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Hi fellow simmers, As I watched the series Ice Pilots for the first time recently, I am getting a bit excited about it, and I am wondering if there are some good freeware/payware aircraft for FS9 which are used in the series, such as: - Lockheed electra - Douglas DC-4 - Curtis C-46 - Canadair CL-215 What I also was wondering if there is a (very) good/nice Canada (mesh) scenery for FS9 for this area (North West Territories)? I looked here at avsim and flightsim but nothing came across. I can highly recommend the series if you love old descent vintage planes!
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Hi guys, these are screenshots of my first Buffalo flight. In fact this was my first flight for a virtual airline ever, so just a short hop! Flight BFL1011 from Yellowknife CYZF to Hay River CYHY, just a ways across the Great Slave Lake, 55min is the listed time. The aircraft is DC-3 G-GPNR, with a paintjob by Markus Hellwig. Taxiing to runway 33 in front of Yellowknife Tower. Climbing out, after a long left turn. Clear weather, no wind - ideal conditions for my first flight. About to get my feet wet. I decide to fly west of the direct route to stay above land for as long as possible. That water looks cold! Nothing much happening. Droning along at 4500 ft cruise, just trees and occasional bears. Ooops. looks like the ride might get bumpy in a short while! Better switch on the seat belt sign ... Sure enough, some turbulence and even moderate snowfall arriving at Hay River. Unfortunately the wind turns to 200 on the downwind leg for runway 32 so it will be a crosswind landing with slight gusty tailwind component, but wind speed is low and visibility stays good so I decide to continue to final. A bit fast, got to loose some more speed before gear down! I wanted to capture the touchdown for posterity but hit the button resetting the VC viewpoint instead! Darn! Correcting that, I opened another active window by mistake!! On top of that I forgot to lock the tailwheel before landing so I'm wobbling a bit in the roll-out. Oh well, not too bad overall anyway. Taxiing up to the terminal. I should get an addon airport for this! My first Pirep! Exactly 60 min from parking brake off to on! And the landing was good, too. Phew! Now for a cold beer!
