Are you making a stop at Quito?
I did!
It also just occured to me that my Photoshop batch is screwed up, a lot of the screenshots from my first post seemed… off, and that explains why. Looking over them previously I thought I had completely forgotten the rule of thirds, but it seems the crop automation is off for some reason.
I may re-run the batch for that group of photos, but that’s definitely a tomorrow problem.
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It’s an impressive approach. One of the most memorable I have flown.
I vaguely remember you mentioning flying into there real-world, right?
I’d imagine the pixels don’t quite do it justice, especially with my 1080, but it was still pretty fantastic just within the sim.
Just the one time while on the way to the Galápagos Islands. I had planned to fly into Guayaquil but a volcanic ash cloud closed the airport just before our planned departure from Austin. You can’t fly directly to the Galápagos because Ecuador has strict rules about getting the aircraft fumigated on the mainland before you can land on the islands (understandable, all things considered), so Quito was our only option. I have to admit I was a little nervous about flying in there without having time to sit down and research it, but in the end it all went just fine. Those mountains are impressive when you are catching glimpses of them through breaks in the cloud as you descend into the valley.
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Great Pics!
I need to try the FBW 320 now that I can fly magenta again. It looks like they have done some great work!
I should fly SW from where I am but decided to cross the continent westward till I reach Andes
still flatlands and rivers with no end between Uruguay 
and Argentina 
reached Laguna Mar Chiquita, next stop Cordoba and highlands
this is what I like about NeoFly, all those missions to bush and grass strips
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I see them quite often IRL but never really appreciated that design until now when I fly her in the sim
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I’ve been as busy at work as I’ve ever been…I’ve got a few flights in, but given time constraints, I’ll just post a few snap shots from the way.
DC6 over the Andes:
A quick supersonic leg to Lake Titicaca:
Mastering the Magister (hardly):
Arrival to Argentina:
I had a rather sporty nose-up attitude at touchdown… 
I am now in Cordoba, Argentina. Around 1,250NM to go. Cutting it close but trying to make it!!
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Way to go! I’ve got a nice 15% stout waiting for you if you make it.
And probably if you don’t….but I am thirsty.
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And I’m still there propping up the bar…and I like Stout. 
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Perfect. I’ve just left sunny Cordoba and the idea of a 15% stout sounds rather punchy, given it was 31C at the airport…but it’s a substantially chillier 8C at Stanley…so the stout will do nicely, thank you!
Tracking VOR radials over the Pampas feels like a fairly mundane affair after the excitement of flying over the Andes, I have to say.
A somewhat meandering track, but I was working while flying and it was easier to have continuous VOR coverage…
Dropping in for landing. Slightly late in the descent again, but nothing like some of my previous legs where I was looking for the dive brakes…
I landed, rolled off the runway and disconnected my headset to take a work Teams call. When I came back and reconnected the headset, MSFS crashed. Seems a bit extreme, but okay.
The other annoying thing I’ve noticed in the DC6 is that in addition to the active pause not being a real active pause, the Esc pause doesn’t work very well either: when you pause via going to the Esc menu, the engine pressures go to zero and while they will climb back up, it takes long enough that a 200+ IAS in cruise will drop to 160-ish before you’re getting some thrust again and start accelerating.
If you have a decent distance to cruise, you can sort of get a de facto pause by slowing the sim rate down to its minimum…but other than that, it’s not a very parent-friendly way to game when there’s no option to completely stop the show for a couple of hours.
Anyway, I am now a mere 800 NM away from Port Stanley! That’s a long bluewater voyage, though…I may need to pack a GPS, I’m unsure if I trust myself to successfully find the island with dead reckoning after I get out of Bahia Blanca VOR range. I should do be able to, the Mount Pleasant VOR should be well within range, even if I drift a bit…but I’m nervous. At least the weather is fairly clear, for now anyway, so I should be able to see the islands.
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I assume from your location you’re familiar with Prairie Stouts?
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I was having fits with Active Pause until I was set straight by my fellow Mudspikers.
There is a regular old pause that actually pauses in game.
But it doesn’t give you the freedoms of Active Pause unfortunately.
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Thanks - I need to work out how to use the regular old pause.
I’m trying to work out if the last leg is feasible with just the Bendix stack (no GPS). A direct route would be 799 NM.
The island is about 130NM across. The weather is good, so I should be able to see the island. There’s a VOR beacon too.
If I fly via the VOR beacon at Viedma, I can reduce the dead reckoning distance a bit. Assuming I’d get 100NM outbound before losing the signal, I’d have around 570 NM to the island.
I think it’s worth a try, even with my poor navigation skills. 
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That’s the spirit! 
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Actually no, but I guess I will have to change that. My favorite local stout is called Iron Balls by the Bull Creek Brewing Company which is located just a few miles from my house.
http://www.bullcreekbrewing.com/beer/
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It’s time for the first leg solely in South America. A short hop from Fortaleza to Salvador is the plan.
I stay with the now very familiar Longitude, load the cabin up, and add generous amount of fuel.
On the taxiway at Fortaleza:
Leaving the departing airport behind.
Mostly forest and agricultural lay of the land below me, flying at around 10k feet. Sight seeing mode one.
Some hills add a bit of scenery to the otherwise flat landscape.
Getting closer to Salvador the landscape reverts back to agricultural use foremost.
The airport visible below the clouds.
After three(!) attempts to land on runway 10, finally on the ground. First I was close to a touchdown, but then realized it’s runway 17, not runway 10. Turn around and messed up height management badly, and another attempt was needed.
Cheers,
TeTeT
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Here’s Nevo’s very helpful reply that solved
my crashing issue.
Well, from pausing at least! 
I’m fairly certain that the VOR on the Falkland’s is long range which seems to equate to near 190NM.
I have every faith in you! 
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