EBBR-LIRF With My European Airlines Boeing 737-200, Like Promised!

Hi,

 

Like promised, my first iteration of a European Airlines flight with a Boeing 737-200 on a flight Brussels (EBBR)-Rome (LIRF). I have now ended to improve the terrains to/from which I'm flying. Back to practice!! :) Comments, beer, cheers welcome :) On the other hand, some people will notice that by chance, I didn't photograph my faithful First Officer :) That was a medium range flight, which was to be followed by two more legs to return to EBBR :) (which I didn't fly of course :pilot:)

 

Pushing back from the gate at EBBR for a 2-hour flight to Rome-Fiumicino (LIRF), Italy. 85 passengers on board

 

Just after takeoff. Pax view. At EBBR such a turn immediately after takeoff is to avoid a reglementary area just ahead (in fact, I think, it's Brussels -- and even NATO headquarters :):):) )

 

Climbing. The weather now is mostly fine over Europe

 

After a uneventful flight over southwestern Germany, we reached the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. We had chosen a FL290

 

Bella Italia now! We got out from the Alps and our flight plan headed us to over Bologna

 

Rome, the Eternal City!! Just like I was saying in a post, I was to picture Rome should the descent/approach bring me over the city. And that was the case, with a kind of long downwind to the 34R LIRF :)

 

Turning to intercept the ILS and descending to 3,500 then 2,500ft! It's the Mediterranean coast below :pilot:

 

On the ILS to the 34R

 

On the ILS as seen from the airport

 

Rome-Fiumicino (now something like Leonardo da Vinci), LIRF, from a pax seat during the short final!

 

All breaking gears out!!

 

Reaching our gate now!

 

all my flights with:

.boxed FSX Gold Edition with the Acceleration Pack

.my plane, a Cantu/Kittyhawk Boeing 737-200ADV I tweaked under several aspects, and made liveries for

.some miscellaneous freeware improvements (tarmac textures, pax window view, and the like with some airport aprons, taxiways and runways improved by me from the FSX default)

.people on the tarmacs, my creation with personalized default FSX people

.weather with FSXWX (and some clouds textures like adviced)

.flightplan partly with the simBrief site

.flight doc with the e-AIP sites of countries concerned

Fine work with your flight to Rome Gérard. A nice narrative and beautiful shots from the passenger windows. :cool: :cool: :D

Nice shots G'erard. ;)

 

Michael

Great post Gerard! :cool::cool::eek:

Hi!

 

Thanks Larry, Michael, and Jan for those supporting comments!

 

Cheers!

Great pics Gérard, I always like the passenger views, as it makes it look like I am that passenger. Kenny

Gerard, flying over FSX Italy will be much more realistic with this file: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=106699

Makes Italy green instead of a part of the Sahara.:)

Hi, Kenny and Jan! thanks for the posts

 

Kenny: thank you for that remark. Sometines also I find that sitting parallel to a pax window and letting the flight go, is a kind of rest, if not of philosophing :pilot:

 

Jan: I have checked the download. I think that maybe with my post about improving the airports I fly, I triggered a perfectionism's mood somewhere. Here a pic showing between default and improved (on one location however). Not that much different. Maybe some improvements are mostly psychological, aren't they? :):)

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On the other hand, I improved somewhat both Italian airport I'm flying, Rome and Milano, here is a pic of Milano. I think that's not so bad :cool

 

And now, I will fly, fly, fly!!! :mad:

This area is like a part of the Sahara in default FSX.....:(

Looks much better now:

Okay!, I see now! That's the famed question that FS drop tons of sand here and there! :) On the other hand, some regions of Italy, especially by summer are very arid in any case. And the more South, the more looking like North Africa :cool: