January 25, 201511 yr Hi, I recently tried flying through a canyon in my plane, and thought that it was good fun and a good way to learn how to maneuver the plane. Surely I am not the first one to think of this :smile: ... so now I am looking for more canyons / valleys to practice maneuvering in. Nice to have: Airport nearby to take-off from, Highway or River to follow, “V” shaped instead of “U” shaped, Easy-wide, and moderate, (it will be a while before I get to the narrow-hard ones). The only one that I have tried so far is Interstate-5 north from KVNY through the Newhall pass (starting at the I-5 and CA-14 split) using a Cessna-172 and a Lancair-Legacy. Thanks in advance JD
January 25, 201511 yr You sure arent the only one. I love to do this in the Grand Canyon, using fighters. At the bottom it's quite narrow, but with a the speeds of a Cessna or Langcair, it shouldnt be too hard. The fighters I use go over 300kts in there. And there's a river to follow. http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/12-ozx-grand-canyon-and-kgcn-holgermesh/ Cheers! Maarten
January 25, 201511 yr Innsbruck and Queenstown are good ones, especially if you are using ORBX scenery Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
January 27, 201511 yr Commercial Member Go to the mother of all canyos... The Grand Canyon! Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
January 27, 201511 yr Author Ok, next flight leaving for the Grand Canyon :smile: and then Innsbruck and Queenstown Thanks JD
January 27, 201511 yr Try the Fraser River valley in British Columbia, Canada. Depart from Abbotsford airport and head west to catch the river, then follow it north. Some fantastic and challenging flying. Here's a run I did in the MilViz F-86 a while back: [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
January 27, 201511 yr Might be some nice valleys in this recent thread... http://forum.avsim.net/topic/460799-stunning-freeware-scenery-combo/ Kauai isn't big but I bet it's pretty. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
January 27, 201511 yr I always like the Columbia River, starting at Spokane KGEG and flying north to Revelstoke CYRV. scott s. .
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