February 9, 20224 yr We do have some nice freeware for this sim! This airport is no different, it's Duluth, MN USA - where I used to be an air traffic controller along with some occasional flying fun. Duluth will handle any aircraft and I've even seen the "small" Antonov 124 there. It's a super short flight from Minneapolis, and is also great place to start or end a flight. It's also within a fairly short range of Chicago, Denver, Winnipeg - great for your regional jets as well. There are many instrument approaches to the field, along with radar approaches or ASR's (where a controller will vector you or give you turn right/turn left instructions to about 400 ft agl). Over the years I worked I was able to see many many unique aircraft and helicopters. I've seen the Blues, Tbirds, test flights from Honda, Embraer, Boeing, Airbus, Gulfstream, Augusta, NOAA/Flight Check, all sorts of military and many others. Anyway enough of that - here are some fun pics of the airport (and a few real ones mixed in). Oh, and a link to the scenery of course: https://flightsim.to/file/25914/duluth-intl-kdlh-version-1-1 Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Home of Cirrus (well one of the homes lol, other is in Knoxville TN) Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Real hangar is used by the CAF for old warbirds Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Monaco FBO - their chocolate chip cookies are fresh and hot! Untitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Behind Monaco FBO, this area was only recently expanded (the water tower isn't really there irl hehe) Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Looking NE Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Who's that guy in the tower? IMG_5281 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr New terminal built around 2014? I can't remember Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr (old terminal on far left being removed) 20130212_IMG_1137 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr MN Air National Guard, home of the Fighting Bulldogs 148th FW Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr 20120923_IMG_8918 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr (I've seen this view many times irl) Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Looking SW Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr 20121117_IMG_0882 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Also toured this ARFF building...the aerial fire fighters are manned by the ANG guys - and they are amazing! Untitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Looking E towards Lake Superior Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Lovely evening Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Edited February 9, 20224 yr by ryanbatcund | 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 |
February 10, 20224 yr Author Thanks guys! I've seen Fargo (the new and old show don't cha know!) | 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 |
February 12, 20224 yr Lovely set, Ryan, especially from someone who knows the airport...from inside...🙂....
February 13, 20224 yr Great comparison shots, Ryan. Many thanks! But at least to me that freebie version looks a bit sterile, don't you think so? 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
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