MSFS B 707, Lusaka to Cape Town

[bernd1151]

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

[John F]

Nice flight and pics. I enjoyed your comments also.

[pmplayer]

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 😉

[Alaska738]

Super shots Bernd! 😉 

[bernd1151]

Many thanks for your kind comments, John, PM and Will !!

[andy1252]

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.

[bernd1151]

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.

[P_7878]

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...!

[Peter Webber]

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!

 

[Stiller Water]

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!

[bernd1151]

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. 🙂 

[P_7878]

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...🙂...

[andiflyit]

Great shots Bernd! The 707 was really a good looking aircraft.... 

[bernd1151]

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 🙂