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Go on and make one Marty, you know you really want to :) My understanding is that pre-Covid, international travel would have been capped by airport time slot availability. The A380 aimed to improve airport throughput within that constraint. The 9000 I believe was a step in the evolution of the design, as air traffic outgrew the base model, and airports adapted to the larger peak loading. Who knows what the post-pandemic world will look like, long term? Emirates are still betting on huge growth: at DXB they can turn around an A380 in 90 minutes,

Nice one...don't have the Corsair but often pondered whether to get it

Very nice Mike. AFS always seems much sharper than all the other sims....nice and clear. Ta, mate :D - and I'm sure you noticed the clouds are much improved these days.

Nice shot... Simon if you've flown it you will understand better.

Dean I had a little confusion also, but here's what the painter says: The T-6G Texan Popeye (N29931) is a detailed repaint for the AT-6 Texan included in the Reno Air Races expansion for MSFS 2020. This repaint is intended for use with Randall Snow's Improvement Mod for the Microsoft/Asobo AT-6 Texan (both MSFS 2020 and 2024), available here:

That is remarkable. My FSFS is getting thicker and thicker. When I “just have a look” at flightsim.to, I feel like a child in a toy store. Oh yes Flightsim.to is a veritable treasure chest.

"We'll not pursue this discussion here." ....indeed.

:hesaid: The Corsair is beautiful. Isn't it amazing that that some of the Virtavia (AlphaSim) stuff is still relevant...having said that, I'm assuming the Hampden you screened is Virtavia .

Well they did it , over and over. I am referring to recreate the bombing missions of Lancester using flight sim to see if the flight simmer can fly it round trip without running out of fuel. I re-created in my FSX real world D-Day mission using DC-3/C-47 departing from air force base in England to fly in pitch dark night to France to air-drop paratroopers and supplies and made back to the sane base in England with ONLY THREE PERCENT of remaining fuel left!!! Imagine if some flight simmer can recreate Lancester mission from England to Germany and back without running out of fuel. Regards,...

@ jankees Fine work. I have looked a little further. Another painting... very simple and conventional cries out for a use. the machine from Madagascar...

I discovered it Charl. My mistake, that opens up possibilities

... and here it is, doing what it should at NZNE. While the Islander is the Flying Aircraft, the others are FCR trips replayed instead of the annoying AI we are stuck with. It's all rather authentic. As an aside, I thought the Caravan models were too large, but no! It's actually bigger than a BN-2, nevermind it looks like a Skylane. :)

I have to say that particular Singapore Airlines and the Malaysian schemes are better looking than the Emirates scheme.

Great post...lovely aircraft :thumbup:

Looking forward to your next 1000.

"a special experience." indeed, great post :clap:

I like the atmosphere. The sim is just what each of us wants to see in it. In that respect, we have it better than real pilots.

That may well be the case. We will see whether Airbus gets involved. But there would have to be other interested parties for it to be worth considering.