I don't normally fly in this area - but I found this stunning RV14 livery: https://flightsim.to/file/31613/vans-rv-14a-ec-vib And since it's a Spaniard I needed to fly in Spain haha - plus I got to broaden my horizons (thanks Google lol).  I learned the river seen in pic two here separates France from Spain (the airport is on the Spanish side) and the nice beach is on the French side

I also found some nice PG scenery at the same site along with both airports.  Wow if there are any Spaniards here - your county is very beautiful!

I'm also going to screw up some of the names of things I found along the way hehe

Also I see there a control zone above 1000 ft in most of this airspace - so anyone from this area - can you fly VFR from LESO to LEBB?  This is what I did anyway at 3000 ft

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The scenery in the left of frame is France and across the river is Spain

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I think this is called Saint Jean de Luz in France

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Approaching city center of Donostia-San Sebastian (the airport LESO is to the east)

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I make some orbits here to check out the scenery and futbol stadiums

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There's actually a helipad down there on the pier - in the town of Lekeitio

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Where this river touches the Atlantic Ocean I went inland to checkout the area a bit....  The mouth of the river here is called "Urdaibai biosferako erreserba"

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Then I continue west towards Bilbao

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Passing the lovely Mirador de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe

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The towns of Gorliz and Plentzia

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Wow very picturesque

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Coming into the Port of Bilbao (not certain if that is the exact words for the area)

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This interesting bridge, the Vizcaya Bridge, was the first in the world to carry people and traffic high up on a gondola

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Now we're turning final and lining up for runway 12

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I believe the terminal to the NE side of the runway is fairly new

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I wanted to take a look at it before I taxied to the other side of the airport for general aviation parking

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This WU looks amazing , thanks for the grand shots Ryan .

An area I've always wished I could visit in real life. Will settle for this, instead. Sounds like you really did your homework on locale recognition.

John

Lovely set of pictures and tour.... enjoyed it...!

(Hope, someone native-to-Spain helps you out with routes .... I'm quite familiar...🙂...virtually speaking...of course... with Spain....from touring extensively MSE (North/Central/South) ...) ...

Spain is loaded with beautiful mountain ranges...you should explore further west and south... (would love to see MSFS pictures of it) ...

***Stunning***I Bet She Flys as Good as She L@@KS!!!!

Great shots. Another nice route in the outstanding Spanish upgrade is from Andorra over the Pyrenees to Bilboa. Mucho scenic!

Edited May 4, 20224 yr by ozcanuck55

Thanks everyone, I'll have to check out that area oz!