Corsaire31

I definitely make sure that cabin heat is working !

# 3 Jersey under the moon

# 2 Over the bridge ( La Rochelle - Ile de Ré )

# 1 Mont Saint Michel by night

Flying towards warmer days ...

When I started this adventure in September, I thought I would do this tour of Australia in 6 months. As I like to go have a look everywhere it seems interesting, I must admit that after 5 months I'm only halfway through. Then the "good season" is nearing its end. Many evenings start to fill up with sport events ( Champion's League evening tonight ! ) During the day, the very mild winter has for consequence that nature is waking up early and my Nikons will get out of their winter sleep sooner than expected. I have therefore wisely decided to park the plane in a hangar and keep the secon

10:30 on the parking in Homer PAHO. Temperature 4°C, 4 knots of NE wind and clouds at 4500 ft, the C 207 is loaded with goods for a customer at Kodiak Muni KDK. Warm up, taxi and we're ready to take off on runway 4 Over PAHO heading southwest Along the coast East Amatuli Island in the Barren Islands halfway to Kodiak On the parking at Kodiak Muni

Thanks for sharing this nice trip !

Nice flight, you probably flew over my favourite place, the islands of La Maddalena and the NE coast of Sardinia. @ Wain: you do it simply by typing the text and inserting inside the BB code of images which you copy from FS Snaps or any other website where your images are uploaded.

Due to lack of time this week ( responsibility goes to the Champions League and Europa League evenings, as well as many hours spent hunting aliens to save mankind in XCom 2 ) flights have been suspended. They should resume on Monday !

South Australia - Feb 15 - Eyre Peninsula Cleve YCEE to Cleve YCEE On this Monday a discovery flight of the peninsula. This morning we have some broken clouds at 4500 ft, still some southerly breeze and an average visibility by the sea. First waypoint, the small airfield and town of Tumby Bay Further south, the airport and town of Port Lincoln After flying over Lincoln National Park, I reach Thistle Island I turn back to Cleve over the small strip at the end of the island And head back home along the nice cliffs On

Hehe, my HD 7850 2 Go OC is still doing the job !

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South Australia - Feb 11 - Back South Woomera YPWR to Cleve YCEE Still nice weather, great visibility, 29° C at 10:00 and 12 knts of southerly wind as I leave Woomera. And there we go for a little over an hour flight, heading south using the GPS. The first part of the flight looks like the previous days : desert and salt lakes. Then later we start finding again some green. And finally real vegetation ! I fly along Lake Gilles Conservation Park, glad to see some water ! Flying over Kimba YIMB. The wind on the ground has turned

Although I came to FSX through years of air combat sims ( the whole Microprose stuff of the 90s, Falcon 4.0, IL2 and lately WW1 air combat sims ) I'm in no way a monomaniac and I spend a lot of time playing other games, mainly historical tactical/strategy games of the "Total War" series and WW2 "Combat Mission" ( I played historical wargames with figurines before personal computers ). Also play fictional ones, I'm having a blast these last days playing XCom 2 and shooting some aliens ! Also playing Blood Bowl 2 tournaments ! Back to the original topic I'm personnally in "wait and

Another nice leg ! I confirm for the beauty of the Eolian islands, I've been there a few times with the sailboat.

Nice flight and a nice plane. It's really "Bronco time" as my favourite football team won the 50th Superbowl on Sunday ( I've studied in Denver for a year in my young days and I've been following the team since then ! )

South Australia - Feb 10 - A Cold War feeling Coober Pedy YCBP to Woomera YPWR The temperature is climbing, already 33° C at 10:00 on the Coober Pedy airfield. I am flying back south towards a very special place. And I'm getting some more desert ! First waypoint is the small dirt strip of Ingomar YIGR in the middle of nowhere. I can only spot a few dirt tracks on the ground. I get in touch with the Woomera tower, because this lost place has an airfield with a 2375m asphalt runway and a controlled airspace ! I get clearance to land on the runway

South Australia - Feb 8 - To opal country Leigh Creek YLEC to Coober Pedy YCBP We already have 28° C at 10:30 this morning ! A great day, clear skies and an outstanding visibility, 14 knots of wind from SSE, and we take off for a one hour and twenty minutes leg. Ten minutes later I'm crossing the salty grounds of Lake Torrens. First waypoint on the flight path, Andamooka YAMK. I used the NDB there from the start. And here we go for one hour over the desert ! I find a few clouds at the end of the flight. I fly over the town of Coober Peddy after I followed the S

Can't comment on the throttle as I use it only for airbrakes on gliders in Condor. For all other flight sims I use a Saitek Quadrant. The green light doesn't disturb me ( I have the joystick on a board which is on my lap, so not in my direct field of vision ) but if it does there are tutorials on You tube on how to remove it ( I think one wire to cut )

South Australia - Feb 3 - Flinders Ranges Part 2 : Arkaroola YARK to Rawnsley Park Stn YRYK I leave Arkaroola early afternoon for an around one hour flight to the south of the Flinders Ranges and the national park with the same name. Clouds are now up to 4700 ft, but at my flight altitude I will have 22 knts of wind right in the nose, which is going to make the flight a litlle longer. Visibility is around 20 km, average but good enough. From time to time a trail or a road crosses this moonlike desert landscape. After fifty minutes of an almost straight line flight, I reach t

I used the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro a long time as well ( I still have one lying around ) until I tried the Thrustmaster T 16000 M (which by the way is made to be used by both right and left handed) For me a lot more precise, and my Logitechs used to have potentiometer problems over time - but I was using them heavily in WW1 combat flight sims. For a less straining use in civil aviation it can also be a good choice.

South Australia - Feb 3 - Flinders Ranges Part 1 : Leigh Creek YLEC to Arkaroola YARK I decided to explore the Flinders Ranges and I found in Leigh Creek a Cessna 152 that I can rent for the day. Unfortunately, the weather conditions on Tuesday were not with me : 20 kts of wind and low clouds around 1800ft, so I had to wait a day around the swimming pool at the Caravan Park. Wednesday morning the wind is down to 14 kts from the south and the clouds have gone up above 3500 ft. The Leigh Creek airfield is 850 ft high and Arkaroola is 1420 ft, so it's worth a try ! I leave on the gra

South Australia - Feb 1st - Outback Whyalla YWHA to Leigh Creek YLEC After a few days relaxing on the Spencer Gulf ( beach and snorkeling ) it's time to head inside the country. The weather is still beautiful : clear sky, great visibility, a light SE wind, 1004 hPa and already 27°C at 10:30 ! I head north and fifteen minutes after take off I reach the end of the Spencer Gulf and the town of Port Augusta. There is an airfield YPAG with a NDB on 212 kHz which I used as a guide. Still going up north, I fly along Mount White and Mount Arden. I am guided by the VOR in Leigh Creek

I'm using a Thrustmaster T16000 M, very happy with it (hall effect, no potentiometers, and very precise) and a lot cheaper than your budget.