December 10, 20232 yr OK...the scenario I've hypothesized for my post, here, in my right as the virtual (make-believe) Pilot-in-Command of the Jumbo 747-8...🙂..., is not completely preposterous. After all, there are non-stop (direct) flights from Germany to the West Coast of U.S. (and possibly Alaska). I was checking a bit, just now...e.g., a Condor Flight 2032, is en-route, as I write this, from EDDF (Frankfurt), already in the air for ~10 hours, and will be arriving shortly, in another 30 minutes or so, at (KSEA) Seattle-Tacoma Airport. So, here we go, please find 20 pictures of my (symbolic) flight, within Alaska, from takeoff to touchdown, in the colors of a Boeing 747-8 (Lufthansa) Cargo, from PANC (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to PAFA (Fairbanks International Airport). Of Cargo liveries, there is a simplicity and pragmatic appearance, as opposed to (the more fanciful) Pax liveries, that, I always find fascinating...Anyway, as part of my FlightPlan, here, I've done bit of a detour (self-authorized and, of course, not approved by regulators...🙂...) by specifying a (custom) User Waypoint, on the FMC, with the LAT/LONG Co-ordinates (63.0692N/151.0070W) of Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, formerly known as "Mount McKinley", but renamed more recently as "Denali", by which name it has been known by the locals, for centuries. You will see Denali as the first defined Waypoint (N63W151) in my (Flightdeck) ND Display below (see e.g. the close-up shot #8). Please also note, in my (external view) pictures below, how the plane, under the full control of LNAV/VNAV guidance, turns right overhead of Mount Denali towards my destination, Fairbanks. Hope you enjoy these pictures, from my virtual world, of the 747-8, in the Lufthansa Cargo colors, travelling across the (seemingly desolate) snowy mountains and the majestic glaciers of Alaska, and finally touching down on (PAFA) ILS Runway 02L, as the golden Sun, is setting, behind me, in the Alaskan sky. Thanks for viewing...!
December 10, 20232 yr Great shots and trip with the Queen of the skies ! 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.
December 10, 20232 yr Beautiful! (although that fourth shot threw me at first, I thought you were upside down for a moment - didn't seem like your sort of thing to go in for that sort of weirdness!) Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
December 10, 20232 yr Author 7 hours ago, pmplayer said: Great shots and trip with the Queen of the skies ! cheers 😉 Thank you, pmplayer. There is limited supply of 747-8 liveries on Xbox, but any cargo colors of the Queen, with predominance of White (such as this one), meets my criteria...🙂...thought you might like this livery...🙂...  4 hours ago, andy1252 said: Beautiful! (although that fourth shot threw me at first, I thought you were upside down for a moment - didn't seem like your sort of thing to go in for that sort of weirdness!) Glad you liked, Andy. Yes, that (bit of a peculiar) shot was, as I recall, just when LNAV was activated after liftoff...The PANC Runway appearing above the plane, probably threw you off...The a/c is just turning/banking for Denali...above these nearby bodies of water .... (upside-down jet days are over me, at least, in public...🙂...)
December 11, 20232 yr I like that 1st shot, nice and simple, and yet.. All my FSX/P3D repaints are here on Avsim, for my MSFS repaints, go to FS.2
December 11, 20232 yr Absolutely brilliant shots, P_7878 !! 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
December 12, 20232 yr Author 15 hours ago, jankees said: I like that 1st shot, nice and simple, and yet..  5 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Absolutely brilliant shots, P_7878 !! Hi Jan, Bernd: Thanks much for the comments...🙂...!
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