Oops… :p

After departure from Aruba, this KLM 747 (heading for Saint Maarten and then Amsterdam) lost altitude and fell into the sea.

It is a complete package from Avsim.com. Just search for Orient Thai. I’ve also downloaded a panel and 40mb worth of classic 747 sounds to make this as realistic as possible.

As for large screenshots, I play flight simulator by having maximum screen resolutions and then shrinking the image to 800 x 600 in Photoshop.

Which sim to buy?

In my opinion, like adamdowley has said, it would have to be FS2004. You need only to buy that and a joystick and then take advantage of the thousands of free add-ons available, whether it be scenery or aircraft.

In the screenshot thread, all bar a few of the shots feature scenery and aircraft that are free for download.

Once you start, there will be no stopping you.

Excellent report and even better photos! 🙂

LOL 😮 LH seem to be like KLM, they don’t do day-trips, otherwise you have to pay mega-bucks, which is highly irritating!

Lufthansa can do day trips – unlike KLM. Can I suggest not booking direct with Lufthansa for your Frankfurt flights. I mentioned in another thread that Lufthansa recently had a seat sale with day returns for just £67 including inflight service. By the time I was ready to book up, I had missed it and Lufthansa were quoting more than £320 for the same ticket on just about any other day. Rather unusually, booking with ebookers.com was cheaper. They were (and in fact, still are) offering £77 return trips. And the outward trip is on the A300 at about 9.00am.

When I can find the time, I’m going to, fly Hong Kong to Bangkok in real time. It’s a mere 2 hours flying time and a route operated by Orient Thai Airlines. Incidentally, I found a great Orient Thai 747-200 aircraft on Avsim.com tonight (model by POSKY).

Here are a few shots of the first 30 minutes of the flight. Saved it for now and will continue it another time! 😀

HS-TGY: I been on that! 🙂

First ‘batch’ of screenshots from me for a while, so here goes…

American Airlines 767-300 about to touch down on Gatwick’s runway 8R

A passenger view just seconds before landing

The 767 makes a hard landing creating lots of smoke. It then lifts back into the air by a few feet before returning to earth!

Reverse thrust and spoilers in action, bringing this beauty to a halt

Exiting the runway

Holding whilst a British Airways 777 departs – God only knows what is wrong with the textures!

A few minutes later, we’re parked at the South Terminal, alongside an Excel 737-800 with the doors open

Qatar Airways A300 departing Birmingham