October 24, 20241 yr Ok, I know, what we all think about this 707 from AH. But I had the pleasure of having flown in this iconic plane in the mid-1980s in Asia and Africa, so I am willing to forgive AH a lot, just to be able to fly this icon now in MSFS. And yes, occasionally she smokes, unfortunately not for long. In this respect Captain Sim did a better job in FSX I adapted the color of the panel (darker) and changed the strange radar image Above the Okavango Delta Approaching Maun, the major hub to all flights into the delta And now we turn west towards Windhoek and the Atlantic coast Windhoek is below our plane. Many of the buildings and streets are still in German Approaching Walvis Bay. Look at those enormous dunes. Our 707 flies at 12,000 feet, but when you are at sea level, traveling in a Land Rover, they are out of this world Approaching famous Robben Island, Nelson Mandela was incarcerated here from 1964 to 1982 I decide to do a bit of a sight-seeing trip in Cape Town This includes Table Mountain Approaching Cape Town Intern. Those flaps look like barn doors Thanks for viewing 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
October 25, 20241 yr Very nice set, and yes i can understand you and i would love to have a 707 in my hangar aswell - but not this one ! Waiting for something better and i know there are at least one at work, so i hope.. 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.
October 25, 20241 yr Author Many thanks for your kind comments, John, PM and Will !! 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
October 25, 20241 yr Nice set Bernd. I sort of share your thoughts on this beast. I bought it (or course I did!) and have had a couple of trips out in it, but I do have trouble getting past the fact that all the paint jobs are so clean and lifeless. I guess that's down to the original model, but I know nothing about repainting so . . . If I could get just one single more realistic repaint, any livery would do, I'd use it a lot more. 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
October 25, 20241 yr Author 21 minutes ago, andy1252 said: If I could get just one single more realistic repaint, any livery would do, I'd use it a lot more. Thanks, Andy. When you head over to flightsim.to, you'll find several nice liveries for the 707. 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
October 27, 20241 yr Fantastic pictures, bernd...those of the a/c, of course, but also those from this trip across Africa, a place I know you've been to a few times...🙂... The black exhaust from those P&W engines is impressive...I need to look for it ...haven't been able to catch it yet ... [Bernd: Question, On the PC version, are you able to make this airplane follow a GPS Flight Plan ...? I am setting the Autopilot Modes to NAV and ensuring "GPS" indication on the Garmin unit, but, on my Xbox, I cannot make it follow the flight plan, due to some reason...maybe I am missing something else...] Thanks for sharing this post...!
October 27, 20241 yr Great pics! I'm currently at Cape Town. I love the change in scenery of these posts. Breaks the mould of the usual northern hemisphere topics. Regards! Peter Webber MSFS 2020 & 2024 / Windows 11 / Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF / MSI Pro Z890-S WIFI / Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 500GB / Corsair Vengeance DDR5 48GB 7000MHz / MSI Geforce RTX 4070Ti Super
October 30, 20241 yr Not the shortest route you took, @bernd1151, but an interesting one: In the past 3 weeks we have visited The Zambian border at Kazungula, the Okavango delta (a bit north of Maun), Windhoek, Walvis Bay and finally Cape Town. So... thanks for the comparison and the memories! Cheers, Gerold Spoiler Hardware: Intel i9-13900K @ 4.2 Ghz, BENQ EW3270U (3840*2160), 32 GB RAM DDR5-6000, Gigabyte Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB, Samsung 980 Pro M.2: 1 TB (Win 11-System), Samsung 870 QVO SSD: 2 TB (MSFS), 2 * Samsung 850 EVO SSD: 1 TB (P3D 4.5 HF3) & 500 GB (spare). Scenery / Add-Ons: Lots of commercial & freeware sceneries. Plus ActiveSky_MSFS - and for P3D: FS Global Mesh 2010, ActiveSky_P3Dv4, ASCA, EzDok v3, Pro-ATC/X and REX 4 Texture Direct.
October 30, 20241 yr Author P_7878, Peter and Gerold, many thanks for your kind comments! On 10/27/2024 at 2:20 PM, P_7878 said: [Bernd: Question, On the PC version, are you able to make this airplane follow a GPS Flight Plan ...? I am setting the Autopilot Modes to NAV and ensuring "GPS" indication on the Garmin unit, but, on my Xbox, I cannot make it follow the flight plan, due to some reason...maybe I am missing something else...] Sorry, P_7878, as I changed my course a couple of times, I flew this route by hand, so I have not yet tested, whether the plane follows a GPS flight plan. On the other hand, I have seen a (German) YT video, where it did follow a GPF flight plan. 4 hours ago, Stiller Water said: In the past 3 weeks we have visited The Zambian border at Kazungula, the Okavango delta (a bit north of Maun), Windhoek, Walvis Bay and finally Cape Town. So... thanks for the comparison and the memories! What a fantastic trip, Gerold. I have been to this wonderful area three times and for sure it is on my bucket list again. Being in the Namib desert with nothing but nature around you and listening to the absolute silence at night is a unique experience and pure magic. 🙂 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
October 31, 20241 yr 20 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Sorry, P_7878, as I changed my course a couple of times, I flew this route by hand, so I have not yet tested, whether the plane follows a GPS flight plan. On the other hand, I have seen a (German) YT video, where it did follow a GPF flight plan. NP, Bernd. Thanks for responding...I had looked but will look some more for (English) YT Videos...since I'm not fluent in German....at all...🙂...
November 1, 20241 yr Great shots Bernd! The 707 was really a good looking aircraft.... 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
November 1, 20241 yr Author Thanks, Andi, I agree with you, the 707 was a superb-looking aircraft. Move this to modern times, I think the A340 is an equally good-looking bird 🙂 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
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