XP11 I Love Night Flying

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Urban night flying in XP11 can not be beat by any other sim.  It's amazing.  Especially look at shot #2 (the shot is small I'll admit to that - the forum doesn't seem to allow me to post larger shots they always downsize and get blurry).  I'm inbound for Santa Monica SMO - like real life the airport is difficult to spot from a distance.  Usually when flying real world you'd look for a small black hole in a sea of lights.  LAX is a bit easier to pick out to the SW.  Anyway I hand flew this flight IFR on Pilot Edge from ONT to SMO.  At 6000 ft (cruise alt) I was in and out of the bottoms and it was pretty tricky to fly IMC.  Anyway here's just a few shots that I like.

Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr

Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr

Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr

It's a lot easier to see now - maybe the lights are too bright at this point, but the realism is pretty darn close!

Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr

I love flying over roads on final - amazing

Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr

And at parking the flood lights on the ramp spill onto my fuselage

Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr

 

[John F 2,423]

I can see why you are excited. Looks very real.

John

[Chocorua 112]

Could not agree more Ryan, regarding night lights in XP11. They were amazing to start with and with some free-be addons they are even better. 

Nice shots,

Greg 

[sightseer 895]

yeah. nighttime is fantastic in XP.  I always try to end my flights at dusk in a city.  nice shots.