Back home IRL, time to leave again virtually
The last year I started from my home in MSFS and took a car to get to the nearest airport. It did not turn out as a good idea since the roads in MSFS are what they are This year, I decided to take more appropriate mean of transport to get from my backyard to the airport.
Luxembourg in photogrammetry introduced in the latest City Update.
ELLX the way I am used to see it!
And parked in front of our aeroclub hangars.
OK, that was just a starter. Now the real deal: ELLX to LOWZ - Zell am See in Austria.
Velocity XL ready to go with the flight plan punched in.
I am using FSLTL for injecting AI traffic for this flight and have to say that it does a nice job in terms of models and liveries…
…but not really in terms of air traffic management (which is up to the sim I presume) as I have witnessed three go-arounds by the time I got to the active runway.
Mosel river with Remerschen biodiversite - full of birds which will be migrating soon. This usually triggers appropriate NOTAMs.
Pirmasens in Germany. A nice field IRL and one of the sceneries I purchased for MSFS. Nicely done!
The Velocity XL has a canard in front so stall landings are a big no go. Therefore one has to pay a close attention to speed management on finals - anything below 70 kts will result into the nose dropping towards the Mother Earth. Oh and there are no flaps either.
Rhein river.
Munich.
And finally: the Alps. I will never get tired of the looks of it
LOIJ - another little field to visit on my way. Here I was better in speed management.
And on the last leg towards my destination today.
Briefing for the approach and landing.
Turning towards Zeller See.
Checking the wind as the field has only a traffic frequency.
Downwind trying to respect the circuit and min altitude.
Coming in with not many kts to spare. I was on my toes
All good in the end. And even few meters of the runway still left.
LOWZ is a nice little airfield full of life in MSFS.
Beer, relax, some trekking and off to Slovenia hopefully soon