andyjohnston

I'm also in Canada, and I have flown over those areas without issue. Sounds like something may be corrupted.

I'm just using default terrain.

I went from Hiroshima to Seoul, and then on to Shanghai.

 

Then I flew to Hong Kong.

 

 

Son I landed and exited the runway...

 

"The Program has Stopped Responding"

 

Grrr...

 

So I made the flight again. While I was coming in towards the field, my co-pilot grabbed a few pics (full disclosure, my co-pilot is also me...)

 

 

From Alaska I headed out over the water to Russia. Luckily, I had stored some extra fuel so that when I ran out I could pump it into the tanks.

 

 

Ya...that's it...

 

Then from Russia I turned south and into Japan where I eventually made my way to Tokyo

 

 

And then on to Hiroshima.

 

 

I took a break from my trip to rent a helicopter and go visit the Peace Memorial.

 

I waited until a few hours before dawn (sim time) to leave Vancouver. I headed up the coast to make a landing at the add-on airport of Mountain Top, which sits right on the Canada-US border.

 

 

I didn't need to refuel but did it anyways. From there I headed west toward Anchorage, but as I was approaching it I realized I had all sorts of fuel left, so I pushed on toward Hooper Bay, and even when I got there I had lots of fuel left.

 

 

Next I'll be crossing over to Russia where there aren't a lot of nav-aids to use to guide myself, it'll be one of the more dangerous parts of this endeavor.

 

See you in the next post!

 

From Chicago, I flew over Minneapolis and landed to refuel in Grand Forks. Then flew over Calgary, across the mountains (nothing to show through any of that) and landed in Vancouver.

 

I was going to make my first landing in Detroit but instead decided to turn west and stop in Chicago instead.

 

 

I've decided to repeat something I did before, I'm going to travel around the world in my trusty B-17.

 

I started from runway 4 at La Guardia in NYC

 

 

And had to get a shot of Manhattan as I headed out.

 

There's an oldie! Glad you enjoyed it :)

First flight I fixed my heading indicator, second flight I fixed one of my brakes so at least I'll have some control on the ground rather than just waiting to coast to a stop.

I had an idea this morning, so I'm trying it out.

 

My Cessna is severely damaged, I can't afford to fix it all at once.

 

I failed one aileron, one flap, all instruments, both brakes, the fuel tank, all but one comm radio, etc. I'm going to have to "fly passengers around" and each flight will earn me just enough to fix one item, meaning not only will I need to fly a bunch of flights to fix everything, I'll also have to decide which items get priority.

Oh, I've had aircraft that would do that. I've updated my Space Shuttle for use in P3D and it can go twice around the world. The max speed in P3D is much lower than it was in FS-2004/FSX.

I'm the one who should consider myself honoured. That someone dug out that model which is over ten years old! I actually took one of my old FS-2004 models and turned it into the Transformer. Interesting to see how it works, let me know how you progress.

Well I guess I can't not enjoy that ;)

 

thanks!

I landed at LaGuardia

 

 

And relaxed with a little sightseeing trip

 

 

 

 

I travelled to Seattle, which included a pass of Mt Rainier.

 

 

ATC brought me way too close and too high to land so I had to go around

 

 

The second time, ATC vectored me in a weird way, but I quietly compensated so I could get down.

 

From thee I flew direct to KLAX.

 

Part way through the flight, my number four engine blew out. I was about halfway across, so I decided to push on rather than turn back.

 

 

Visibility got pretty bad as I was getting close

 

 

And didn't improve much on final

 

 

I was able to land, only to learn that the passengers need to be delivered to a facility in New York. They were able to repair the engine, but discovered that the explosion that damaged it also damaged my right aileron, which they couldn't repair. So I'll need to make a stop in Seattle for them to fix it.

I flew direct to Honolulu, but it was night by the time I got there.

 

From there it was IFR over to Tokyo. There isn't a lot to see on some of these flights.

 

 

 

 

On my return, first stop Beijing.

Ready to ferry people out

 

 

I didn't know they'd gone under. I've been using FSDS for 20 years. :(

MS stopped supporting rw weather for flightsim years ago.

I highly doubt that a 747 will just sneak up on an unsuspecting airport.

 

You know in the old cartoons when someone would be on their tip-toes trying not to let anyone know they were around? That's the mental picture I got reading this line.

What happens when you press shift+space?

 

Somehow, going out I set my IFR flight plan to an altitude of 999999 feet. Needless to say, I had to ask for some changes to be made!