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Cheesy title aside, join me on a flight from Diamond Point 2WA1 to Brookings, OR (KBOK) in the new PC12 NGX. It's about a 2:15 flight time A crisp morning pre-flight And I think we're going to get a stellar sunrise from the "office" Routing today is 2WA1 AST ONP OTH ROOTY KBOK at FL200, then 210 when we turn more east of south along the WA shoreline - looking west here towards Port Angeles, WA Looking towards Everett and Seattle area Reaching the Olympic Mountains as we get a stunning view of the sunrise Most realistic clouds I've seen yet in any sim... A decent day to fly! BOK is showing VFR but we'll see what lies ahead FEW019 (probably marine layer in the vicinity) - we'll load up the RNAV-A just in case Bugs at 14k ft lol? Must have been the plague! We planned on a straight in to runway 12 but I think we'll circle there seems to be a slight tailwind KBOK is a nice little freeware airport by BullFrogSim - has all the lovely details like the AWOS components here The PC12 NGX is a very versatile aircraft - where to next?

Alright, finally I'm settled in to MSFS 2024. I've got a few of my favorite addon aircraft that seem to work well. I've dropped a few 2020 sceneries into my Community folder for the PNW, such as the ones pictured here, S43 Harvey and the famous KORS Orcas Island. Please enjoy this lovely flight (mostly direct) - I've changed no colors or settings on the photos like I used to do with 2020. 2024 is looking really quite amazing with the new environmental upgrades. Liftoff from S43! It's fairly short but the runway is no issue for the DA42 Over the Snohomish River headed NW Possession Sound and the Port of Everett Looking north at Camano Island A fairly quick flight, just under 30 min at 150 knots or so - COWS has just updated their DA42 TDI/VI for 2024 compatibility - it's an excellent rendition of the twin diamond! They're also working on a DA40XLS! As the cloud bases become higher, so do I, cruising at 4500 now enroute Approaching Anacortes 74S Whidbey Island Naval Air Station on the left This uncharted airstrip looks inviting! Widening out to avoid terrain and setup for final to runway 34. It's hard to see but antennas are now native to 2024 - a wonderful VFR feature What a stunning approach! Hard to beat views like this! Trees are vastly improved - one can even have a walk in the woods! This is just the start of a new adventure! Where to next???

I'm taking a flight from Mc Call, ID to Jackson Hole, WY. We've got our speedy RV-8 with IFR equipped G3X/GTN. Scenery from Orbx (KMYL) and Dreamflight's KJAC. Hot red paintjob by master painter TimHH. In this flight I'm simulating the use of oxygen for cruising at 17,000. Routing is KMYL DNJ V298 DBS V520 JAC KJAC - we end up cancelling IFR approaching Driggs Idaho and maintain VFR for a incredible mountain view landing at KJAC. I highly recommend both MYL and JAC scenery - the flight wasn't too long either. I also recommend the new SWS RV-8, has an analog and glass cockpit, excellent sounds and a great flight model for hand flying or autopilot usage for long legs. Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A quick intersection departure as the RV8 makes short work of the runway - we'll fly SSW to make our climb to 17,000 and turn east on V298 Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A lovely low fuel flow at 17k - one of the nice features of the G3X is the ability to display charts (with Navigraph), even this VFR sectional which I like to periodically pull up for situational awareness... not a lot of options with an engine failure Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We have a strong quartering tailwind but still maintain about 170 knots over the ground Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I can use my GTN 650Xi to check out nearby strips in case of an emergency Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Off my right wing by about 80 miles would be Sun Valley, ID (KSUN) Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Coming up to the foothills of the Teton range (on the west side) and Driggs, ID Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr There are many beautiful ranges in the world, but the Tetons are my most favorite! Grand Teton stands out at an elevation of 13,775 ft. Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We've canceled IFR and begin a slow VFR descent Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I hiked this valley some 25 years ago - a wonderful view from above Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We fly overhead KJAC and enter an extended left downwind for runway 19 Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Ramp appeal Untitled-27 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr And some bonus views of the airport proper... Dreamflight really knocked it out of the park with this one... Untitled-30 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-32 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Interiors for those who enjoy them Untitled-33 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Multiple RNAV, ILS, and VOR approaches serve KJAC for all of your aircraft needs Untitled-34 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Superb texturing on the surfaces Untitled-35 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Hope you enjoyed! Untitled-36 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Hello I have a problem with GREECE Coastline Shoreline with P3Dv4.5, the coastline are not good The problem is solved is I desactivate "F:\Prepar3Dv4\ORBX\FTX_VECTOR\FTX_VECTOR_CVX\scenery\*_WTR_Waterbodies*.bgl" But i don't know what file is it ! I don't want to do this. Any solution please ? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wgpKyVE_EYoRCo2xHRrRIqgBdWxg4nPF/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/18MTrLxUEaJmg71Q9PnvVMWs4Dxpz_gjD/view?usp=sharing

Here's my first high-quality video using FS Recorder, Fraps, and Windows Video. Previously I was posting videos using my phone's recorder off screen, but I finally have a processor capable of capturing with FRAPS and am still learning the ropes of video editing. This was done really as a way to learn what I'm doing. Please enjoy, and watch for more (and better) to come!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BtuNXaeMQAU

Folks, I have an idea for all airport developers. Some of us want relaism down to the really minor details. Me, like, i would imagine many others, want to park up at the right terminal... SO, why not, when you taxi in and request permission to taxi to the gate, can't we have options for, for example "Terminal 1/Terminal 2/ Terminal 3" ? I know some dont use ATC, but i figure for those who do, and those who rely on it for airport services, it may be usefull ? If this topic has been discussed/ is stupid/ is irrelevent becuase some developers use this, then i request for this thread to be deleted. Thank You -Andy

Still, after all this time I manage to find new ways around the mountains while test flying my new addons; Carenado's CT206H here. Went up from Hope CYHE to Lytton CYLY following the BC-1 Trans-Canada highway. Beautiful scenery when you stay low :smile:

Hey, I have a request for the community, could you help me in which immediate orbx product I should get. I have to get 2 (long story), and I already have PNW. What are at the best top 2 Orbx one must have besides PNW. See Poll or suggest Thank You, Skywolf

Hey, I don't know how I missed this earlier while flying in PNW, but are these KSEA lights normal? Is it normal that they are floating in air? I have reinstalled PNW (with .005 patch - which my installer has), and the latest Jan 2013 libraries. Thoughts? EDIT: IMAGES VIOLATE OUR IMAGE SIZE RESTRICTIONS. Before you post images anywhere on AVSIM again, you need to read and then adhere to our image policies. Please do not upload images until you do so. Thank you.

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to personally Invite every one of you to check out my Youtube channel, i have some great new video showing off the brand new, Fs Dreamteam Vancouver airport along with gsx and some nice tunes along the way, I think you will like it more to come!! and have an awsome day simming:) Blair E http://www.youtube.com/user/Beetitan/featured

...then cold and dry up North.. Thanks for looking

Hi here is my new video ! Like and Share ! Bye

Had to run out for groceries, and when you live in a remote area of Oregon, it's a different experience all together. Scenery and terrain mesh - ORBX NA Blue PNW. Departure Airport - ORBX 7S3 Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark Aircraft - Carenado Commander 114 Weather Environment - Real Environment Xtreme

Hello everyone! Just so everyone knows, I am aware that if im using all those addons ill be getting bad fps but not as bad as i thought. So i just got accepted into Qantas Virtual so ill be doing my flying in Australia, and who better for scenery than ORBX?! So I load up P3D, select YBBN (Brisbane, with all patches and I have taken out all the major FPS killers in the control panel except for PeopleFlow.) and I load up my 737. My FPS during the day time is only at 20 at the gate with the plane systems on! Now ill give you a series of tweaks that i did to my CFG file and system specs, also, should I turn the the resolution on the 737? Will it look really bad? Used Bojotes tweak tool for fsx, For the bufferpools i replaced their number with 0, and i also added the Fiber frame fraction tweak and set it at 0.33. Other than that I set the ORBX effects to Day mode. System specs: Intel core i5 2500K 4.5ghz AMD Radeon 6870 1GB 8GB RAM 750 Watts PSU ASROCK P67 MOBO FSX is on a 1TB hard drive And numerous addons. Is there maybe something i missed or can do to improve my frames when flying in australia? Because in Europe I get great frames, i dont check the number but get between 25 (lowest) to 40 with the pmdg. Thanks!

I'm ready to buy some new scenery for the London area, including the city itself as well as the major regional airports. Which scenery add-ons, as single products or in combination, would you recommend for best visual detail? Between performance and visuals, I would rather sacrifice performance for better views. That the objects appear to be 3-dimensional is also important, as I want to be impressed by the views while flying at low altitudes, not just flying by high above all the interesting sights. Some of the choices I've been considering are Orbx England EU, Aerosoft VFR London X and City Airport, Aerosoft Mega Airport London-Heathrow X, UK2000 Heathrow Extreme and London City Extreme. (If this question has been recently discussed elsewhere, please point me to the appropriate thread(s).)

Hey, I just want to say my thanks to the community for all the awesome posts about flight planning, operation etc. The wealth of information on this website is absolutely stunning. Froogle, Jane, PMDG and all those involved with Tony's Fundraiser - Thank You, I had lots of fun with all at the livestream. Personal Thanks goes to Chris Palmer for Angle of Attack Productions - your amazing video on Aviator 90 - Episode 11 (Traffic Pattern) - Saved my life in the air last week. A general aviation aircraft was not following the rules by accident while we were in the Downwind Leg of a untowered airport. You videos made me learn the pattern and its component before hand. I never knew this knowledge would save me, your video taught me all the terms, and I knew where my location on the circuit was, hence I was able to quickly spot the aircraft approaching us. By the way I am not a pilot at all, just a passenger at the moment - that was my first ever general aviation flight. I have posted the entire story in detail with pretty pictures in the Flight Sim & Aviation Section of this forum - here is the link to the massive epic post (Angle of Attack is in Part 1 and Part 4). Chris, if you are ever up in the DC-MD-VA area, round of beer is on me. Can't wait to sign up for the Aviator Pro and learn more. Thank You everyone, I am eternally grateful to this aviation community. Skywolf

Hello everyone, Brace yourself, and please do grab a cup of coffee as this will be very long post. I just hope that my writing doesn't make you lose interest in this real, unique story/life changing event. And, yes, this event does incorporate FSX/P3D, Avsim Forums, Real Flight, Trading (stock markets), and Love of the Skies - (I bet you are already thinking what the $%@! is this guy talking about?) My true goal is make you the reader - experience this amazing day from the perspectives of being in my shoes. Reader beware - I just had few cups of coffee Before I go further - I will give a very brief info about me as it is actually crucial to the event. I am a portfolio manager/trader, an author of a book, and huge dreamer of having few personal airplanes one day. I always wanted to fly, but like the majority of people I ended up putting it in the back burner and started to focus on life's other things. I have been on and off flight siming since childhood. Yes, I remember Microsoft 1st flight sim release, it was cool - but I loved Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer - This was the simulator for me - I could do 3D outside view etc. All I had was a lowly CGA IBM XT with 32MB HDD and I played hours and hours. But then came high school, parties, girls, college, girls, work and more partying (I studied too - that came first, or my parents would have kicked my butt). Let’s just fast forward to the past few months - I use triple screen monitor for trading/studying/research - and I said, I have some time why not try Flight Simming again - hence FSX/P3D and it took me beyond all the flight sims I have played when I was a kid. The technology is amazing (except for outdated FSX code), so much evolution has happened in flight sim world (FS2004 was cool) over the years. What can I say about flight sim tools/addons? - Wow!!! for realism and training (heck, the educational component saved my life...that part is coming....) Part 1 - AVSIM Community Even though my profile on here shows that I joined in Dec 2012, but in reality I have been using this site for a few months, just never posted anything - so I just browsed and found answers. During the searching phase, I ended up learning about ORBX's PNW, Carenado Planes, FSDT Airports etc. and tons of tweaks to optimize FSX like good ole Buffer Pools, LOD size, TBM, etc. - yes, one should write a book and publish it on O'Reilly called "Art of FSX Configuration". If this isn't art then I don’t know what is. Everyone's FSX.cfg is different. I have to personally thank the AVSIM for teaching me about ILS, and lot of the posts in the AVSIM Flight School - this is where I learned about free Angle of Attack Aviator 90 videos (Thank You Chris Palmer for Episode 11). The video about landing pattern is most critical for me at this moment (I will explain in a bit why it is....please bear with me). Part 2 - Hangar I have always wanted to meet people who have airplanes, but I knew no one till last week in my circles. None of my friends have ever been on a general aviation aircraft or business jets. All I knew was YouTube videos, discovery channel, and big passenger aircraft. I have always had a dream about flying, but never thought of it. And then everything changed last week - I met a retired Navy Captain (name will stay anonymous as he is quite a celebrity in EAA world etc. - I will call him Captain Awesome for this post). I just emailed him about to meet for coffee and discuss aviation. He responded back and says skip the coffee - and "let’s fly for lunch". Here, I was just floored - I have never flown just for lunch. I honestly did not know how to react. It is one thing to have Bill Gates mention my book "A Rogue's Guide to Acquisition: Principles from the Final Frontier" on his personal blog, but flying for lunch!!!! This was in league of its own. Granted both the events are special, but this is my first $100 burger....and now I will have to print and frame that email. It may seem trivial for lot of your aviators on here, but for a person who only dreamed about it - this is just mind blowing. I am still speechless about this offer. So last Sunday, I happily (still nervous inside) drove to Captain Awesome's home - and he says you ready for lunch? I am like "looking forward to it". And off we drive to this small regional airport to his hangar. While on our drive to Captain Awesome's hangar, he was filling me in details of some of his amazing adventures in the Navy. I will tell you this - to me his adventures are definitely legendary. I am so proud of the amazing men and women who serve our country (God Bless). His life story needs to be made into a movie (though ironically one Hollywood movie already has some of his adventures in it). He is very committed to Aviation - even after his retirement from the Navy, he actively teaches and improves systems. As I said, he is quite a celebrity in EAA circles. The whole time I felt like I am hanging out with an Astronaut. It is surreal experience. Back on Earth - As we reached the regional airport, and I am looking around - my jaw drops - I see Cessna 172s, 182s, Malibu Piper and Mooneys!!! - These are the airplanes I have been flying in FSX/P3D - especially the Carenado Mooney M20J with ORBX VC and Exterior Upgrades. I love the Mooney - the airplane is work of art in FSX. I have never seen these aircrafts up close in real life. We arrive at his hangar; I help Captain Awesome open his hangar doors and my eyes fixate on his amazing Mooney. Damn, that aircraft is a dream. I am again speechless; I can't help myself from being speechless over and over. Since, Captain Awesome is certified by the FAA to inspect/modify/build planes, one can only imagine how well he takes care of his Mooney. Enjoy those Mooney Pics - by the way I have blurred out all the Plane Numbers to respect Captain Awesome's privacy. Part 3 - Flying & Trading I was super nervous to sit in the Mooney, yet at the same time I was super excited to see the cockpit. I love the mixture of Steam Gauges and Glass. Thanks to AVSIM forums & Angle of Attack, I knew what the Basic 6 instruments were and Garmin GNS 530. Captain Awesome starts does his pre-flight checklist before engines are on. I can't recall how many checklists he did, but it is so cool watching them in action. He is by the book - zero exceptions (even with over 25 years of flying, safety is paramount). As Captain Awesome is starting his engines, I say this inside my head "Ctrl+E...for engines, and laughed, as there is no such thing in real flight", and I believe there is a YouTube cartoon video about this same topic. Before we line up to the runway, I see him perform a pre- pre-take off checklist (I may be off in terminology here) and then it hits me like a ton of bricks. This is exactly like buying stocks - any hedge fund/portfolio guys/gals in here - please contact me!!!! Before I make a trade - I too have a checklist of criteria which has to be satisfied before buying. Once a position is bought - there is a checklist for that, and selling has its own checklist (regardless of loss or profit). Ego kills the trade, and I can tell that over-confidence in trading and flying with ego can be super dangerous. Unbelievable parallel relationship!!!!!!! Now comes the Runway, he is performing a checklist, and then I hear the throttles kick in, and few seconds later I hear Rotate!!! And the plane is airborne. I am feeling like a freaking Astronaut, I have never experienced flight from front of a cockpit, and this a General Aviation Aircraft - All I can see OMG, $%$^^$^!#@$ amazing in my head, and the view is so damn beautiful....The sky is blue with few fluffly clouds, below I see beautiful farms, and little away in the horizon I see the Potomac river - just picture perfect. For a brief moment, I just realized time stood still and this amazing moment is imprinted in my heart, mind and my soul. I will never be able to forget it. Humor never leaves me - it comes happily and I say "I think I am inside Flight sim world, this reminds me of Orbx's PNW scenery, how amazing". Yes, real life has no substitute, but you have to give credit to Orbx team for giving us amazing quality scenery for flight simming. With my jaw down the entire way, we are cruising at 2500 feet!!! And I am absorbing every inch of detail that my brain can process. I do have few small videos. I felt holding the camera was taking me away from the moment. I am nervous, happy, excited, and top of the world!!! Our destination is 45 min away at a small un-towered airport.... Part 4 - $100 Burger & AVSIM / Angle of Attack /Flight Sim Training potentially saves my Life!!!!!!!!!! Destination is getting close, I hear Captain Awesome doing his pre-landing checklist (I don't know the exact name for it yet), and he is stating his position on radio so that other airplanes can hear him. I hear other airplanes too - few ahead of us and few behind. There were total of 3 other airplanes besides us in the sky approaching this airport I knew I had to be quiet at this time, and pay attention - I can hear all the pilots in the area stating their standard traffic pattern location - Crosswind, Downwind, Base and Final. When we were are in downwind position, we also heard third Pilot landing ahead of us, who stated their location as they were approaching the airport but forgot to say in which pattern they were!!!!!! - This WAS the Mistake. Captain Awesome picked it up immediately (Thank God) - he kinda said they didn't state their position. My head is screaming oh F$%$, oh S#%#... but somehow flying circuit pattern that I have read on the forums and in Angle of Attack's Amazing Video and I have practiced proper landing pattern (or whatever I figured out in simulation) - I was able to visualize and I knew that 2 other planes were behind us, and so this third plane had to be somewhere close. Captain Awesome was calm, but super alert - he already had a very good idea on where exactly they were, but one needs confirmation - and we are now few seconds away from approaching left turn to BASE - and I see the airplane coming directly into Base. They never went downwind or called it on the radio - we could have been on intercept vector (I don't know if that is the correct terminology, it is something I picked from sci-fi tv/books) and be in potential collision. All of a sudden, I hear a different voice on the radio which stated that they are on Base - Captain Awesome figured that the original pilot was in training or less experienced than the other pilot (We saw them at lunch) Captain Awesome immediately says on radio we are making swerve (something like that, my eyes were fixated on that aircraft only), and then we get behind them on base and to final and then land. Please see Pic (I am in the Blue Plane) - Now all of this is from my interpretation. Captain Awesome did not really talk about this - he was keeping cool head, and following standard protocol. Once we landed, he did joke and say "Lets Park right next to them". The knowledge that I received on what a standard landing pattern is, and was CRITICAL for me to visualize and be able to look in the right direction to spot the aircraft approaching us. I knew what downwind, base, upwind, and final meant. Pilot errors like these can cause pilots and their passengers to show up on NTSB reports. I do not want to see any one of you in those reports - they are disturbing and depressing. FAA nailed it as they even require pilots to be in sterile cockpit environment during pre-flight, take-off, pre-landing, and landing phases of the flight. It is only during cruise flight where one chat and enjoy a bit (to some degree). Conclusion: Final Thoughts Amazing experience even if it was my first general aviation flight. I cannot wait to go to flight school and hopefully in few years I would save up enough cash to buy an airplane. First thing first, I now have to work harder (and smarter) than before in my trading, educate myself more, and increase sales of my book (and subsequent follow-up books) all to be able to touch the skies again in style. In my wildest imagination, I never thought a simple adventure would turn out to be so powerful. The flight sim community taught me whatever information I could absorb in a short time frame and oddly it just happened to saved my life. I am eternally gratefull to this community for aviators and flight simmers. Appeal for Help for Tony I was waiting to post this amazing adventure event post on Friday 18th and then I read up on huge awesome fundraiser event for Tony hosted by PC Pilot, PMDG, ORBX, Addictive Simulations, Buffalo Virtual Airways, United Virtual, Aerosoft, Just Flight and I realized that this fundraiser takes importance over my story. While I had fun flying in GA aircraft, someone is requesting our help and I knew that I had to help out in whatever way I can. I enjoyed conversing with Froogle and others in the Fundraiser Livestream (the banter between Froogle and Jane was hilarious). I was quite excited to see when the goal of 14K was reached by everyone's contribution. I do not know anyone here on these forums personally (including Tony), but it was an amazing experience to see everyone around the world (including companies) contributing to someone who is requesting help. If you enjoyed my adventure post, I would really appreciate if you all could help Tony reach his goal of 25K. At the moment of writing this post, I to do see that there are over 1000 members logged in, and if everyone of you donate $10 - he will reach his goal as he only has few days left. It would mean the world to me if you would help Tony Here is the link to his request http://www.indiegogo.com/p/119134 You all have an awesome day and Thank You for Reading this massive post Skywolf

The Phoenix reborn - and looking good while showing her heritage... :dance: Thanks for looking

John posted the 2013 plans for Orbx - pretty aggressive launch plans along with Orbx World .... http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/52918-2013/page__gopid__467470#entry467470 And in case you can't see the link:

Hey, How goes it everyone. I have been using PNW and Carendo planes lately, and recently I tried low level flying - my question is about PNW ground blurries, is this normal when flying under 1000 feet (I think I was flying at 300 feet) - on close up shots - the road and river is blockly, but far away shots looks so real. I am just trying to make sure everything on my system is running in tip top shape. I do get super smooth frame rates with Eyefinity at 5670x1200 with 6970. I will posting my fsx.cfg soon, it took me many installs and tweaking in order to get this - so it will be great for AMD Radeon users on this site (stay tuned). Please let me know your thoughts Thanks, Skywolf PS - I was goofing around but after few tries, I managed to land a Cessna on top of a carrier (had to glide to it with flaps down and engines at idle to land)

While doing some patern work at bowerman I took these two: Departing Simon Bolivar airport SVMI - into the sun: Enjoy

Just loaded Orbx's Creswell into the FSX and PNW. This is a wonderful addition and a great destination for flights from Stark's Twin Oaks. Nicely done painted names on taxiway, freeway overpasses, the lumberyard, all blended into the surrounding scenery seamlessly. Enjoy.

My first screenshot topic at AVSIM :) Route: NZCB Center Bush - NZVL Mandeville - NZGC Gore - NZNV Invercargill. Sometimes, its just relaxing to turn on the autopilot and hop into the second row to admire the beauty of the landscape... ...Or...maybe the third row. Foggy flying.

Kick the tires, and light the fire.

Really well optimized methinks.... Thanks for looking...