Quick Test Flight off Tallinn X with a Lear 35

September 8, 20205 yr

Over this Labor Day holiday, I (finally) picked up, on SALE, (the nice) FLYSIM Lear 35A and also a new Airport (Tallinn X)...I've been eyeing both of these for quite some time, but, never got to make them mine...And, since MSFS is not immediately due for me (will be in a few months, I'm sure...🙂...), I said to myself why not add a bit of (extra) spice to my SIM for now...And, I was not disappointed today...based, purely, on a very quick test flight...without even a close examination of the excellent and highly readable (included) 35A (SIM) manual (nicely illustrated and annotated, but not too long...in pages...for Simmers like me...🙂...)...

Here, for this post, for a bit of fun (and personal curiosity), I've elected to test it in the middle of the night (local time set to 24:00), lifting off Rwy 26 (from Tallinn/EETN), heading straight out about (20-25) miles, and then making a U-turn, over the waters of Tallinn Bay, back to land on Rwy 08 (while the speed of this feisty jet, is kept under control at ~200 knots, for most past, with the help of a couple of notches of applied flaps...).

And, for livery, here, I liked and therefore elected to fly, the Phoenix Air, (repaint came with the default set). Phoenix Air, a non-scheduled airline headquartered in Cartersville, Georgia, USA, founded in 1978 by an Army helicopter pilot and race car driver, specializes in worldwide charter flights (passenger and cargo; catering for corporate, military or air ambulance demands). Many of their aircraft are specially modified and Phoenix Air is well-known for (extremely sensitive) medical transport assignments - e.g. once, they even transported a couple of Ebola patients, for a 12-hour flight, in one of their jets, along with health-care workers (and pilots), in the same plane, without, thankfully, getting anyone else infected with the deadliest virus...!! In 2007, Phoenix Air was named the world's largest owner-operator of Grumman Gulfstream aircraft, with an abundance of Gulfstream (I, II, IIB, III) jets in their fleet. They also operate Learjet 35/35A/36A models (Side Note: William Lear's original (and iconic) Learjet company, has been a subsidiary of Canadian Bombardier Aerospace, since, 1990. So, it's now marketed as "Bombardier Learjet").

This post thus involves a complex (well-system-simulated) plane, and a complex airport scenery, together, but, my moderate (FSX/SE) system survived...🙂...and, of course, it was good fun too (one knows when one is having fun with a SIM, and this plane is one example of it...), e.g. naively (this non-pilot) speaking, I liked the (impressive) landing lights, on touchdown...🙂...(see screenshots), but, seriously, here is definitely a remarkable (peppy little) jet for our (virtual) enjoyment...(next, I'm looking to explore and learn more about both of these nice (SIM) add-ons...)...

Hope you enjoy this collection of Screenshots from this short test flight. I'll later see if I can do a up-close tour of Tallinn Airport in a separate post.

Thanks for viewing...!!

[FlySimWare(Lear35A)/DrzewieckiDesign(Tallinn)/REX]