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...for Rugby fans off to watch France v England tomorrow. It's decent now, but not as smooth or full-featured as the ToLiss A319; some odd system procedures, such as aligning IRS, are different (& more complicated) to ToLiss & Fenix. #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek #XP12 [2/2]

When I first got Xplane several years ago, my first addon was the FlightFactor A320- I didn't find it great, an expensive newbie mistake, & got the ToLiss A319 instead. Now, I've upgraded the FF A320 to the latest #XP12 version, trying it on this Easyjet flight from Birmingham to Paris Orly...[1/2]

#XP12 for a Cathay Pacific A321 flight (model by ToLiss) from Hong Kong, heading north over Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang to to Hangzhou, south-west of Shanghai. #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek Default XPlane scenery, which works just fine if you don't know the airports (& often if you do too!).

Waiting for the newly updated Piaggio Avanti II to download at its homebase of Genoa, I was struck by this silhouetted Grinch-like creature reading a book. Turns out, it's the outline of Genoa harbour/port next to the airport! #MSFS2024

I recorded some video from this flight, so if/when I get time, I'll try and put together a compilation of some truly stunning views...

Fenix A320 for an Easyjet flight from Manchester to Geneva. After a series of good Fenix flights, this one was for some reason rather stutter ridden- perhaps a restart before the flight might have been beneficial. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Having seen a bush trip YT stream by TwoToneMurphy in Bhutan/Tibet, www.youtube.com/live/uz91vXP... I just had to explore this area myself, here in the Turbo Porter PC6. Paro to Lhasa including the stunning Potala Palace, former residence of the Dalai Lama. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Into #XP12 for a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Stockholm Arlanda in the ToLiss A321. I do like Xplane at night at larger airports, and once again the ToLiss flight model behaves impeccably. #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Scottish Island ops with the Hebridean BN Islander, from Oban to Colonsay via Islay. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Return leg to Gamston from Dundee, this time in a Cessna C414AW Chancellor from FlySimWare. This is always a slightly unexpected pleasure to fly, very well modelled and equally at home hand-flying or under autopilot control, pressurized so happy at FL250. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Onwards from Carlisle to Dundee. The release of a freeware EFB for the SWS Pilatus PC12 reminded me to fly it. It's been a bit neglected, so despite my notes, I've forgotten how to fly it properly. AutoPilot didn't want to engage, so a handflown sector! #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

Kodiak 100 in the livery of virtual airline Osprey leaves Retford Gamston (Burning Blue Designs) en route for Carlisle. Routing over the Pennines, Forest & Trough of Bowland, Morecambe Bay and the Lake District. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

The real thing! bsky.app/profile/mart...

A positioning flight for a TUI Dreamliner 787-8 (Kuro) from Glasgow to East Midlands. I haven't flown this in some time, and following the flightplan/autopilot didn't seem as accurate/smooth as it should be- but it reached its destination. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

The iniBuilds A350 is supposed to offer Time Compression upto 4x, but I found that even 2x could make the aircraft very unstable- so IST-DUB was mainly at 1x! OMDB Scenery was also very stuttery, but the routing all worked seamlessly, albeit a big diversion. #MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

I was curious to know how Simbrief could cope with the closed Middle-Eastern airspace in flight-planning. Very well, it appears. For this Emirates flight from Istanbul to Dubai (an EK A350 route), it was easy to exclude FIRs & manually add custom temporary STARs from NOTAMs #Flightsim #Aviation

Having been fortunate to win a copy of Burning Blue Design's new Retford Gamston airfield in a giveaway on Practically Geek's YT channel www.youtube.com/@Practically..., just time to explore it then a short hop to their nearby Wickenby airfield in Lincolnshire. #MSFS2024 #Flightsim #Aviation #AVGeek

A bit of "Biggles" action with the Tiger Moth. A circuit or two at Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire, home of the Shuttleworth Collection. #MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

Touch & Go practice in the Fenix A320 at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, in the Four Nations (Scotland) livery of virtual airline Scotland- a light/medium crosswind keeping things interesting! Final approach over Royal Troon golf course. FSiPanel.com to the fore! #MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

I've had the ToLiss A346 in XP for some years, and I've found I haven't flown it as much as shorter haul aircraft. The new MSFS model looks to have the best of the ToLiss systems from XP, but as I already have that, I don't see the need to duplicate it- but great for those without access to XP.

With the preview embargo of the #MSFS2024 Aerosoft-ToLiss A340-600 lifted, there were several streams showcasing it today. As I have the #XP12 version, I flew along the route of FlightDeck2Sim www.youtube.com/live/cJTDN-d... from Teruel in Spain to Frankfurt. The XP 346 will do me just fine!

[2/2] ...RAF Akrotiri on the southern coast of Cyprus, a base which has been drawn in to the military action in the Middle East when it was attacked by a drone earlier this week.
#MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

[1/2] Airbus A400M transport flight takes off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, bound for...
#MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

Virtual Airline Osprey operates a charter flight for Welsh Rugby fans heading to Dublin for a Six Nations fixture this evening with Ireland. The livery on the Fenix A320 is a special UK "Wales" version. #MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek (For balance, it was followed by an Aer Lingus A320).

I also tried the landing in #XP12, in an A333 rather than #MSFS2024 A332, as it was full of pauses, and XP was buttery, not stuttery! But MSFS did provide passengers with a great view of the pyramids (see other post) on approach. #flightsim #aviation #avgeek

20 years ago, whilst staying on the Red Sea coast. I booked a day trip from Hurghada to Cairo to see the Giza Pyramids & the (now former) Egyptian Museum, with Tutankhamen's treasures. One leg on this short hop was unusually on an A330, which I recreate here. #MSFS2024 #FlightSim #Aviation #AVGeek

Airbus A32x Tetris at Manchester Airport this afternoon. #Flightsim #AVGeek

Another Middle-Eastern departure from Manchester this afternoon which, as I type this is still in the air, c.20 mins out from destination Jeddah. Saudia Dreamliner B789. #Aviation #AVGeek #Dreamliner

…and A380 #2. #ManchesterAirport #EGCC #Emirates #Airbus #Aviation #AVGeek

My travels have taken me close to Manchester airport today so decided to call into the RVP. Wasn’t expecting to see any 380 action but saw 2 Emirates flights depart within the space of 30 mins! Here is #1…