Classic British Flight Sim

I found the basic Alice Springs a bit uninteresting so I purchased a more detailed one to enjoy on my few days visit:-



I also got an Orbx Traffic app and as you can see from these pictures...


...Alice can be very interesting...I swapped my trusty steed for a control tower so you won't see my C47 after this pic.


Alice has some nice small Boeings that...


...pop in here on a daily service. There are also quite a lot of people around!


This is an odd one...I forgot to turn off my machine and I found this as I was going to bed!


The GA stuff tends to use this area and there seems to be a small flying club at the other side of the airfield.


This is all very detailed.


That hangar with the white lid is where the small flying club is based.


The Tower has the usual rotating beacon on the roof.


The yellow taxy markings are interesting and probably accurate...You couldn't dream that lot up!


The viz is a bit hazy today...


...over the desert.


That big Qantas is a static display but there is a bloke there chucking suitcases onto a conveyor belt.


Here comes someone to land on...


...Runway 12.


He is reverse thrusting and braking as he goes past.


He is a QantasLink...Callsign "QUEUE Link"


Watching him park...


...from above.


There are a few people there to watch him!


They seem to be working on this loading thingy!


More people wandering about here with a worker doing things with suitcases!


Another group.


Don't know what that building over there is...Some kind of Mart?


Here I have latched onto a Cessna...


...doing some...


...Local flying.


He gives us some...


...great views of...


...the surrounding area.


Here he is...


...positioning for...


...his approach...


...and landing.


Just to finish off...


...I latched onto this...


...departing Qlink!

Thanks for watching...They all look best if clicked to Full Size

Wonderful add-on of Alice Springs you bought Peter and really enjoyed viewing those pictures you posted as there seems quite a lot of activity.

Just to thing that when I first started with FS it was only basic and scenery was (apart from areas such as Chicago and Meigs Field etc) very sparse and limited, now with Orbx and other add-ons there are now much better sceneries that make flying immersive and enjoyable.

By the way and just out of interest, when you flew professionally and taxied towards the runway or gate with an aircraft with centred nosewheel (not the Trident) did you use a reference point on the windscreen to maintain the centre line even on turns? as I always find myself either to the left or right of it when taxying!!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay at Alice Springs before taking off on your next leg.

Regards
Nigel.

Hi Nigel...I was taught, in the Vanguard, to run the centreline under your inboard knee...So, in the captain's seat, your right knee.

A really cracking set of pictures! Excellent choice of scenery.

Looking forward to the Darwin leg and hoping that you fly with fair winds and enjoy soft landings.

Hi Nigel...I was taught, in the Vanguard, to run the centreline under your inboard knee...So, in the captain's seat, your right knee.

Many thanks Peter, now I wonder whether that may work in FSX!

Will have to try that out next time I fire it up and let you know.

Many thanks.

Regards
Nigel.

Thanks for the update, Peter.

Wonderful screenshots, depicting a very interesting flightsim adventure.
Looking forward to the next leg.

Kevin