November 6, 20214 yr Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, because it’s not Antarctica that is out of tea. But at Rothera, the British Antarctic Research Station, researchers had to switch to coffee, as their tea supply was lost after a small fire in one of their storage containers. Help was needed, fast. As luck had it, the Rothera researchers got notified that the famous tea-clipper Cutty Sark, with her belly full of the finest Ceylon first flush Darjeeling, was just approaching Cape of Good Hope. Immediately a radio was sent to her captain to change course south. Luckily this was accepted. After a couple of days, the Rothera station got her old Short Sunderland underway to look out for the ship. First, it’s careful maneuvering through the small icefield near the station After some thirty minutes in the air, we finally spot her And here she is… ...in all her glory, under full sail The captain has to be careful, the first small iceberg passes close by Don’t hit anything, you are not built for this It gets darker and the ship gets closer to the station Close to the station, Cutty Sark drops its anchor and sails. She has to wait for the Polarstern to guide her through the icefield (This Cutty Sark is equipped with an engine) Finally, Cutty Sark is safely moored at her unloading station Thanks for viewing (Scenery is by Aerosoft, Cutty Sark is a port over by yours truly) 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
November 7, 20214 yr Now, what about the brandy ? Its cold out there ! Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
November 7, 20214 yr Author Thanks a lot for your kind comments. I had lots of fun with the Cutty Sark, so unusual in MSFS 🙂 5 hours ago, Dominique_K said: Now, what about the brandy ? Its cold out there ! The men preferred rum for some reason. Luckily there was plenty on board 😀 4 hours ago, overspeed3 said: Earl Grey himself would be proud of those dauntless men! 😁😁 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
November 7, 20214 yr Great story and shots...you must be having a lot of fun with the ships...fantastic work.
November 8, 20214 yr Amazing! Sounds like quite the adventure. Where can I get that scenery? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
November 8, 20214 yr Fantastic story, scenery and pictures. And finally, the Brits have tea again to go with their scones 😉 Intel core i5-12600KF, ASRock B760-H2/M2, Kingston DDR5-4800 32 GB, Asus Geforce RTX 4060 TI 16GB, Samsung SSD 980 1 TB M.2 SSD, Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB
November 8, 20214 yr Stunning set of shots, love the 5th one with that deep camera view.. THUMBS UP ! 👍🏽 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.
November 8, 20214 yr Author Thank you, gents! 9 hours ago, ryanbatcund said: Where can I get that scenery? You can get it here: https://www.aerosoft.com/en/microsoft-flight-simulator/msfs-sceneries/3573/aerosoft-antarctica-vol.-1-british-rothera-and-beyond 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
November 12, 20214 yr On 11/6/2021 at 2:49 PM, bernd1151 said: ...researchers had to switch to coffee... Oh. Oh...that's not good...🙂... Wonderful ensemble of pictures, bernd...!!
November 12, 20214 yr On 11/7/2021 at 9:13 AM, bernd1151 said: Thanks a lot for your kind comments. I had lots of fun with the Cutty Sark, so unusual in MSFS 🙂 😀 Oh, this event was only a simulation, now I see... 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
December 5, 20214 yr What an awesome story... are there models of the "Fram" expedition ship and dog sleds? You could simulate Amundsen's South Pole tour then. Edited December 5, 20214 yr by HaraldG Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
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