I picked up the 707 today from the marketplace for an incredible 9.99 USD (it's 14.99 if you don't own the Premium Deluxe). This massive upgrade (I'd call it a totally new addon) is free if you bought the not-so-good- version last year.

I'll admit I started on the runway cause I wasn't sure how to get her up and running. Thankfully the Virtual FE took care of many of the engine settings and bugged airspeeds when I needed them. I was able to get the AP working as well. I flew KBLI SEA HELNS6 KPDX and ended with an ILS 28R. I used the UNS version (it's very similar to the Falcon 50's GNS-XLS that I'm mostly familiar with already). But the CIVA INS is literally the gem of this aircraft, coded by the Wizards at Working Title. There's also a GNS530W option.

I plan to read the 200+ page manual eventually and do a full cold and dark flight!

For now, enjoy the pics plus a few extras I wanted to capture.

The artwork is done by iniBuilds - quite beautiful. It didn't look that great on the preview video today but when I purchased and looked for myself it was a different story!

This is a pretty short flight at 16000 (I didn't want to go so high so people would miss the views from the earth!)

The majestic Olympic range to our west... this thing is FAST too. at 16k vne was upwards of 360 kias!

A very vintage HSI not exactly sure what's its called. I would have liked a regular HSI myself but this is still really cool

Passing Mt St Helens inbound to BTG - lots of useful information on the EFB

I did a "self vectored" ILS 28R... you really want to slow down earlier than you think... the plane is a whale haha

It honestly hand flies quite nicely... and the AOA indicator keeps it pretty simple

We'll taxi to an FBO hehe

Many many of these things work... I was shocked!

Glorious night lighting

Overhead for days...

Excellent cockpit surrounds

Working radar as well

I really liked this nacelle closeup! You should be able to click on all of these to see the original 1440p resolution

The modeling is impressive!

The roll rate...not so much 😉

37 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

A very vintage HSI not exactly sure what's its called. I would have liked a regular HSI myself but this is still really cool

I believe it’s a Bendix flight path deviation indicator.

I bought an old 1968 hardback book from an aviation museum recently entitled “Airline instrument flying” so this is right up my alley

1 hour ago, ryanbatc said:

I picked up the 707 today from the marketplace for an incredible 9.99 USD (it's 14.99 if you don't own the Premium Deluxe). This massive upgrade (I'd call it a totally new addon) is free if you bought the not-so-good- version last year.

I'll admit I started on the runway cause I wasn't sure how to get her up and running. Thankfully the Virtual FE took care of many of the engine settings and bugged airspeeds when I needed them. I was able to get the AP working as well. I flew KBLI SEA HELNS6 KPDX and ended with an ILS 28R. I used the UNS version (it's very similar to the Falcon 50's GNS-XLS that I'm mostly familiar with already). But the CIVA INS is literally the gem of this aircraft, coded by the Wizards at Working Title. There's also a GNS530W option.

I plan to read the 200+ page manual eventually and do a full cold and dark flight!

For now, enjoy the pics plus a few extras I wanted to capture.

The artwork is done by iniBuilds - quite beautiful. It didn't look that great on the preview video today but when I purchased and looked for myself it was a different story!

This is a pretty short flight at 16000 (I didn't want to go so high so people would miss the views from the earth!)

The majestic Olympic range to our west... this thing is FAST too. at 16k vne was upwards of 360 kias!

A very vintage HSI not exactly sure what's its called. I would have liked a regular HSI myself but this is still really cool

Passing Mt St Helens inbound to BTG - lots of useful information on the EFB

I did a "self vectored" ILS 28R... you really want to slow down earlier than you think... the plane is a whale haha

It honestly hand flies quite nicely... and the AOA indicator keeps it pretty simple

We'll taxi to an FBO hehe

Many many of these things work... I was shocked!

Glorious night lighting

Overhead for days...

Excellent cockpit surrounds

Working radar as well

I really liked this nacelle closeup! You should be able to click on all of these to see the original 1440p resolution

Wonderful tour, came here from the B707 announce thread. She sure looks good in those late 60s Alaska colors too

How are the sounds?

42 minutes ago, skully said:

How are the sounds?

I find the interior to be very good honestly. The exterior maybe not quite as good... but acceptable. Especially since it's a very reasonably priced addon. But I'm using headphones. I thought these birds were pretty loud but the exterior sounds are kinda mushy.

43 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

I find the interior to be very good honestly. The exterior maybe not quite as good... but acceptable. Especially since it's a very reasonably priced addon. But I'm using headphones. I thought these birds were pretty loud but the exterior sounds are kinda mushy.

Thanks Ryan!

Glory days Ryan, I wish I could go back.

Nice shots, I didnt realize how big that inner flap was, proper barn door!