Visits - First Japan, then Korea, and now China...

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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.

[pmplayer 9,492]

Nice set of shots and of course it looks for a beautiful Trip!

cheers 😉

[rmeier 473]

Nice set of photos!

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pmplayer, rmeier, John, ikbenik:

Thanks for the comments and responses...!!

[Alaska738 8,418]

Great shots! 😉 

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On 3/25/2024 at 1:42 PM, Alaska738 said:

Great shots! 😉 

Will: Thanks for getting to comment on this post of mine....🙂...Cheers...!