BillD22 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) In this series we do a flyby of the famous Rock of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea to check out the FS2020 scenery. One thing that's missing here is the shipping traffic through this area which is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world. Our FS2020 AI ship & ferry traffic is set to 100% so an empty sea seems to indicate there's still some development work to do here. Our Navy P3C Orion from Patrol Squadron 62 (VP-62) takes off from Rota Naval Station (LERT) in Southwestern Spain. The harbor entrance to the ancient seaport of Cadiz is visible in the upper right. Enroute on the very short cruise segment down to the Mediterranean Sea entrance. Letting down from cruise with the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar in the distance. The coast of Spain in Europe is on the left and Morocco in Africa on the right. Heading down the middle of the Strait. At its narrowest point the distance between Spain and Morocco is only 8 miles. Inside the strait the distinctive profile of Gibraltar comes into view. Turning inbound for our flyby The aptly named "Rock." Outbound for our return to Rota. On the way home we pass Cape Trafalgar - scene of the famous 1805 naval battle in which British Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon's combined French and Spanish fleets. Edited January 23, 2021 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Very nice indeed. Shame about lack of sea traffic. :pilot: 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 January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Excellent work Bill. In all fairness, any screenshots that have the P3 are probably going to be awesome. - 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 January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Excellent work Bill. In all fairness, any screenshots that have the P3 are probably going to be awesome. Thanks James. I agree - it's hard to take a bad screenshot of a P3 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 A fine flight in the Orion and very well captured Bill. :pilot: I'm sure they will fix the ship traffic at some point. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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