F14 Tomcat inbound to the Palm Springs airport (FSX), USA (KPSP)
Here is an edited screen capture that was added recently in the “flight simulation” section above, under “virtual pictures”. This virtual flight was made using Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX). The scenery, very well executed by Orbx, represents the Palm Springs region, in United States. It is the most recent addition to the collection of virtual airports available for the California region. The F-14, made by Dino Cattaneo, is a freeware (check the free download links that is provided). This combination of plane and airport is certainly going to please the virtual flight enthousiast!
FedEx MD11 in flight (FSX). This virtual aircraft is made by PMDG.
TheMD-11 is an extremely interesting aircraft with regards to its characteristics but many pilots have had problems to master all its interesting features in real life. It’s partly for that reason that there has been many crashes with this type of aircraft. Considering the MD-11 high fuel consumption, FedEx will progressively start selling them, starting 2015. The only company in the world still using the MD-11 to carry passengers is KLM (edit: it did the last flight with passengers in 2015). The MD-11 is remembered for the Swissair 111 crash, near the coast of Nova-Scotia, on Septembre 2nd, 1998. It was flying the New-York to Geneva leg when the accident happened: 229 persons perished when the aircraft plunged into the sea.
The above screen capture has been edited to give it a more realistic effect and to emphasize the quality of light at dusk. Different images, under many company colors, can be found on this website under the « flight simulation” category, within the ” virtual pictures » section. A flight from Mexico City Intl to Denver Intl will soon be included in the « challenging virtual flights » section. Have a good visit!
Here is a little addition to the site for today, following a virtual flight made over Peru with the flight simulation software Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX). Some modifications have been made to the screen capture in order to obtain the present result. The picture nonetheless reflects very well the atmosphere during that flight. For those who would like to know what software was used to produce the clouds, it was only FSX with ORBX 5 selection in the weather section. This selection always manages to offer an interesting sky.
Photo of a DC-3 from the Panamericana company, in flight over Peru (FSX)
Today, in the “Flight simulation / Standard virtual flights”, I have added a glider flight that was done over Monterey, California. It is a good exercise for flight simulation enthousiasts. Below is one of the picture taken during the flight.
A Pitts Special on an inverted flight over the Monterey airport, California (FSX)
Here is a screen capture added recently to the flight simulation section, under “virtual pictures”. The Pitts Special was designed in Wyoming and the first one was built in 1971. This aircraft has won more open competitions in United States than any other type. Everyone who has flown the Pitts Special praise its quick reactions at the slightest pressure on the controls. In the actual scene, the aircraft is over the Monterey airport, a creation of Orbx for theFSX platform.
The screen capture that you can see here has really not been planned. It is about the interception of a light twin engine aircraft by a Harrier military jet. After subscribing to an English virtual flying magazine, I received, as a welcome gift, this virtual military jet. As I was “in flight” familiarizing myself with the jet, I saw a little white dot moving in the distance. It was one of the numerous virtual aircrafts generated by the Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX) program. The idea to simulate an interception and fly in formation with an unknown aircraft was just too good to resist. In few minutes, both aircrafts were in sight of each other. It was now a matter of adjusting the speed of the Harrier exactly with the other aircraft’s speed and progressively get closer. The picture represents the end result of this little meeting. The countryside under the planes is an ORBX creation.
