https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68246298/am21.jpg

FS9 turned 10 years old this week. Still looking good to me :P

The Flying Pixel is now open for any screenshot artists that like aviation subjects both military and civil. http://www.theflyingpixel.com/

Swallowed my pride and bought this "game"....call it what you want, I still see it as a glamorous (though undoubtedly well made) mod for CFS3. :O:
http://i.imgur.com/HmWG0mRh.jpg

Gee, is that Flanders Field down there? :salute:

A-10 Whoops! :doh: :D

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1115/sp7m.jpg


It seems I forgot something. (From the track) :oops::oops:

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7672/hm66.jpg

As long as you can walk away from a landing, it's good (enough) :salute:

Indeed. :salute:

I was a bit surprised when I heard the noise of the fuselage striking the tarmac. Quick, turn off the fuel! :o

In the track things had another outcome, the plane hit one of the trucks that are visible behind the plane. :doh:

Boston, New York and Washington

http://i.imgur.com/cqlhGUv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/otRBu8d.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yrly7Vd.jpg

^^^ HE MADE A POST! :O:

I like the shots too. :woot:

Biggles doing some training (heh!) over west London! :D
http://i.imgur.com/4jLzVF5.png

Couple of recent shots;

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psc8dbbb9d.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps1cb0ba72.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps8152084f.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps10cb89c5.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps324e81c1.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pseaba9091.jpg

5 years ago today:

http://i.imgur.com/CYmIxSa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/oyIGAct.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nVH3AUk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bxsCEj2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tVoAsXm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ihrg1ny.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/luCjK22.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GY2e02G.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XwtR6KZ.jpg

That's been 5 years already? Good lord. :doh:

Wow, those pics are indeed, a splash from the past.

Certainly brings back the memories.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/856/jgne.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/19/u49n.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/30/e6dw.jpg

My ongoing AAR for WOFF:

http://woffaar.wordpress.com/

Oooh, might need to do some Hawg flying this week/weekend...

P-3 Search

I decided to go on a real-time simulated flight to hunt for MH370 in the current search area, on a USN P-3C (wanted to fly as RAAF, but unfortunately wasn't able to find a repaint for this lovely aircraft). Here are the results!

http://i.imgur.com/0S5u2zb.jpg
We begin our journey from RAAF Pearce Base, near Perth, where the search efforts are focused. Boarding the aircraft shortly before 9am (local time).

http://i.imgur.com/poNenV1.jpg
Ready to start. We won't be the first aircraft on station today, and expect to arrive on station at around 1pm.

http://i.imgur.com/XfpTtT3.jpg
Powering up the engines.

http://i.imgur.com/qDFBDNs.jpg
Taxiing out from the ramp.

http://i.imgur.com/SbwTU6o.jpg
Takeoff!

http://i.imgur.com/56Nbxz5.jpg
Climbing into the sky with a full load of fuel - aircraft is a little heavy.

http://i.imgur.com/qzd3itx.jpg
Leaving Perth behind...

http://i.imgur.com/89aYgzZ.jpg
...and heading into the open ocean

http://i.imgur.com/eH4zSYP.jpg
A 4-hour trip to our distant search quadrant awaits us.

The media seem to often refer to the location as being "near the Australian coast". Here is how "near" it actually is:
http://i.imgur.com/XeyoGzs.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/aBFO2tI.jpg
Arriving in the search area, we find that it's a bit cloudy down below

http://i.imgur.com/uIVyfI1.jpg
Descending into snow/rain squalls to get below the clouds and begin our search.
Normally, the P-3 shuts down one or two engines while searching (to save fuel and improve loiter time); unfortunately feathering a prop in FS doesn't stop it from spinning (at least graphically - the physics effect seems to be correct), but as you can see from the instruments, I've done just that while preparing for our search.

http://i.imgur.com/fo4IjWV.jpg
For the first part of the search, conditions are not very good. There are squalls in the area and we drop down to 1500ft to get a better view.

http://i.imgur.com/xsbz1vK.jpg
However, soon afterwards, the squalls clear up...

http://i.imgur.com/U1YG8Ua.jpg
And we get our first sighting!

http://i.imgur.com/kcVSuGE.jpg