February 23, 20224 yr I have been meaning to support my Orbx (CRM) region with a couple of new custom (Orbx) Airport sceneries. To that objective, a week or so ago, I'd acquired the Orbx add-on for (KBZN) Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, located in Montana, 8 miles northwest of the town of Bozeman; so, I installed it to partake in a virtual visit of this airport. And, looking for a small new aircraft... (been lately flying too many of those (heavy) jetliners...) ...I also got, this week, the Milviz T-50 Bobcat... (had it on my radar for some time) ...the Cessna Bobcat was made largely of wood, spawning its nickname, the "Bamboo Bomber"... (metal, especially aluminum been in scarce supply...around the time of its production) ... KBZN, Bozeman Airport, has 3 (main) Asphalt runways (see below for one (aerial) shot of two crisscrossing main runways). The longest Runway (12/30) can easily accommodate B737s and A320s. Here, however, for this post, I've lifted off with my (piston-powered) Bobcat Twin, from Rwy 30 and returned for landing on Rwy 12 (and for a bit of variety, please note my choice of different liveries/colors - "Red" on lift-off and "Yellow" on touchdown) ... Bozeman is surrounded on all sides by mountains, many of which are home to some of the state's tallest and most scenic mountain landscapes. The Bridger Range, seen, in golden twilight, in my last two shots, is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, located just northeast of Bozeman, running mostly in a north–south direction. I've also included a few close-up shots from a walkabout tour, in and around this airport...! Hope you enjoy this collection of this classic plane and this scenic place...!! [Milviz (T-50), Orbx (CRM/KBZN)]
February 23, 20224 yr Nice. I always think of the "Sky King" TV show in the 50's when I see a Bobcat. John
February 23, 20224 yr Bozeman is a spectacular area and Orbx really did a great job with there product . I traveled thru Bozeman on business at least six times a year for over 30 year's , so I know it well . Your shot's with your Bobcat represent the area well .
February 23, 20224 yr Excellent shots mate! 🙂 Is it John Dutton who is in Yellowstone? 🤣 Edited February 23, 20224 yr by Alaska738
February 23, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, johnbow72 said: Bozeman is a spectacular area and Orbx really did a great job with there product . I traveled thru Bozeman on business at least six times a year for over 30 year's , so I know it well . Your shot's with your Bobcat represent the area well . Yeah, Cowboy the Montana is Gorgeous! 🙂
February 25, 20224 yr Very nice. At first I thought it was a Beech 18 - but then I remembered your title. Nice pics! Looks nice a nice place to fly as well. | 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 25, 20224 yr Realy a fine set of shots 👍🏽 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.
February 26, 20224 yr Author Many thanks, folks...!! Looks like this "Bamboo Bomber" pulled a few heartstrings... Sky King, John Dutton...🙂...appropriate references, indeed...!! On 2/23/2022 at 9:31 AM, johnbow72 said: Bozeman is a spectacular area and Orbx really did a great job with there product . I traveled thru Bozeman on business at least six times a year for over 30 year's , so I know it well . Your shot's with your Bobcat represent the area well . Thanks for the comments, johnb, especially from someone who knows the area so well...I don't know, in the SIM, the Jackson Hole Airport and area (one of my previous posts) seemed much more mountainous than this one...but, of course, the SIM, here, is a feeble imitation of the real thing.... And only a RW traveler...like you....🙂...can tell the real difference...but, no doubt, this Bozeman area is spectacular... 22 hours ago, ryanbatcund said: Very nice. At first I thought it was a Beech 18 - but then I remembered your title. Nice pics! Looks nice a nice place to fly as well. Thank you, Ryan. I had the same Beech 18 impression when I'd first spotted this plane in Milviz website a while ago...There is indeed a reference to Beech Model 18 in the Wiki for it: "...The Cessna Airplane Company first produced the wood and tubular steel, fabric-covered T-50 in 1939 for the civilian market, as a lightweight and lower cost twin for personal use where larger aircraft such as the Beechcraft Model 18 would be too expensive...."
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