August 19, 20214 yr The Mega Airports (of the world) are reasonably well-known to us, either from RW visits or via the many well-represented SIM renditions. But there are airports (around the world) that, at least, personally, I would (probably) never see...but, they do play significant roles in their respective countries and regions. A while ago, I'd posted about Paulo Ricardo's Rio (SBRJ), and, at that time, I'd also acquired a smaller airport add-on, for Joinville (SBJV), that I'd not explored yet. Joinville is a major coastal city in Brazil, south of Rio, past São Paulo, on the eastern coastline of the South Atlantic Ocean, at an appx. distance of 420 flight miles from Rio. I read, it holds the titles of "Brazilian Manchester", "City of Flowers", "City of the Princess", "City of Bicycles" and "City of Dance"...etc., with an interesting demography consisting of people of Portuguese, German, Swiss, Norwegian and Italian descent. Its name is French (Joinville was named after François d'Orléans, prince of Joinville, son of King Louis-Philippe of France, who married Dona Francisca, a princess of the Empire of Brazil)...oh well... Now, regarding this (likable) GA a/c of this post, a four-seater (see interior cabin shot) and single-engined..., it has the graceful look of a Beech A36/G36 model (and often compared to it), with a conventional T-Tail design (i.e. not as in Beech G35 with that much maligned...but beautiful...🙂...V-Tail...). The original a/c company, Aero Commander, founded during WWII, became, later, a part of Rockwell International, when this plane was conceived. BTW, this SIM, here, is by Carenado, who have also produced two (nice) Aero Commander models (500/690B). This one is referred to as "Rockwell Commander 114" or just "Commander 114". The avionics includes a (period) CENTURY III Autopilot Flight System, with characteristic Rocker Switches for Roll, Heading, Altitude and Pitch Controls (noted, by CENTURY, as the Command Console), along with a pleasing (and clickable) 5-position knob...(like that on a home appliance...🙂...) noted as the Lateral Guidance System (see VC shots). The a/c is a suitable trainer, and, is mostly operated by flying clubs and private individuals. Please find, below, the Commander 114, in an appealing Swiss livery, lifting off Rwy 33 (SBJV), inland, i.e. towards the low-lying mountains, in the north, (see shots), and, then making a racetrack course, southward, to land, back, on the same Rwy 33, in twilight condition. In the southernmost part of the circuit, the a/c passes over the the water body of the curious (oceanic) inlet, Babitonga Bay (see shots). Hope you enjoy these images, below, of this a/c, including a few walk-around sights from within the airport....! Thanks for your interest...! Good flying...!
August 19, 20214 yr Excellent set of shots with a nice scenery work around ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
August 25, 20214 yr They look superb, P_7878! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
August 29, 20214 yr Nice pics with an atmospheric ambience! 👍 And I'm impressed by the pretty swiss painting with a fine subtle weathering Always safe landings 😉
September 4, 20214 yr Author On 8/29/2021 at 3:18 PM, PhotoReal Earth said: And I'm impressed by the pretty Swiss painting with a fine subtle weathering Thank you, Torsten.....!! And, I know, you might be partial to a Swiss paint....🙂....
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