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Naw....load it from punch cards! 2 weeks and 3 18-wheeler trailer loads of cards later...selection screen.

O-M-G....must have Immersion. :Raised Eyebrow: Cargolux is such a cool livery....Even though I didn't paint her on the 777 (The paint you're showing is excellent and I hope the author ports it to the 744F and 8), I may put her on the 744F if this author doesn't. :wink: Great shots Chris, very atmospheric..as usual.

Beautiful shots. XP is really intriguing..and the A350...that's about as modern you can get. Wonder if they'll release an FSX P3d version.

Thanks Aamir. Me and AI have an understanding...when I want to takeoff or land, and they are in the way...and wont move in an acceptable time frame, I fly through them, hehe. Will start working on getting them to behave later...but now just having fun flying in P3d. Thanks Craig. The Airbus in P3d 2.5 is awesome! She is by far my favorite to fly in P3d so far. Speaking of the rest of the series...here is the next set...departure... I leaned over in the cockpit to pick up a pen I dropped, looked up at the glareshield, and was stunned by this view... So stunned that I forgot to grab screens of the pushback and taxi out ...here is the departure...snowy one at that... Mains coming up Cascades in the background Turning towards Seattle Next series will be the decent and approach into LAX

Thanks Mr. Adamson! The first flight I remember was a DC-8 out of Honolulu back to the states in the early 60's. I only know it wasn't a 707 (or 720) because it didn't have a machine gun on the top of the vertical stab like the other planes parked at the gates. (At least thast what I thought it was at that age, turned out to be a pitot tube, hehe). I was not a happy toddler, LOL! Of course it could have be a Convair 880 as well...I was not as proficient at identifying aircraft types in those days...hehe

Sweet shots Ryan! I am mysteriously drawn to the colors of that Cessna....very unique color combo that works well on that airframe...one that you couldn't miss in the sky! :smile:

Great shots HL! I can imagine the sound of that big radial and the smell of avgas and burning oil. :smile:

Doing the walk around....Horizon taxiing to the runway... Tail looks good.... Gear is dirty, but checks out ok.

I just jumped into P3d....Cant deny that those shots make me want to make another platform jump! :smile: What a great time to be a simmer!

Inspired by HL James' stunning shots of the Cascade mountain range taking a big BA 380 into Vancouver, I'm prepping for a flight out of there to KLAX.... ...With a Horizon Q400 waiting at the gate as a long Bus taxis in the background. More shots to follow....I really like this Bus!

Thanks James, you inspired my next flight...Taking the Baby Bus in ACA colors from CYVR to KLAX. I'll be embarrassed to post shots of the Cascades in light of your shots....maybe it'll be heavy, low overcast when I'm flying over them. :wink:

Thanks Patrick! Yeah we have an MD-10 or 2 that lumbers out of DFW in the evening that flies right over my place when they are doing North departures. The heavies flying over always sound unique to the bevy of A320s, 737s, MD-80s (by far the loudest of them all, and sadly soon to be gone from the skies) flying over my place. Also get the UPS MD-11s too, they look beautiful on departure. We probably spot some of the same type of traffic, as KORD is one of AA's main hubs as well...bet you see your share of the aluminium beauties (but that site too is going away with the new paint scheme). Like to see the FedEx in the distance though...very easy to distinguish on the horizon when they are but a spot. Hey Sean, look for a flight with the UPS 777 soon too...as she's one of my favorite paints. And you can rest assured my 777 UPS paint will make it to the 744F when she's released.

Love that paint and the way you showcase it! Yeah the multi-pic threads are gone, but this new policy may get more folks looking at some threads vs. arbitrarily skipping over one with pages of replies. I see the logic, and will encourage us to look down the line of posts and maybe stop on one we otherwise wouldn't have in the past. The best Gems are always found where you're not looking for them! :wink:

Excellent shots of the Double Ugly! One of my all time favorite birds. I'm old enough to be lucky to have seen the Blue Angels perform with the Phantoms...it was quite the show!

I hear ya! my current retirement airport is KTPA, then a quick hop to the west. I can't say its never snowed there, but not like its normal like...Boston...My goodness, people actually live there on purpose? Nothing against Bean Town, but the NE has been particularity brutal this year. My brother currently lives in ME...and owns a snowblower. NEVER will I live in a place of my own choosing that would require me to own a snowblower as well as a lawnmower, hehe.

Thanks NWA! The actual greenish tint on the pics is post-production (as you probably figured out), but as a painter, I used my artistic license to enhance the pics. :blush: Would be really cool if GSX could add that as an effect, and have it actually stain and streak the plane as it does in real life. :wink: Very unusual to deice here at DFW...but the weather has been insane here!

Great shots Ryan and welcome to the club from another one of its most recent members! :smile: I've been flying in P3d for a whole week now (I know...seasoned P3d'er here, LOL). I have both DVI and HMDI going to separate monitors and I "may" see a slight difference in them, HDMI being the weaker). However, if you haven't flipped HDR Lighting on and off in the P3d settings (Lighting section) and seen the difference, try it and see if it helps/hurts the look. I'm still way too new to offer any more advice, but let me know if these help. Ooops....it seems you're new to the 182 club, not the P3d club...apologies...I'm not a member of the 182 club, yet.

She's really growing on me Chris. I think the cockpit is way too sterile looking compared to the "Boeing Brown" cockpit, but its very accurate and if you're gonna fly a 'Bus, you have to take the cockpit as it is in the real world, hehe. The angle and lighting are what really make a screenshot transform from a visual representation of what the simmer saw into an almost surreal snaps hot of what the poster experienced at that moment in flightsim. Static screens can never capture the experience of seeing that shadow pan across the cockpit in a turn, and the sun in just the right position...it just adds that "pinch of salt" that turns a bland recipe into something to be enjoyed by your palette (in this case, a visual palette). :smile:

Hey Greg, it's a modification of the ICE package. I say modification because I installed it then parsed out the airlines I didn't want. One of my bucket list items is to customize my own ai, including paints (I am a painter for goodness sake!) on models of my choosing, then build my own BGLs and generally get into ai creation from model painting on through route customization. Right now, the free packages on the web work for me, regardless of their history (I've heard of the whole ICE debate, but since some of my freely distributed AI paints are in the package, and it has not killed me yet, nor am I losing revenue because I may not be specifically credited, I tend to move on and just know my contributions to this hobby are not generally being misused.) A lot of folks who would otherwise defend me on my own behalf for these grievous acts of "Piracy", while well-intentioned, actually serve to stir up a pot that does not need stirring. I'm quite capable of defending my intellectual work on the web if need be, but I signed up for distributing "freeware" well over 13 years ago when I uploaded my 1st repaint here on Avsim. Since then, if I had the desire or concern about pursuing every person who violated the simple EULA included some of my older freeware releases (I don't think I even include one anymore...just not worth the time to type it out, lol), I could spend the rest of my days policing flightsim websites, Ebay, CraigsList, to track down all those baddies who seek to do me harm! Believe me I have better things to do. Here is the last EULA I had in my Feelthere EMB repaint series: LEGAL: It's freeware. Don't sell it, don't put it where it can be sold. This includes packaged CD's sold on eBay, sites that charge to download files or have memberships, etc. And in that same readme.txt file, I credited some of the folks that helped me bring all those paints to the community: I want to say a special thank you to Avsim for its service to the community and all the simmers out there who have supported us freeware developers through thick and thin. Credits: Some parts may contain a pixel or two from a paintkit created by Rui Mesquita...Great job Rui! (I used his windows on the 175..Thanks Rui!) (I'm getting too old to remember if I included any pixels from his paintkit, but giving him credit just the same, as I know how hard it is to create them. I know I used his paintkit as a reference to sort out where some of the parts are mapped on this bird. His kit was adapted from the existing "E170/E190/Lineage" paink kit (E-Jet V1 by Feelthere) which I have yet to find on the internet! So credit to Feelthere for releasing the paintkit and hiding it successfully on the net, lol! Speaking of paintkits, I've created many in my day, and freely uploaded them for other painters to use. This only helps to expand the community and I've never had a problem (that I know of) from that avenue of freeware being exploited in an evil plot. In short (and sorry to drag my whole view of freeware legalities into this post, but as a prolific freeware dev myself, I feel I have a different perspective than those who've never uploaded a thing, but wish to defend my kind, hehe), I'm here to enjoy both what I contribute, and freely take from the various other freeware devs out there.

Great shots...those mountains are beautiful!

Thanks Chris! She is very photogenic with her photo-tail. :wink: I know the deadline is fast approaching before the price hike, but I may actually stand firm on this one, as Steam is purring along like a kitten with our big 777 on my machine. Thinking that money may go to...hmmmm..."Immersion" maybe? :Big Grin: 889 had her wings deiced yesterday...at DFW for Pete's sake! So yeah she'll be in for a dirty paintjob soon (Funny how I have to paint dirt on them...usually when they are in the shop they're getting a new coat) Thanks Laserit. I figured as much, but kinda' using it as my excuse to not drop another $100+ for the same plane...that money will buy a few more add-ons that I've been wanting anyway.

Thanks Chris! Sleep? Highly overrated. At my age, where I have (given a normal life span) more years behind me than ahead, sleep is a necessity that only serves to keep my physical body from collapsing. :smile: Given an average of 8 hours per night (not nearly what I get now, but averaged in with all those infant/toddler years where we typically got far more than 8 through parent-imposed naps), I've already slept 18 years of my life away! :Yawn: That's longer than some of our fellow simmers have been on this planet! I have too much to do in my time left on this rock, and the bucket list just keeps getting additions, at a rate far faster than I can scratch them off. Anyway, I get enough sleep to survive, hehe. And....flying the 777 with one of its best features enabled (auto time compression),I can get some "crew rest" in the duty bunk while Otto takes her to far away lands. And that eagle sure can fly...the Airbus has really found a place in my hangar, after years of shunning by me because of my lack of commitment to learn to fly her. If you will, it was one of the things on my bucket list..."Learn to fly the Airbus as proficiently as I do Boeings." Not totally there yet, but can line half-way through that item on the bucket list.

Thanks Stu Thanks Sean, To be honest, as much as I love the 777, it still does look great in FSX:SE, and runs fantasic with my setup. I'm struggling with another $100 purchase of the same plane when its so good in FSX:SE. These shots are convincing me of that, and I may save my money for the 747 as my first dedicated P3d purchase. As you can see from my other posts, I'm having a blast with the excellent Aerosoft Airbus in P3d...so maybe long haul in FSX until the 747, and short haul in P3d. :smile:

Been neglecting her, and still waiting for the P3d 2.5 version to be released from PMDG, so this is FSX:SE. At KDFW, busy on the ramp this morning, Getting loaded up for her flight Hopped on the wing to get this shot of the loader.... Time for the walk around...past the nose, looking back at that huge GE powerplant...looks...well....HUGE! Checking out the wheels, tires, brakes, hyd. lines, gear bay, doors...etc Inspecting the Vertical stab/rudder as a Spirit A320 jets off to its destination.... Coming around the port side...walk around almost done (Good...COLD in Dallas this morning...and may even need deicing!) Inspecting the port intake....Delta CRJ sneaking into the shot. Static ports look good...let me get into that warm cockpit! Taking her to Memphis....screens coming later. Apps used when capturing these screens: FSX:SE PMDG 777F Paint: My FedEx paint Scenery:FSDT KDFW, Dallas Megascenery

Taking the Bald Eagle from LAX to SLC Getting ready for pushback United 757 taxiing by Ready to pull chocks Tug getting hooked up Pushing..... Departing...China Cargo 747 taxiing by Climbing out Approaching KLAS Apps used when capturing these screens: P3d 2.5 Aerosoft A319 Paint: Hogi's Frontier Bald Eagle Scenery: LAX default, Socal Megascenery, KLAS Megascenery