Classic British Flight Sim

Thanks Ian but after reading that last post of yours...think I am more confused now than ever!! :doho:

Regards
Nigel.

I sometimes take a boat out from McLeland Seaplane Base and drive it down Russell Fjord to the foot of the Hubbard Glacier...Then I bear left a bit and head towards the open sea. At that point I pass through a bay that I'm sure was named by Captain Cook...It is called "Disenchantment Bay" and having read up about the Hubbard Glacier I feel that Cook probably arrived at its foot during one of the periods where the glacier closed off Russell Fjord and thus prevented his further exploration in that direction

Thanks for that info, Peter. I'm really getting into this scenery so I'm making notes about which bits to explore. But first I wanted to get some AI historic jetliners set up. I've used three Alaska Airlines classics and based them at Juneau flying up to Anchorage and back once a day. These are not AI models but the full spec aircraft. I was impressed to see the AI flying the offset approach on Rwy 26 which hasn't even got an ILS! This is the HJG 707-320 (painted by Ben Hartmann) making its AI approach over Juneau to join Erick's two Boeings at their new base!






The AI landings are better than mine, I'm afraid. I might have to retire and become an airport manager.

Ian

Ian,



Hehe, I spent a lot of time looking for all those geographic "Nigel" places and I must confess I had a hard time finding some of them. ;-)
I suppose I can blame being visually challenged or perhaps they are hidden in some very remote part of the planet and are not included in FS even as add-on scenery. OK, I couldn't find any of them, but this in no way diminishes the accomplishment of all those explorer Nigels, brave lads all even if they sometimed ended up in the wrong hemisphere, virtual or not.

Happy Easter to you too!

Nigel²

Don't forget the famous persons as well...the great Nigella Lawson springs to mind.... ;-)

Ian if you become airport manager i think Alaska would be a great place for you....*snicker* :000:

Nice screenies....

Tony

Techy111 wrote:...the great Nigella Lawson springs to mind....

She certainly does, Tony! Very tasty (recipes)

Anyway, back to work creating the Alaskan 'eritage Flight. Got a good selection installed now. Erick's MD80, 732 and 722. HJG's 707-320. CalClassics CV580 and DC-6. And a nice repaint of the default DC-3. They're all set up as AI. They spend most of the day on display at Juneau and in the afternoon they leave within 10 minutes of each other to overnight in Anchorage and fly back home in the morning. At least, that's the plan

I've seen the DC-3 off on its inaugural flight but I haven't tracked anything else yet. But what could possibly go wrong





Ian

Blimey Ian...what with your Kai Tak and now Glacier Bay you will soon have to get some flight plans sorted out to commute between the two.

Don't forget the famous persons as well...the great Nigella Lawson springs to mind

We'll just stick with the Nigels' Tony, thank you very much!! :roll:

Regards
Nigel

Nigel H-J wrote:Blimey Ian...what with your Kai Tak and now Glacier Bay you will soon have to get some flight plans sorted out to commute between the two.

Don't forget Manchester and Bermuda which both have a full set of retro AI! I think I'll have to be a Senior Airport Manager and employ individual managers for each one! I certainly won't have much time for flying the damn things

speedbird591 wrote:But what could possibly go wrong ...

The DC-3 did get through but the other two propliners tragically disappeared from the radar during approach. :-( Might be something to do with the mountains

Oh well - never mind, serves them right!

Ian

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Blimey! With PAMA's traffic and now Speedbird aero Inc, Juneau division - will there be any airspace left in Glacier Bay? Ian....... UNINSTALL glacier bay......

Sorry, Jim! You know what I'm like when I hit town. I don't do things by half, I bring the whole entourage with me. First I take over the airport and then fill the skies with dirty, noisy aeroplanes that fly around on their own day and night!

But this time, I haven't been made welcome at all and I think I can lay the blame squarely at the feet of that airport manager up at PAMA! He's upset the locals with all his aerobatics and flying upside down all over the place. The locals are being very obstructive by putting Cessnas in front of my historic jets. Two of them had to do three go-arounds before they were able to land. And two of the propliners have gone missing in very mysterious circumstances!

If this continues I'll have to consider moving my base to PANC (where I've always been made welcome in the past) and fly into Glacier Bay for short breaks. I'll just keep a floatplane at PAJN to explore when I get down there!

Ian