[Note: Following up on my (previous) high-speed overpass of Scotland, in the (fast) King Air, I wrap-up my Scotland (virtual) tour, here,...with a bit of closer look, using (another Carenado aircraft - the (versatile) C185 Amphibian...]

Scotland's coastline is rather remarkable in the sense that it's marked by an abundance of inland water-bodies (e.g. straits, inlets, and estuaries etc.). The word is "Firth" (e.g. Firth of "Fill in the Name of City/Locality"), and "Firth" has a definition as follows:

"Firth is a word in the Scots and English languages used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland and even a strait. In the Northern Isles, it more usually refers to a smaller inlet."

This (characteristic) geography naturally leads to Scotland's spectacular collection of bridges and viaducts (and it's hard not to be fascinated by bridges...especially iconic and historic!), from a single-arched, hump-backed masonry bridge built in the 18th century to the modern marvels built more recently e.g. in the Firth of Forth, I'd mentioned earlier, (several screenshots, below, of this bridge, a symbol of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site landmark). So, Scotland has some of the most incredible and beautiful (new and old) bridges in the world! Here below, I've focused on (and posted about) just three (among many others there)...(faithfully recreated by Orbx), as follows:

1. (The Cantilever) Forth Bridge, (or the Forth Rail Bridge - to distinguish it from the adjacent Forth Road Bridge, of which, two screenshots are also included below)
2. The Forth Road Bridge (per note above)
3. The Tay Bridge (across River Tay - the longest River in Scotland - please see the 2 screenshots of this bridge (#10 and #11), just past the shot of N2643Z with the Moon. It was the infamous site of the (tragic) Tay Bridge Disaster...the (first Tay) Bridge had collapsed, as a train passed over it, during a violent gale and storm, in 1879 - the incident analysis of which led to significantly (greater) understanding of mechanical factors of failure due to "wind-loading" etc. on such civil engineering structures)

And, for identification of local landmarks, here, Orbx's Scenery Coverage Map (via the (included) Google Earth (kmz) file) makes it easy - with help from FSX's MAP function. It was also fun navigating (the Amphib) along the water inlets...

Please note the use of three different liveries of C185, and excuse the use of e.g. the (incongruous) "Call of the Wild - BIG LAKE Alaska" paint, one of my favorites, flying, here, over the Edinburgh region...(the last 3 pictures are over Edinburgh city)...

Nonetheless, hope, you enjoy these images...! Thanks for viewing! [Good rest of weekend! Delivery service is getting a bit flaky and unreliable lately....let's see...]

[Carenado(C185 Amphibian)/Orbx(Scotland)/REX]

Edited April 4, 20206 yr by P_7878

Nice! I always get my money's worth (and then some) with your posts. Always a learning experience. And the effort you bestow on them is much appreciated.

John

Love it!

I've got VFR Real 3D for UK coverage so there will be some difference, but I really should undertake more VFR flights north of Hadrian's Wall, airspace restrictions be damned.. 

John:
Thank you much for the kind remarks!! Stay safe!!

Mark:
Thanks. Yes, you folks do have those kind of "historic" structures and places...I mean dealing with "Kings and Castles" etc. (which we lack around here)....🙂...

Good reference to Hadrian's Wall...It is interesting! In fact, there seems to be (also) a sister structure (Antonine wall), along/near River Tay, that I was (virtually) "sniffing" around (both on water and in the sky) yesterday...These Wall fortifications were begun in AD 120s...My goodness...!

These are, of course, not easy to ("realistically" and "pleasingly" replicate in the SIM, yet...if someone attempts to do it, at all...I understand, they are of small heights...) and you know what happens when you try to come down too close to the ground (in FSX, at least) for a closer observation of things...

Agree, Northern UK, seems quite fascinating...Orbx now has TE GB North, I see, that Bernd made a reference to yesterday...(Anyway, this is where, the new SIM, will/may excel, for our purpose...I think...)

16 hours ago, John F said:

Nice! I always get my money's worth (and then some) with your posts. Always a learning experience. And the effort you bestow on them is much appreciated.

John

I can only second, what John said about your posts, P_7878. Absolutely superb !!