Re: Return of the Mac.
Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 22:36
Leg 3; Rome to Athens, with some slight diversions for sightseeing enroute. As ever, click on the pictures to see them full size.
Taking off from Ciampino (LIRA), south of Rome, I flew a bit of a dog leg south via Anzio then headed eastwards:
My first landmark - the abbey at Monte Cassino, and site of the famous battle in 1944. Behind it, just above the tail of the aircraft, the cross and white building is the Polish military cemetery. The white building doesn't actually exist - it is an area filled with close rows of white headstones, which the sim interprets as a single building. Maybe they will sort that out in the next WU, which is going to be Italy:
I then altered course more to the south to see the port of Naples, and the volcano Mount Vesuvius:
From Naples, eastwards across the Campania and Basilicata regions of southern Italy, to Taranto harbour:
I then came across something I never knew existed. This is the Nardo Ring, a testing circuit built by Fiat in the 1970s. It is now owned by Porsche, and called the Nardo Technical Centre.
Leaving the 'heel' of Italy behind, and across the Strait of Otranto in the Adriatic. That's Corfu in the foreground, with the mountains of northern Greece and Albania beyond:
Onwards over the immense landscape of central Greece. MSFS continues to amaze and delight:
Another slight diversion, to have a look at the Corinth Canal. It connects the Gulf of Corinth and the Ionian Sea at this end with the Aegean Sea at the other.
Now, straight to Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos international airport - but before asking for a runway, I take a quick loop round the city to have a look at the Acropolis.
Flying a bit low maybe, but I'll only see it this once:
Coming in to RW 21R at Eleftherios Venizelos airport:
Parked up, out the door, rucksack from the baggage compartment, and off to my luxury hotel. After a trip of 622 nautical miles, I need a shower, a plate of souvlaki and some cold ones.
Taking off from Ciampino (LIRA), south of Rome, I flew a bit of a dog leg south via Anzio then headed eastwards:
My first landmark - the abbey at Monte Cassino, and site of the famous battle in 1944. Behind it, just above the tail of the aircraft, the cross and white building is the Polish military cemetery. The white building doesn't actually exist - it is an area filled with close rows of white headstones, which the sim interprets as a single building. Maybe they will sort that out in the next WU, which is going to be Italy:
I then altered course more to the south to see the port of Naples, and the volcano Mount Vesuvius:
From Naples, eastwards across the Campania and Basilicata regions of southern Italy, to Taranto harbour:
I then came across something I never knew existed. This is the Nardo Ring, a testing circuit built by Fiat in the 1970s. It is now owned by Porsche, and called the Nardo Technical Centre.
Leaving the 'heel' of Italy behind, and across the Strait of Otranto in the Adriatic. That's Corfu in the foreground, with the mountains of northern Greece and Albania beyond:
Onwards over the immense landscape of central Greece. MSFS continues to amaze and delight:
Another slight diversion, to have a look at the Corinth Canal. It connects the Gulf of Corinth and the Ionian Sea at this end with the Aegean Sea at the other.
Now, straight to Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos international airport - but before asking for a runway, I take a quick loop round the city to have a look at the Acropolis.
Flying a bit low maybe, but I'll only see it this once:
Coming in to RW 21R at Eleftherios Venizelos airport:
Parked up, out the door, rucksack from the baggage compartment, and off to my luxury hotel. After a trip of 622 nautical miles, I need a shower, a plate of souvlaki and some cold ones.