This is me flying west from some tiny little strip in Bhutan in the beautiful DA62 which I was learning how to use, wonderful plane. I reduced the amount of fuel before I took off as I didn't think I would need that much but I ended heading off on epic trip across the Himalayan foothills, and it turned out I was heading towards Paro airport which is one of the most dangerous in the world so I thought I'd try and make it to there.

I climbed over 14k feet, probably burning fuel very fast, and got about 2/3rds the way there before my engines conked out. I had to try and figure out how to land it safely, it was just hills and valleys all around and no airports in range that I could glide to. I aimed down a complex series of huge valleys that would allow me to descend a good distance, down to around 4000 feet. With no thrust I barely made it over several ridges without stalling, and chose a landing spot between trees next to a river down in the bottom of a valley and near a road. Somehow managed a very smooth landing though it was pretty bumpy. In real life that valley is probably covered in rocks or just a massive river, but still I like to think I would have walked away from that one.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

This is what I mean about the beauty of it. So the non-photo cities aren't that great close up? I couldn't really care when the lanscape is so amazing. It's the sheer size of the place that's humbling in a small plane.

Trouble is, the photo cities aren’t that great close up, either. Although I guess everything’s in its right place.
Not knocking the general landscape stuff though, that’s great.

Imagine trying to qa this.

Diluted Dante wrote:

It seems to think the streets of New York are covered in trees, which is, erm...

Washington has the Black Lives Matter paint on the road, but seemingly not the US Capitol building?

Is that maybe a throw back to 9/11? Is the pentagon in the game?

Diluted Dante wrote:

Yes, I landed on top of the Pentagon.

Reported

BTW I really encourage people to try some of the more realistic settings, and spend a little time getting to grips with a few aircraft, start off with the simpler planes such as the Savage Cub. There are checklists that basically tell you everything you need to do to get the thing in the air, you can skip a lot of the checks and procedures if you like and just focus on the basic mechanical stuff to get everything humming along.

It just makes the experience a lot more immersive and tactile, and less like flying around in GTA but with a bigger map. The added challenge really adds to the thrill of flight too.

If anyone is about for some flying around give me a shout. We should do some cool bush trips this weekend at least.

@ me on the discord when you're ready.

Nae bother.

Fantastic pic folks, really wetting my whistle.

Other than a 10 minute blast where I took off from my local airport (Newcastle) and tried and failed to find the Tyne Bridge, I've not had a chance to explore.

I've got a Hotas-X hopefully turning up today to spice things up a little.

Are any of you using a flight stick?  Any tips for setup?

Finally hooked up my PC to my 4K tv, this game looks beautiful. The twins were hogging the controller, will dive in at the weekend.

Fnially remebered where WGB saves screenshots.

Landing outside my house:



Me, Gurt and SG preparing to take off.



And I've discovered that this doesn't really do stadiums... at all really. This is Botlons ground. No wonder they've been struggling.



And here is the Stretford end in all it's glory, the Glazers in this timeline having realised their dream of selling the ground off for flats.

Are those dynamic puddles outside your house then, Dante? Was it actually raining outside when you saw wet ground in-game?

Lowest settings, looking good.