Come visit YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, Australia, and learn its fascinating history since 1911, and enjoy a beautiful tour of the magnificent city and harbour, one of the world’s great harbours.  Cheers.

 

Thank you very much for putting together the video; it was enjoyable to watch and brought back memories of my visit to Sydney a few years ago.

Chris

Thank you. Your video brought back many memories - especially welcome as we can’t visit. 

very cool indeed, makes me wish for other areas around the world.

Dear FrankPilot,

Have you ever thought of doing something similar for the Melbourne area in which you reside?

Chris

1 hour ago, ctalpas said:

Dear FrankPilot,

Have you ever thought of doing something similar for the Melbourne area in which you reside?

Chris

@ctalpas, thanks for your comment, and yes I have, especially since I was one of the airport engineers that installed all the airport lighting at YMML in the 1970s, born & bred in Melbourne, learned to fly at YTYA & YMMB etc etc.  But for Sydney I had great Orbx payware for the airport and the city whereas there is none for Melbourne yet - I keep posing about that elsewhere!  I think I read there is some technical issue with the sim scenery around Melbourne.  Maybe I will have to go with the Melbourne scenery the way it is.  There is some freeware I might look at again.  Do you have any particular reason for wanting Melbourne (other than I live there)?Cheers.

Great video. One of the best I've seen.

1 hour ago, dissy said:

Great video. One of the best I've seen.

@dissy, than you soooooo much.  BTW, I love flying from YTYA Tyabb over where you live.  Pity they closed the airstrip on the Island to aircraft - helicopters only now, I think.  Cheers.

On 10/9/2021 at 8:53 PM, FrankPilot said:

@ctalpas, thanks for your comment, and yes I have, especially since I was one of the airport engineers that installed all the airport lighting at YMML in the 1970s, born & bred in Melbourne, learned to fly at YTYA & YMMB etc etc.  But for Sydney I had great Orbx payware for the airport and the city whereas there is none for Melbourne yet - I keep posing about that elsewhere!  I think I read there is some technical issue with the sim scenery around Melbourne.  Maybe I will have to go with the Melbourne scenery the way it is.  There is some freeware I might look at again.  Do you have any particular reason for wanting Melbourne (other than I live there)?Cheers.

@FrankPilot When I visited Australia a few years back,we took in Sydney, Port Douglass, Darwin, Uluru and then back to Sydney,  My better half was not interested in yet another destination, so Melbourne didn't make it.  I've had colleagues who lived in Melbourne and said it was quite impressive and compared well to Sydney.  Don't think I'll be going to Australia again any time soon, so thus my desire to experience it vicariously .  You being from there brought back the desire to see Melbourne and what better guide than a local.

 

On 10/10/2021 at 10:21 AM, ctalpas said:

Dear FrankPilot,

Have you ever thought of doing something similar for the Melbourne area in which you reside?

Chris

@ctalpas, hi Chris, here is Melbourne for you. Cheers.

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/609108-come-visit-melbourne-australia-its-oldest-airport/

 

@FrankPilot Thanks very much for posting the video.  Enjoyed the history of the oldest airport and the aerial tour of the Melbourne area.  If I ever make it back to Australia, I won't want to miss Melbourne.

Chris