April 22, 20242 yr This is about the closest you'll get to me flying an airlner in the sim hehe. I've been known to fly an actual airline once in a blue moon. I also don't like the typical big airport to big airport so I'm doing a private BBJ flight from Rockford IL to Queens (LaGuardia) NY. The route is KRFD ETG MIP4 KLGA at FL410 - did about 440 KTAS with a nice tailwind nearing 500 knots. Hope you enjoy these fancy schmancy "airliner-ish" shots 🙂 Parked at the SW corner we'll load via the stairs Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Up and away leaving this predominantly cargo hub Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr This is KRFD by Xwind Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr View of Lake Michigan and the Windy City in the distance Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Climbing into the upper flight levels as we pass the Orchard Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Climbing through opposite direction traffic... can be a difficult part of the ATC job... as closure rates are upwards of 15 miles a minute Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Detroit on the left, Toledo on the right Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Cleveland OH and Burke Lakefront CLE/BKL Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I really like this pic approaching the Allegheny Mountains - I'm a bit north of that so in the areas of Altoona, Phillipsburg, Harrisburg PA etc Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Turning on the STAR as we continue descent - I always wonder where everyone else is going... Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We're pretty high but we'll be able to make it down for those New York approach controllers.... flying the RNAV Z 04 at LGA Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Hand flying past Downtown Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Midtown and Uptown Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A few of them rearing to go Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Welcome to LGA Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-26 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr American was kind enough to let us disembark here 🙂 Untitled-28 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 23, 20242 yr Great shots! What cockpit textures are those? Lian Li 011 Air Mini | AMD 9800X3D | Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F | Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 280mm RGB | 2x32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 | ASUS TUF RTX 5090 | Seasonic Prime Platinum 1000W | Pimax Crystal Light
April 23, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, John F said: Different for you, but great as ever! Thanks! 1 hour ago, Pilot53 said: Great shots! What cockpit textures are those? It's from MoreRightRudder Mike - before he took his down. I'm not sure where they're hosted now. Used to be a link in the WT Discord but I can't find it. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 23, 20242 yr The other nice thing about corp jets is bypassing all those pesky security lines 🙂 Great shots - glad to see you "slumming" now and again 😉
April 23, 20242 yr Great set Ryan! And wouldn't it be nice to have one of those for real eh? I might be prepared to consider actual real life air travel again if I could do it this way! Edited April 23, 20242 yr by andy1252 text 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
April 23, 20242 yr 20 hours ago, John F said: Different for you, but great as ever! I couldn't have said it better 😀 Funny that you pass over Altoona, because just yesterday a saw a very interesting documentary that covered the glorious past of Altoona as one of the biggest, if not the biggest steam locomotive hub in the US from the 1930s to 1960s. After that the diesel locos took over and the city sadly lost a great deal of its business. 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
April 24, 20242 yr Amazing pictures! Greetings Tim My files on Flightsim.to i5 12600K | 32Gb | RTX 4080
April 25, 20242 yr Good shots, private jetliners seem to be a standard today...🙂 how much does the world cost? PC: Ryzen 7 3700x AM4, 16 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Storage SSD 3TB, HDD 8TB, USB 8TB, 2 Screens, Win10-64 SIMs: FSX SE, P3d 3.4/4.5/6.1, Xplane 10/11/12, MSFS 2020/24, Aerofly FS 4
April 25, 20242 yr On 4/22/2024 at 4:09 PM, ryanbatc said: This is about the closest you'll get to me flying an airlner in the sim hehe. I've been known to fly an actual airline once in a blue moon. ...🙂...You may deny but I do recall having caught (eh...I mean seen) you fly the B787 once...🙂... Actually, you have flown the Corporate Big Boy Jets a bit more often...This is a fine set here ...!
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