At least thanks to the white arrow on the tail you know which side to keep it up 
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sure, thats Beech Baron from Carenado. they dont do exactly study level aircrafts but the system and flight modelling is good. what makes their aircrafts exceptional is the inside-out modeling.
it makes flying on old laptop bearable experience 
anyway, I like to fly her more than I would initially thought
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Never works for FedEx. 
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I was held hostage there once. By and old man at the airfield there that said I could not leave the island until I found the $5 landing fee. And he meant it. They are a whole separate breed out there.
If you bury it, nobody would have ever known.
Great screens!
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Was he the Sheriff/Mayor?
On my second leg with the King Air, this time from Munich, Germany to Naples, Italy.
Departing from Munich, seeing some passenger planes at the gates.
Towards the alps:
Leaving the ‘flat’ areas.
The autumn morning fog is still in the valleys.
I’m afraid my planned flight height is a bit low for the mountain tops of the Austrian alps.
Nevertheless, made it to Italy!
After taking a break and leaving my desk, my TrackIR got totally messed up …
Feet wet over the Adria!
Weather built up and it was clouds and rain from now on.
Ice!
A not very professional approach to Naples airport…
Approach.
And landed safely, pheew.
What a flight. On a sunny Sunday morning I set off to Bella Italia. Crossing the Alps luckily happened in perfect weather, only hiccup was my inability to control the altitude autopilot for better part of the travel. Once I figured out I was at the height given by the ATC - but was told to be 300 meter too high. I guess this happened due to different baro pressure north and south of the Alps.
The ice made me wonder if to de-ice via the two switches, but it was pretty expensive in terms of speed, so I took the risk and it worked out. The IFR sent me at 7k over the airport, so I decided to go visual again and touch down in poor conditions.
Next leg is Naples to Alicante. The plane is getting a bit crowded, W., M. and K. are aboard, in Naples R. and S. join … And a five more to board in Alicante. Maybe I need to switch to a bigger plane!
Cheers,
TeTeT
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I didn’t stick around to ask questions.
I beat it into town to find somewhere I could use my credit card to get money. Which was unsuccessful. A nice lady who ran a shop in the town loaned me $5 to get me out of the jam. I snail mailed her back $20 the next week in appreciation.
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At least you didn’t wink at his daughter. That might have cost ya more than $20.
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Great shots!
I love a good Kingair.
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Leg 6 NAS Oceana to MCAS Cherry Point
OK, this is a short one as nothing blew up, or failed, or even leaked very much.
I continued my progress down the US coast sticking to mostly military bases to spread the cheer to the lads and lasses in the service.
I had originally intended to continue with the Corsair, but that compass bug was not going to play well with the 400-900ft ceilings that Norfolk and Cherry Point Weather were forecasting.
Incidentally, I did find someone else who had the same compass issue when switching from internal to external view in the Milviz Corsair. So it may not be my lack of systems knowledge that’s to blame.
Though that’s usually a safe bet!
I stumbled upon the Banshee by Robert Richardson and thought I’d give it a try for this leg. The external model is quite beautiful in MSFS, especially with that gloss blue paint (skin courtesy of the prolific Jan Kees). The cockpit also looks decent for a port over. The flight model is workable, but not without its conversion warts.
Plus the Nav Radio worked. It’s been so long, I’ve forgotten how to use one!
Anyway, Jet A’s awastin’. Let’s go!
I needed a little Jimmy Legs to get her off the runway, but she’s tame enough airborne.
Weather looks better than what Skyvector was reporting.
Honked a big right hand turn at the coast and headed south. God help me when I run out of coastline!
Again MSFS impresses with how well it captures that kind of grey, rainy but with sun filtering from above feeling. Absolutely feels like a fall Atlantic day.
Picked up the Caratoke Hwy Bridge on the right. This was my major checkpoint for approaching Kitty Hawk as it’s the first major bridge to the mainland south of Norfolk.
I actually didn’t think I was going to see the Wright Bros Monument with my low altitude and the trees. But damned if they didn’t build it on the only hill within 20 miles. That or they mounded the place up afterward.
Plowed on and hooked around Cape Hatteras. That sucker really sticks out there!
With Pamlico Sound narrowing on the right, I turned inland and tried to spot the old Piney Island bombing range. Many a conex box has met an untimely demise on that range. Not by me so much, unless it caught a draft from my blue bombs whizzing past.
Headed up the Neuse River to find MCAS Cherry Point (AKA Cheerless Point, AKA Cherry Pit).
This aircraft is a little resistant to turning at speed so I opt for the straight in. Luckily the ceiling has risen substantially, so I’m not clawing for the field under the clag.
Once again parked under the tower…'cause that’s where the sliders are.
So, a more successful than average mission. I looked at the map and there is still a loooong way to go. I may need to be bold the next leg and put some miles behind me.
Really enjoying this trip. I just can’t stop oohing and aahing at everything the sim is capable of showing me.
I hope others join in the fun!
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I learned from a buddy who works for the US Parks Service that it took them 10+ years to keep that dune from moving, what with all the grass planted on it. If you’d swung over Jockey’s Ridge a bit further south, you’d see what KDH would’ve looked like say 115 years ago.
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You keep going to places I’ve been. MCAS Cherry Point. I flew in there once years ago in the King Air to life flight a soldier that had been in an accident off the base to a specialty care center. Back then it was a pretty easy affair to get a PPR to allow us to operate to military fields. MCAS Cherry Point was the only military airfield I went to (including Andrews AFB) where a Marine guard stood in front of the aircraft at parade rest for the entire two hours we were there. I don’t know if it was SOP or punishment or what…well…it was clearly punishment since it was July in the Carolinas… I felt like I should go hold an umbrella over the guy to shade him…but I didn’t want to make any sudden moves.
Great report…! You keep jogging my memory of long, mostly forgotten places…
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Leg 7: MCAS Cherry Point to NAS Jacksonville
Wanted to cover some miles this leg and the weather was nice, so I chose the awesome PMDG DC-6 in VR-53 colors (courtesy of Steve Drabek). I didn’t want to miss too much of the scenery though, so I faked a pressurization problem and filed at 8K.
Compared to the last few days, the weather was beautiful.
Turned abeam the field to pick up a direct leg to Wilmington VORTAC. You can really see Cherry Point’s unique runway layout.
Good for Space Shuttle emergency diverts…and Harrier “Conventional” landings!
Wilmington. Don’t we know someone down there?
As I flew over the sprawling landscape of Charleston I realized…
I don’t know anything about Charleston. So. Uh. Here it is.
Parris Island just off the right wing. Didn’t realize how close it was to Hilton Head. Talk about rubbing it in!
Ft Clinch State Park and the Georgia/Florida border. JAX here I come!
Looking for the green flash!
Downtown JAX.
Turning final Runway 10. Luckily it’s VMC. I’m not even sure that I could fake a TACAN here.
Well, a nice, sedate leg and well on the way to the Caribbean. I confess that I’m not particularly good at flying the DC-6. This was a good fam flight for what I think is going to be a workhorse for me down under.
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
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@piper , @Mudcat and I are a couple of hours up the road, and I try to get down as often as I can, which sadly has been not nearly enough since the fall of 2019.
I’m pretty sure that’s the Cooper River in the background, and you’re showing North Charleston there (separate city). Which means the bridge next to the tail is I-526 towards Mt. Pleasant, and the port of North Charleston. Down river is the old Naval Base, now a collection of commercial clients and Riverfront Park, which hosts a pretty good music festival every spring (Highwater). You can see where it is by the cutouts for the former dry docks.
Any time you want to check out the town, let me know- a good friend of mine lives in Mt. P when he’s not driving tankers between LA and Alaska. And as usual, amazing pictures!
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Thank you for filling in my Charleston knowledge gaps! I’ve only been there a couple of times and had a great time. But it was very much airport to the hotel.
I flew over the town thinking of what I was going to say about it and realized…I got nothing! 
I’ll take ya up on that offer if I get down there. My wife has a friend that lives down in Charleston. So we’re due a visit.
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From top to bottom of his photo (N to S) he’s got the Wando, Cooper, and Ashley rivers. I live on the SE side of the 3rd bend of that big creek (Nowell) coming off of the Wando.
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Enough of la playa y las tapas. It is time to move on.
A little over 900nm from La Palma (GCLA), Spain to Sao Filipe (GVSF), Cape Verde in a Citation Longitude. Weather was supposed to be good so I could enjoy blue skies and blue oceans
Departing La Palma
The SID took me over the island of Tenerife.
Blue up, blue down.
Fast forward… and here overflying the island of Sal in Cape Verde.
My destination is a volcanic island called Ilha do Fogo.
There are no published approaches, though in this weather it would be a sin not to fly it visually.
On finals.
Someone should take care of the trees.
I could almost feel the heat.
Ilha do Fogo is a very nice volcanic island. Well worth another visit for some VFR pleasure
The next leg will be the longest one of my trip - some 1220nm over the Atlantic with nothing than blue waters below.
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Amazing shots! I had to do a double take on that volcano.
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The volcano does look very realistic… we have come a long way from blocky, wireframe graphics! Imagine what MSFS 2050 is going to look like! Hopefully I will still be kicking at that point!
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I will be my mid-70s. I hope I will know how to switch on the PC or whatever we will be using for simming at that point in time 
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