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Indeed, Oregon is so nice to fly around in our SIM... Beautiful set from your trip, with this CRJ700...!

Very nice set...! Thanks for letting know that PG is off...I don't see any malformed and molten buildings...looks good here... Thanks for sharing...!

In my previous post, I'd roamed over and across the Isle of Man (IOM), a tiny island which had received a special mention in the (MSFS) World Update XVII. It was good fun (and a serene feeling) to fly around the island's scenic coastlines, along its narrow central valley, and past the highest summit, Snaefell. Naturally, I then thought of heading out of IOM to the mainland (towards UK on the east), past the Irish Sea. I noted that the Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Airport is serviced by Aer Lingus, easyJet, and "Loganair". I have not flown Loganair in a long while, but recall flying it often in the past SIMs. And, for destination, I chose EGSS, London Stansted, also specifically been mentioned in the WU XVII. I don't recall flying to EGSS in recent memory either...it is typically always into Heathrow (twice in RW too) and many times (virtually) into London-City. I could be wrong, but this tertiary international airport of London, seems to be located in a rural setting, nicely secluded away from the din-and-bustle of the other two (big city) airports...🙂... I did not find on record, any direct (commercial) carrier flights from IOM to STN. I observed just one flight, on FlightAware, flown earlier this week, with an (Embraer) Phenom 300. As I can tell, from IOM, Loganair flies (e.g., its ATR 72s) to Birmingham, Liverpool, London-City, and London-Heathrow, but not to Stansted. In any case, for my flight today, with the ATR 72, I've (effortlessly) uploaded a SimBrief generated flight-plan into the on-board FMC, via the aircraft's EFB (see shot #s 6-7). I've lifted off westward from IOM's Rwy 26, and then made a sharp (CCW) turn to align myself with the southeasterly route towards STN (see the inset VFR MAP shots for a general geographical orientation; IOM being located almost equidistant from the Ireland and England coastlines). Overflying the stretch of sea, I made landfall (shot #s 8-9) at the town of Hawarden (EGNR), and then carried on over some pretty (rural) lands towards Stansted Airport. Hope you enjoy this collection pictures, from my flight today, along with this ATR 72-600 in the unique (black/red/white) colors of the "Loganair Tartan" print on the tail...been always fond of those patterns...reminds me of the similar looking British Airways (Benyhone) tartan designs. EGSS (Stansted), though with just one 10,000 ft Rwy (04/22), seemed like a large and sprawling airport complex. Here, I've landed on its ILS Rwy 22. MSFS Default rendition of it looks (reasonably) good, but it's certainly not up to the standards of the payware quality airports, often seen in the posts around here. I've included a few pictures of EGSS airport (final 4 images). It was curious (and nostalgic) to spot the "Hampton Hotel" (last shot) ...the (local) "Hampton Inn", a short distance from here, been the place of stay for my first 3 nights when I had relocated to Chicago many moons ago...🙂... Overall, it was a nice (blemish-free) flight, start to finish, with this nice a/c for the average simmers like me ...🙂...! Thanks for viewing...!

(Oh...I was thinking of Roger Moore...🙂...and that henchman character, Jaws (Richard Kiel) ... who had once given me a deadly bear-hug for a picture taken with him somewhere in Las Vegas...🙂...But excuse me, I digress...) Thanks much for posting the KLM MD-11 here, as if you paid attention to one my earlier comments...🙂...Yes, that (never give-up) KLM MD-11 with its pilots, that I travelled on once, might have saved my life over the Atlantic in intense turbulence...will always remember it... Thanks for sharing...just marvelously captured shots, along with this (ominous looking and ever present) pale moon...🙂...

London approach in the SIM has been always a curse...🙂...from my experience...performance wise...I mean since the FSX/Orbx days...including MSFS... Your cityscape pictures look really sharp and beautiful after the Update, no molten buildings I can spot at all... Thanks for sharing...! Are you flying with PG on or off ... (though my experience in Xbox could be different) ... Yes, I distinctly recall one of your posts with collected POIs, with all the images B2B together...that was incredible...

pmplayer, Andreas, and Will (et al.): Many thanks for the comments and responses...! Cheers...!

The DC-3 is always welcome here, and especially in the nostalgic Pan Am colors...🙂... Nice series...

First of all, always good to see your departure airport...🙂...from my umpteen transits in RW...have not been there in years now though... I recall flying the FSLabs Concorde at such flight envelopes, ages ago...FL500 would have been indeed impressive for us regular commercial air travelers...🙂...My highest was 41,000+ ft in an A330 ... BTW, AFS has some good-looking big planes...loverly set here...!

Very fond of all SAS colors, Darryl, old or new...🙂... Lovely set here...!

The Paddle Steamer has (clearly) taken the limelight from your expertly flown airplane (hovering) above it...🙂... BTW, bernd, during my recent Florida Trip I did cruise on a 2-level Paddle Steamer on one of the lakes there ...Stood as close to that paddle-wheel as possible and watched it spinning and creating vortex on the water, as it propelled the boat forward...interesting concept ... Of course, yours here looks like the Titanic compared to the one I was on ...🙂...

Darren: I cannot display your images or/and links...today...for some reason...it could be an issue on my side...will try again later ... These are from FSX, I presume...🙂...

Indeed, three great ones... Always great to see the 330-900(neo) here. Though the largest of that 330neo series, it looks so much smaller compared to the later/newer Airbus XWB ones...🙂...I understand it's based on the airframe of A330-300, a plane I've travelled many times on with your home-carrier Lufthansa ...🙂... And of course, who can forget (Milton Shupe's) the Dash-7, a popular plane in our SIM since the earliest days...Your Dash 7 looks sharp too... Thanks for sharing these Trio of a/c...!

Beautiful shots with the Cirrus 22, Andreas. A really cute plane with modern avionics...🙂...it's a default a/c with XP12 I understand... I too need to go back that nice Cirrus that comes default with MSFS ... always good fun flying this one ...

I understand that the latest MSFS World Update (XVII) for United Kingdom and Ireland has been very well-received...🙂...Among the many notables in the Highlights Video, I noticed (honorable) mention of Isle of Man. Here is a small island, I've visited "virtually" in this SIM and prior SIMs, in the past. So, I wished to take a quick tour of it, lifting off Rwy 08 of EGNS airport, located on the southern edge of the island, and then tracking across the island coast-to-coast, past the highest summit of the island, Snaefell, on the central mountainous region (shot #s 10-11). Hope you enjoy this collection images from my tour of this picturesque Island in the Irish Sea, and also, of this (Canadian Registered) ...🙂...MU-2 (C-GAMC) Ambulance...in my favorite color..."Red"...🙂... Thanks for viewing. Happy flying...!

I recall the Grand Caravan is your go-to conveyance for all sorts of camping and fun activates outside of flying the big jets...🙂... Wonderfully scenic tour and an equally exciting destination here.... Lovely pics throughout...Like this paint on the a/c too...