany.
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About 16nm later, on approach, the sun shyly breaks through
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Final approach, 4 to 5 kts front wind
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Not looking for a kiss landing at all price but this one was a great example...
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Leaving the runway, to the parking
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Arrived at gate A27
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During deboarding, clouds and their shadow were passing above the airfield, I stared at the screen for 1 minute or 2, just watching the scene. 
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Thanks for watching
 

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Thanks for sharing... Nice one! :)

Is it Flight1 ATR-72? (wasn't aware that it worked in P3D)


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Nope, I do not own it (and I am not sure it works with P3D too)

 

This is ISDT freeware ATR which I merged with Denmark's ATR panel.

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I just completed this flight, from Lyon to Strasbourg, France.

 

The typical 1-hour-flight I can realistically fly, having 2 children  -_-

 

Amen to that my friend, and I only have one!  :lol:

 

What sceneries did you use? Jennasoft Lyon, right? Is that the freeware Strasbourg that I've seen in the library? How about the rest, is that stock P3D?

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Amen to that my friend, and I only have one!  :lol:

 

My oldest son is 2 1/2 yo, and he's starting to show interest for aviation. Serious business will now begin  B)

 

The sceneries : Jennasoft LFLL that's correct, and freeware Strasbourg (a masterpiece...), correct too. FS Genesis mesh, FTX Global.

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My oldest son is 2 1/2 yo, and he's starting to show interest for aviation. Serious business will now begin  B)

 

The sceneries : Jennasoft LFLL that's correct, and freeware Strasbourg (a masterpiece...), correct too. FS Genesis mesh, FTX Global.

 

If the oldest is 2.5 you must be a busy man! My boy is 2 years and 2 months, so a very similar age - he is showing signs of an interest in aviation and I've even managed to teach him where the ailerons are on his toy plane and what they do  :lol:

 

He goes on his first aeroplane in less than a month (EGKK to Faro) so hopefully he will enjoy that.

 

I'll get hold of Strasbourg as I tend to do 1hr-ish hops out of Gatwick and am a bit fed up of CDG and Geneva (hence why I bought LFLL about a week ago). I use something a bit different for France, not sure how well known it is - Business Class from Scenerybox. Photoscenery for all of France @ 2m per pixel, so great for IFR. Only drawback is no autogen.

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Awesome P3D v2 shots... 


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If the oldest is 2.5 you must be a busy man! My boy is 2 years and 2 months, so a very similar age - he is showing signs of an interest in aviation and I've even managed to teach him where the ailerons are on his toy plane and what they do  :lol:

 

He goes on his first aeroplane in less than a month (EGKK to Faro) so hopefully he will enjoy that.

 

Oh, boy ! When I see how excited my boy was when he took the train, I cannot imagine how he would be, taking the plane ! The youngest is only 6 months old : when I am alone looking after him, I feel busier than in an A320 cockpit...

 

 

I'll get hold of Strasbourg as I tend to do 1hr-ish hops out of Gatwick and am a bit fed up of CDG and Geneva (hence why I bought LFLL about a week ago). I use something a bit different for France, not sure how well known it is - Business Class from Scenerybox. Photoscenery for all of France @ 2m per pixel, so great for IFR. Only drawback is no autogen.

 

I do not know this product from Scenerybox. But the lack of autogen is a no-go for me. Especially since P3D allows more autogen at low FPS cost (I think this is related to offloading autogen to the GPU).

 

I talked about children, but even before having them, I was not fond of 10 hours flights. Size does matter to me, but the shorter, the better  :P

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Oh, boy ! When I see how excited my boy was when he took the train, I cannot imagine how he would be, taking the plane ! The youngest is only 6 months old : when I am alone looking after him, I feel busier than in an A320 cockpit...

Yeah he's only been on the train a couple of times and got very excited at that. Just hoping the enthusiasm doesn't give way to fear as trying to calm a toddler for 2 hours doesn't appeal! Babies are more complicated than flying planes yet they don't even come with a manual or QRH!!

 

I do not know this product from Scenerybox. But the lack of autogen is a no-go for me. Especially since P3D allows more autogen at low FPS cost (I think this is related to offloading autogen to the GPU).

Ah ok, it depends if you are a photoscenery fan or not. Scenerybox are a French company, a lesser known version of FranceVFR and as well the Business Class product they do offer all of France (by region) at a much higher resolution - but at a cost in terms of money and disk space. I do keep being tempted by things like FTX Global though because the lack of autogen can spoil immersion at low altitudes - does it suffer from the usual 'samey'-ness at high altitude?

 

I talked about children, but even before having them, I was not fond of 10 hours flights. Size does matter to me, but the shorter, the better  :P

Same here, even before the little man arrived it was probably 2 hours max at a time, never really did long haul at all...

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This is ISDT freeware ATR which I merged with Denmark's ATR panel

 

So how difficult was it to merge the two?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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I could be a liar and pretend it took me 100 hours+, over 10 weeks etc.

 

But it basically consisted in moving the panel folder from Denmark to ISDT  -_-

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I could be a liar and pretend it took me 100 hours+, over 10 weeks etc.

 

But it basically consisted in moving the panel folder from Denmark to ISDT  -_-

 

 

Many aren't used to that kind of simplicity.  This reality hasn't been in place for over 8 years.  Some haven't been around long enough to remember how easy things used to be.  B)


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