May 14, 20242 yr As if to prove that reality can be sometimes just as weird as the imaginary world, a couple of nautical miles east from the Illuminati fantasy island, actually Loggerhead Key, is Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key. According to Wiki this is the largest brick masonry structure in the western hemisphere with 16 million bricks. All of which would have had to be ferried in by boat, of course. Construction started in 1847 but it was never completed. And personally, I have to ask "what were they thinking?" There's no major anchorage for a fleet of warships, you can't protect much from a fixed location that any approaching enemy can just sail around out of range, and there's not even any natural water on the islands so any permanent occupiers would have to bring their own everything with them. Bragging rights is all I can think of. Anyway, it's another fun environment, and has the advantage that it does actually exist! Apparently you can holiday there, but you still have to take your own everything in with you! This is all default scenery, no free or pay ware in use here, so another little gem in MSFS. With calm weather, this must be a great place to chill out in (assuming you've got all the everythings you need) Just a couple of shots to see how it might feel if the weather turned against you It has been hit by at least two hurricanes in recent years which wouldn't be too much fun. All your everythings might well get blown or washed away! Back to actually flying something next time. 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
May 14, 20242 yr Pretty amazing for default. I wouldn't mind wading into that water (just up to my ankles 🙂) in shot # 6.
May 15, 20242 yr Nice set Andy ! 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.
May 19, 20242 yr Never know what you will discover in this SIM...if you look hard enough....🙂... Interesting structure...!
May 19, 20242 yr Author On 5/14/2024 at 10:15 PM, John F said: Pretty amazing for default. I wouldn't mind wading into that water (just up to my ankles 🙂) in shot # 6. Cheers John! It does look pretty inviting, doesn't it? On 5/15/2024 at 7:03 AM, pmplayer said: Nice set Andy ! cheers 😉 Thanks pmplayer! 1 hour ago, P_7878 said: Never know what you will discover in this SIM...if you look hard enough....🙂... Interesting structure...! Cheers P_7878! And yes, I am constantly finding little gems all over the place in this sim. 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
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