A Dornier Do 17 Passing the Cliffs of Dover, July 1940

The German Dornier Do 17, with its typical 'flying pencil' shape, is here seen passing over the cliffs of Dover by late July 1940! The Do 17 was a 'Schnellbomber' ('fast bomber'), used among other usage, during the Battle of England. It's seen flying low to keep its ground track due to low-level clouds

 

 

 

 

 

-- that view with:

.boxed FSX Gold Edition with the Acceleration Pack

.a free Dornier Do 17

.weather with the FSXWX freeware

.the freeware shader adjuster rdart78 and textures set --

Excellent picture Gerard!:cool::cool::cool: Don't think they were happy with the "visit" I'm afraid..

Thanks for the appreciation! Yes, poor Englishmen here under endured much! On the other hand any Spitfire in the neighbourhood would also have done hurt to that Do 17... Edited November 16, 2019 by flightsimg

Very nice looking shot! :pilot:

The only nice shot would have been to down the blighter lol.

 

Col.

Thanks DAVIDSTRAKA and ColR1948!

 

DAVIDSTRAKA: thanks; always trying to get closer to History!

 

ColR1948: Yes, that were the times for that!

Excellent shot Gerard!!!!!!!!!!

Nice shot!

Where did you find that Dornier, and is it any good?

Thanks!

 

lifejogger: thanks for all the exclamation marks :)

 

jankees: that's a plane by A.F.Scrub at simviation https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=do+17&x=0&y=0 Testing WW2 planes for my collection isn't my primary worry on the other hand. I just have the plane into and make photos

Most of the models, on the other hand, I found until now look about good, especially with some flight behaviour tweaks. That one might look good; it features a 3D panel (adding views necessary, for example). The sound seems slim. They have a improved version of that one, https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/14349/fsx-dornier-do-17/

With me, generally, in terms of planes, you enter the vast universe of tweaking :)

Great shot of the Dornier 17 Gerard. The low level cloud layer gives it a sense of realism. :cool: :cool: :)

Thanks Larry.

Yes, the German bombers flew at a medium or high level during the Battle of England, but I made a exception there, pretending that one needed to fly low :pilot: