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Following on the heels of my previous flight from Monterrey to Santa Maria, I thought I would post (again, real weather according to looking outside the window and Opus) another flight in the miserable paradise we call California. Flying with P3D 1.4, Orbx FTX Global, and Opus with REX OD textures. Drought be damned, this January has been one for the books! This time I wanted to go low and slow, and flew the Manfred Jann C-47. If you do NOT have this aircraft I most highly recommend picking it up. It is a FABULOUS freeware aircraft, and the sound packs from TuFun (Ted) make it all the better. Check it out over on SOH. It is a an aircraft with "soul" - ######-poor visibility out the cockpit, flies like a big yellow bus, but it is just FUN!!! Here we have a really nice startup sequence. Lots of coughing, stumbling, and blue smoke. Contact - ready to go. Flying from Mariposa to Auburn, CA, along the base of the Sierra Nevada. This is just a sweet aircraft, and there are a ton of paints available for it! Orbx and Opus at its finest. Have to say, Mister Venema really likes power lines... Love this time of day... Co-pilot informed me we are not landing there - no cantina in sight - go for the the strip at upper right instead. (Perfect example of mesh problems) It just does not get much better than this, does it... Late evening, CAVU conditions, and a cantina in sight! It is really remarkable what FTX Global does with run of the mill airports, in this case Auburn, CA.
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When you seen screenshots in the &@($*... um, wait ... AVSIM Screen Shot forum, you normally see lots of color, lots of sky, lots of DRAMA! Well, I thought I would share with you pictures of Northern California, January 12th, 2014. Dead of winter, so to speak. Lord knows we need the rain (we are on the verge of a serious drought), but you cannot beat the weather with a stick! Last weekend I took down the Christmas lights in a t-shirt. This is a short flight in the Duke V2 (need I say more?), from Monterey (KMRY) down to Santa Maria (KSMX) along the coast, scooting along at 3,000 feet. Just a beautiful day for flying! Oh, sorry, forgot: Orbx Global, Rex OD Texture, Opus weather (not that there was any weather!).
