March 23, 20242 yr The saying goes, "There's a first time for everything". Here, I mean in the SIM...e.g., surely, we recall well the first time we'd pushed the Throttles of the PMDG Base (600/700) NG for FS9, with unprecedented anticipation and excitement...🙂...back in 2003, more than 2 decades ago, heralding the age of high-fidelity 737 simulation on the desktop. And soon, there will be another first...the coveted long-hauler 777 in the world of MSFS...🙂...yes, that will be a first no matter how many times you've flown it before in the virtual world, or how many times you've crossed the Oceans in the Real World 777... Likewise, in the previous SIMs, I do not recall any flying in the Far East countries, China/Japan/Korea being the prime examples of it. Of course, there were airports in our SIMs for Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul respectively, and the diehards among us, yours truly included, might have (occasionally) flown extra-long-hauls from Kennedy or Heathrow to such destinations...in spite of the awareness that there were really no topographical features to discern within those countries...as one could e.g., in the PNW... Anyway, in MSFS, I've now tested Japan (with the World Update), Korea (without any Update), and here, in this post, I take a trip in China (also without any Update). I fly the China Southern Airline's C208 Caravan, exploring the region north of China Southern's Hub, the city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. A World Update certainly does wonders for any region, whether e.g., it's the Caribbean or Japan. So, despite no such Update, for this part of China, my excursion still proved fruitful, in my opinion. It gave me a good feel of the geographical features of the region (which was not possible in the previous SIMS, hence a first...). I learned about the scattered mountains (small and big; see my images) as one traverses, across the plains, northward from Guangzhou into the heartland of China, and the famous Pearl River (2nd only to the iconic Yangtze River) that flows right through Guangzhou City (see images of it in my landing shots). I have lifted off Rwy 02L (ZGGG) of Guangzhou Airport and returned (home) to land also on the same 02L (ILS) Rwy of Guangzhou. The Caravan (Reg. B-3610), below, is indeed a RW aircraft that belongs to China Southern Airlines. Hope you enjoy this collection of 20 images. Thanks for viewing.
March 23, 20242 yr Nice set of shots and of course it looks for a beautiful Trip! 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.
March 23, 20242 yr Author pmplayer, rmeier, John, ikbenik: Thanks for the comments and responses...!!
March 26, 20242 yr Author On 3/25/2024 at 1:42 PM, Alaska738 said: Great shots! 😉 Will: Thanks for getting to comment on this post of mine....🙂...Cheers...!
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