All the following are the AH Spitfire in MSFS - a test flight using REX weather at NZQN. Though MSFS has plenty of bugs/shortcomings/faults, the visuals are stunning!
Here we are at NZQN. Though, technically, flying was strictly IFR - this flight was designated *urgent* and a take-off was authorised (though not a landing).
Yuk!
A little wobbly, but at least I got off safely ...
Keeping exactly to the runway heading and climbing steadily, I cleared the local mountains - but it still looks pretty gloomy:
Not sure at this stage what to do - and where to go!
... but the weather did seem to be improving slightly ... and lo and behold - a hole appeared in the clouds, right above NZQN ...
.. but I still had to get there (and descend) safely ... so I had to CHEAT: skip forward to the future and flip on my handy GPS to track me down through the hills (especially as my demister appears to have gone u/s):
Made it - and just time for a quick pass to check the state of the runway ...
Once around the circuit, then a tentative approach (where did all that snow suddenly come from???):
Made it!!!
Postscript:
Up until now, I've been using the free "Unreal Weather" - which has been performing fine - but I thought I'd give REX a try as it interpolates data between METAR locations (and there aren't that many in NZ). Overall, I'm delighted with it. It appears to be able to handle atmospherics well - and streams the changes gradually. Highly recommended!
Adam.
