BillD22 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) With apologies to all those old enough to remember the 60's hit song "Woolly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs what we're talking about here aren't the Egyptian guys but the picturesque and rugged Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. In this series of FS2020 shots an A320 from the islands flag airline Atlantic Airways (they actually use A319s) is on approach to Runway 30 at Vagar airport (EKVG) - the island chains only airport. This is a challenging and tricky approach with the airport sitting in a valley with high terrain all around, gusty turbulent wind conditions, and a last minute turn off the inbound ILS course to line up with the runway. EKVG is a popular airport with simmers but some reason it got left out of FS2020. The scenery in these shots is a community developed version (still a work in progress but quite useable). Here's the big picture with our aircraft on approach and an arrow marking the airport location "down in the valley" in the distance. A note on the approach plate insert reads "Expect moderate to severe turbulence."!!:eek: Fortunately it's clear weather. Views of our aircraft configured for landing and some rugged island terrain in the background and out a passenger window. View on final from the front office. We're on a visual approach and a bit off the inbound course to the left. Rolling out with spoilers deployed and then getting ready to turn off the runway. Here's a shot of the real airport. It's looking down Runway 12 - at the opposite end of our approach to 30. Edited October 10, 2020 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 With all due respect to "political correctness" I'm old enough to remember "Ahab the A-rab, sheik of the burning sand" and the One-eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater. :eek: Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Yeah, remember all those. If they are playing in the cockpit on approach and landing, even cooler! Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfierce Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 The Faroe Islands are amazing, definitely on the bucket list to go in person. If you haven't seen pictures, look it up. It's like something out of a Star Wars movie, like the island at the end of The Last Jedi. Nice pictures!! - James Intel i7-10700F 2.9 gigahertz - 16GB Memory DDR4 3000 megahertz - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB - 480GB SSD + 1TB HDD - Windows 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 With all due respect to "political correctness" I'm old enough to remember "Ahab the A-rab, sheik of the burning sand" and the One-eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater. :eek: Those were the days Mr. Z! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aharon Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Famous Bill, long long long long time no hear from you Welcome back to Flightsim!!! Nice screenshots of your new MS2020!! Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hey they're still here!! I play that music on a regular basis!! Nice shots as well. Just don't run off the end!! :eek::eek: Micheal Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 A gutsy approach and landing Bill - nice work. :pilot: Thanks for making me feel semi-youthful. I just provided a link to CCRs "A Bad Moon Arising" in Johnyzs "Moonrise" post. :D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Famous Bill, long long long long time no hear from you Welcome back to Flightsim!!! Nice screenshots of your new MS2020!! Regards, Aharon Hey they're still here!! I play that music on a regular basis!! Nice shots as well. Just don't run off the end!! :eek::eek: Micheal Aharon - thanks for the welcome but "infamous" would be a better description of me :D:D Michael & Larry - thanks. Glad to see there's a few of us old rockers still around :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainsman Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I go back to "Don't Be Cruel" - Elvis Presley and "The Green Door" - Jim Lowe. I7-9700K, RTX-2070, Asus Strix Z-390-H MB, 32gb G Skill 3000 CL15, Corsair Obsidian 750D case, WD Black 1tb M.2, Crucial CT500MX SSD, Seasonic Prime 750W Titanium PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzaro Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 With all due respect to "political correctness" I'm old enough to remember "Ahab the A-rab, sheik of the burning sand" and the One-eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater. :eek:Damn. You're older than I thought. ;) -- Bob [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7-7700 3.6GHz / GTX1660 6GB / 32GB RAM / 49" Samsung CHG90 / WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) With all due respect to "political correctness" I'm old enough to remember "Ahab the A-rab, sheik of the burning sand" and the One-eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater. :eek: Actually there was a not yet discovered nationwide AM radio favorite station called WAKY Radio in Louisville Ky.!! Look it up, almost any popular DJ in the US from that era probably started or at least programmed at WAKY. For their first several days on the air WAKY Radio the only song they broadcast 24/7 was "The One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater!!" Nationwide the big question every teenager asked was "How long is WAKY going to play that (supply your own descriptor) song!!?? Yes, today it's truly silly! But in the 60's no telling how many radio hosting careers were based on that song, not to mention how many unpaid millions of dollars were made off of it! Michael Jackson and his songs weren't even in that league compared to the percentage of listeners way back then!! MIchael Edited October 13, 2020 by Rupert Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Damn. You're older than I thought. ;) -- Bob I'm only 23!................X 3.0104 = Young at heart! :eek: ' Purple people eater 1958 The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1955 Cherry pink and apple blossom white written in 1950 and went gold in 1955. My next door neighbor practicing that on his trumpet day in and day out! All big hits on the AM dial back in the daze! Edited October 13, 2020 by mrzippy Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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