Chasing the Aurora Borealis

[HaraldG 559]

Some impressions from a journey Iceland - Alaska in four legs. I hope that I will see the Aurora even better at my next flights round the polar circle. At least there was always still a little daylight.

 

Taxiing at Keflavik

 

 

 

I never expected to see a DC-6 at Kangerlussuaq Airport/Greenland

 

And there it is: Aurora Borealis

 

 

Due to strong headwinds a had to refuel in the middle of nowhere: Gjöa Haven (scenery by Roger Wensley, who filled a lot of gaps scenery-wise in this part of the world)

 

 

Nice terminal

 

In the air again

 

Fairbanks

 

 

What's behind the fence?...

 

...a train simulator...

 

... and again those beauties.

 

The last leg: towards Anchorage

 

Finally Anchorage

 

And I get a parking spot between the tough guys again.

 

 

I hope you liked these.

 

Regards,

Harald

[edetroit 933]

Very nice Harald!  :Applause: ......only thing missing is the sound of your lovely Tu-134 and the DC-6's.

[Pugilist2 878]

Very realistic looking shots!

[HLJames 2,568]

Love the images of the Aurora Borealis and very nice airport scenes!

 

HLJAMES

[bernd1151 5,854]

What a great journey, Harald. But your Aurora Borealis needs to look better, I'm afraid. I did a flight from Narvik the other day, I'll post some screenies shortly

[Joseph29 225]

Lovely shots! What scenery do you use for Kangerlussuaq? I don't have any scenery for Greenland and that one looks pretty good.

[JAT 185]

Nice shots.

 

nebojsa

[HaraldG 559]

Many thanks Ed, Pugilist2, HLJames, Bernd, Joseph and Nebojsa for your kind comments.

 

 

 

only thing missing is the sound of your lovely Tu-134 and the DC-6's

 

Hm, the Tu-134 sounds great. But the DC-6 does not since FSHotSFX doesn't work anymore under Win7.

 

 

 

But your Aurora Borealis needs to look better, I'm afraid

 

I think it will look better as soon as I come further north, when daylight has faded completely.

 

 

 

What scenery do you use for Kangerlussuaq?

 

It's Toni Agramont's Greenland scenery; the last of his sceneries that I use. It is from 2010 and has the standard of 2005 but I know no better scenery of BGSF.

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=greenland_271248.zip&CatID=fs2004scen&Go=Search

There are, however, better sceneries for some tiny Greenland villages by Roger Wensley, none of them with a runway long enough for the Tu-134.