RTW Leg 11 - Vagar to Alderney

[gusto]

Trip distance 800 nm Total RTW distance to date 7520 nm



Leaving the faroe islands around 10:30 in the morning... the weather sure is a lot calmer than when i landed



I have checked the tides and have decided to stop off at barra airport in the outer hebrides, scotland on my way south...barra is one of only two in the world where scheduled flights use the beach as the runway



You have three adhoc runways marked by wooden poles at their ends





i hang out for a bit and grab a bite, put a little fuel in the tanks



approaching alderney, in the english channel, only three square mile in area... part of the british channel islands even though its closer to france







the tower parks me at the end of the row




check out my last leg http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=191242




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[cianpars]

Nice shots Gusto.

I really don't like the winter textures though, they are so unrealistic. If I fly in winter, I change to spring or summer.

IAN

[BEWARRE]

Fantastic Post!
Mucho Gusto! LOL
Made me feel like I was along for the trip!!!
Thanks for sharing such a unique and cool flight on the forum.
I'm going to visit these spots in FSX and maybe enhance them with Instant Scenery as well!
Thanks again!!!

Regards,
Bruce

[peer01]

GREAT!!! Love both destinations, very nice

[CycoFlo]

Very nice Leg again! Great to see some of the smaller Fields in Europe! Looks great!

[aircav1970]

Another excellent leg Gusto,very unique landing strip on the sand there!

[NMLW]

Nice flight Gusto. Great looking captures.

[gusto]

Fantastic Post!
Mucho Gusto! LOL
Made me feel like I was along for the trip!!!
Thanks for sharing such a unique and cool flight on the forum.
I'm going to visit these spots in FSX and maybe enhance them with Instant Scenery as well!
Thanks again!!!

Regards,
Bruce

thanks Bruce, i have not used "instant scenery" yet...is it as easy to use as they make it out ?

[Tim_A]

That England should be dismissed so brutally!

Mind you, you should see what's coming for the Channel Isles: http://earthsimulations.com/channel_isles_uk.html

[gusto]

Nice shots Gusto.

I really don't like the winter textures though, they are so unrealistic. If I fly in winter, I change to spring or summer.

IAN

Ian...yes, this RTW is revealing a number of short comings in fsx...i don't think the famous landmarks are as good as fs9...real time weather is not always accurate...missing airports ( jan mayen, barra)...being assigned by atc to land on down wind runways...creating great camera views - in fs9 you could place a tower view anywhere with fs navigator which allowed awesome screenshots...however overall it's still a great piece of software