Vintage KLM: EHAM - LSGG

[kaosfere 3,115]

Recently I've been downloading a bunch of free European photo scenery, and last week I picked up the A2A constellation.   I decided to put the two together and fly a vintage 1948 KLM route from Amsterdam to Geneva -- the first leg of flight 361 here.

Along with the plane and the photo scenery, I'm using:

• ORBX Vector
• FSGlobal Ultimate mesh
• Active Sky 16 with ASCA
• ENVTEX
• REX Worldwide Airports HD
• PTA

Waiting my turn at a busy Schiphol -- vintage KLM behind modern KLM.

Finally got clearance for 06.  Up and away!

Vectored back south.  There's the airport again.

One last look back at Amsterdam...

Then it's off into the low countries.

Flying over Liege.  There's EBLG.

Then out into greener country.

After a while the clouds came up, blocking some of the view.

Before long, we have Lausanne abeam and we're headed out over the lake...

... getting vectored for the ILS 05.

Let's have a view from the office.

It's so pretty around here.

7000 - right at the MSA.

Crossing the last ridgelines before capturing the ILS.

There she is!  We're a bit high on the slope, let's chop power and lose some altitude.

There, that's just about right.

Almost home!

Unloading.

The end.

 

And here's the flight path.  

Flying a route like that -- mixed NDB, DME, and VOR -- with only radio navigation, no GPS, no use of a moving map, and a 40kt crosswind most of the way, and having it come out so precise, always feels damn good.

[Chock 17,769]

Nice.

[Victoroos 205]

I really don't get how you can download it, with that grid.. it takes a lot of clicks etc.

However, very nice shots monsieur!

[HLJames 2,568]

Great looking screenshots...very nice scenery....Connie a classic!

HLJAMES

[kaosfere 3,115]

5 hours ago, Victoroos said:

I really don't get how you can download it, with that grid.. it takes a lot of clicks etc.

Patience.  :)

 

But, seriously, I get what you mean, it was daunting at first.  I found a method that makes it manageable, though.   The download map you get it just a big JPG and an HTML image map.   What I do is download a batch of 15 or so.  I'll install them and wait to see if any fail to expand.  Usually in a batch of 15 grid segments, between 1 and 3 will not download completely, probably due to an error at the Russian file host they're using.

Once I have a full set downloaded, I load the grid JPG in Photoshop, use the marquee tool to select the sectors I downloaded, one row at a time.  Then I fell them with black at 50% opacity.  This "dims" them out on the map, but lets me still see the grid numbers if I need to.

I save that, reload the download page, and start working on the next batch of 15 to 20.  Repeat as needed!