Corsaire31 419 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 It's been going faster than I thought, I have now done the 35 flight plans in Plan G, I have found all the freeware sceneries for the airfields where I plan to land ( although I could have to land on some I didn't plan following weather and VFR navigation... ). I have selected the three planes I will be using : ( considering that although it will be all VFR, it will be flown today and not in the 1920s - but I looked for old designs ) and made some training flights. [ - a nice freeware tri motor Junkers JU 52 for the Europe/ Africa part ( I wanted to try something else than the usual DC3 ) in a red Lufthansa "Manfred von Richthofen" repaint. ( a reminder of my interest in WW1 planes and pilots) - an Alabeo Waco YMF5 for the South America part from Fernando de Noronha down to Punta Arenas - another nice freeware Beechcraft D18s "Twin Beech" cargo for the Buenos Aires - Santiago branch across the Andes] * Modified, see Edit 08.09 herunder I have read and gathered enough websites on the matter to be able to illustrate my flying with historical references in the blog. I paid a visit to an aero-club not far from Toulouse where is stationed a flying replica of the first Breguet XIVs which started opening the routes after WW1. I already had seen this plane in meetings around here. I will be following ( and giving news of ) the real Toulouse - Saint Louis (Sénégal) 10.000 kms rally organized every year which will take place this year from Sept 28th to Oct 10th with 17 teams. I should open the blog this week with a general presentation and the first flight Toulouse - Barcelona with the "Tante Ju" should follow soon. EDIT 08.09 : After reading the reports of other people who did the same flights online with FS9 a few years ago, I have changed my mind about the planes, to be closer to the real planes actually used. The Junkers 52 is finally too big and it will be replaced by a Tiger Moth which flew first in 1931 and is closer to the early biplanes which opened the Toulouse - Dakar routes The Beechcraft Twin Beech is a late aircraft and a twin engine, and it will be replaced by a Stinson Reliant, also from 1931, which is closer to the Potez 25 used by Guillaumet and others for the Andes crossing. Link to post Share on other sites
Corsaire31 419 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Blog opened on this day... Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanks, enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
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