Scotland Tigers: UK West Coast

Scotland: Loch Ryan

Today we bring out the old bi-planes for a trip to the UK west coast and a visit to Scotland’s largest city: Glasgow.

We actually start this trip in England, in the city of Carlisle and we’ll head almost due west to the west coast of the island of Great Britain via the English village of Kirkbride. Departing Kirkbride we’ll continue westward crossing the Solway Firth, Dumfries Channel. The middle of this firth or narrow sea inlet serves as the western border between England and Scotland.  

“X” marks the border and once crossed we’ll wish you a warm welcome into Scotland. The remainder of this trip will be in Scotland.

As we make landfall in Arbigland, Scotland, we’ll pass the John Paul Jones Cottage Museum. John Paul Jones was a famous in the United States as the “Father of the American Navy”. He was born in poverty and through his skills became a distinguished naval officer fighting for both the USA and Russia. Jones is highly regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in the history of the United States.

We continue westward landing at airstrips at Falgunzeon and Glenswinton, Baldoon until we reach Castle Kennedy and Loch Ryan on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Firth of Clyde (bay). From here we’ll turn northward along the A77 road and head for the town of Prestwick seeing the site along the way. Then onto our final stop in the largest city in Scotland: Glasgow. (Glasgow is not the capital but it is the largest city in Scotland in all regards).  Enroute to Glasgow airport, we’ll tour the east side of the Glasgow to visit some of Glasgow’s city landmarks and the River Clyde.

Our trip is 161 nm with 6 intermediate stops: “a very low and slow expedition”.  FP, itinerary, etc.: LINK HERE

Aircraft:
DH82 Tiger Moth, Stearman 75 or similar (Zlin Shock or Zlin Savage Carbon will work or any other aircraft that can stay under 90 kts)
(Will use the Tiger Moth in stock N-6635 livery but feel to use your choice of aircraft)

Time and Weather:
For takeoff: set the simulator time to @1200 local.  Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, the few clouds, high clouds or Josh’s NZ preset, included in the FP download, might make a nice choice. 

 
Glasgow – River Clyde

Add-on Scenery:

England-EGNC Carlisle: by skell300: https://flightsim.to/file/13476/egnc-carlisle-custom-built
England-EGWI Kirkbride: by davecooper93: https://flightsim.to/file/18868/egwi-kirkbride-airfield
Scotland-EGUZ Castle Kennedy: by scotflight: https://flightsim.to/file/27498/eguz-castle-kennedy-airfield
Scotland-EGPK Glasgow Prestwick: by scotflight: https://flightsim.to/file/44027/egpk-glasgow-prestwick-airport
Scotland-EGPF Glasgow Intl Airport improvements: by ghosh0691: https://flightsim.to/file/28468/egpf-glasgow-improvements
Scotland-EGPF Glasgow Landscapes: by johnboy56: https://flightsim.to/file/34396/egpf-glasgow-international-airport-enhancements
Supporting Lib by superspud: https://flightsim.to/file/33166/animated-humans-library

For those who prefer a complete pre-assembled scenery package: LINK HERE

Note: There are payware add-ons for this area so if you have them please feel free to use them. (But they are not mandatory by any means)
IE: Orbx EU Great Britain North (landmarks)-v1.0.0, EGPK-by UK2000, EGPF-by UK2000 or PYREEGUE Dev Co.

Multiplayer Particulars:
Date and time: Wednesday, November 29, 2023. 1900 UTC
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Edited November 22, 20232 yr by nbrich1