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Screen Shot offerings for the New Screen Shot pages. Small aircraft flights here and there:) Ron

Is this Honda Jet available for MS2020 download. Is there a link available? Thanks

Random VFR flights around Boston, Sedona and San Francisco. A major chore to keep this plane from wondering left and right down the runway during takeoff and landing. Otherwise, a great flying machine. As with all JanKees repaints, these screen grabs give an artistic view to JKs work. Thanks. Ron

VFR around Naples and Venice. No ATC or flight planning involved. In other words, flying for my own amusement. First up: Mt. Vesuvius. Ron

Isn't that Max Weldon's tail number N2RF, CitationMax?

Thanks to all for comments. FS2020 has some great aircraft paints. Aircraft detail can really standout depending on time of day and camera angles. Example: Beechcraft Bonanza G36, obviously at the right time of day:)

I wanted to compare the ORBX London City Pack imagery with the default Bing data world graphics. The ORBX Pack has more detail but it has a rating of only 3.6 out of 5. Did not make a purchase at this time. My graphic settings: Render Scale 200 Terrain Level of Detail 200 Objects Level of Detail 200 Terrain, Buildings, Trees, Grass, Texture "High" Bing Data World Graphics "ON" Weather and Wind adjusted to personal preference Photogrammetry "ON" Default scenery No add-ons graphics Click on pictures for full screen view.

Darryl: Page 1 and Page 2, very nice night-time presentation of the six airports mentioned. Planes and realism very well incorporated into FS2020. Thanks for sharing. Ron

Thank you all for comments. On my system, using a Thrustmaster T.16000M Flight Stick, the Robin is quite smooth and stable in flight as well as at take off and landing. I was surprised to see a mix of English and French labels especially on the annunciator panel. Flight instruments are strictly analog dials and gauges.

FS2020 v1.26.5.0, Default Bing Data, Flight Tracks provided by Little Navmap Click on images for larger view.

Thank you all for your gracious comments and "views". I have found that satellite imaging data used by Bing data world graphics seems to help with some but not all terrain enhancements. The positives: The Galapagos is one of those places where volcanic craters look awesome at a distance. Other geographic (I posted earlier) locations with a reasonable facsimile of the surrounding terrain are the Lukla airport (VNLK) in the Himalayas, below the rim in the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Fjords in Norway, etc. Flying light airplanes VFR around these places with pleasure. I'll save the long-haul flights for later. Although, I'd love to fly the FSX Lockheed's, Connie's, Grumman's, Boeings etc., shared by others on this forum.

I would love to have this ATC version of Radar Contact available for FS2020. I used it with glee for all my flights back in FS9 days. I think it was pay ware back then.

Thank you RI_Red: You wouldn't happen to be in Rhode Island? I mean, the Red Chicken is the state bird. And, that's where I grew up, the family lives around Cumberland and Central Falls:)

Volcanic craters found on Fernandina and Isabela Islands, Galapagos Tours begin from Isabela Airport (SEII). Scenic level of detail not too bad with Bing Data turned ON. Well, on my PC I'm pleased with the terrain quality at altitude. There's no wildlife detail that I can see at ground level just yet. Click on images for larger view.

Based on Tide Charts for Harbour Island, I took this flight on a southerly course to Baynard Cove. Time of day has no effect on tidal change, and no difference in shoreline (FS2020 v1.24.5). Live Weather turned ON, where it was a calm day and no apparent tidal surges. I might try Bay of Funday, Canada or Cook Inlet, Alaska on a day when tidal swings and Live Weather are extreme. Click on image for larger view.

Here's some background scenery of the 18th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links. Level of detail of Harbour Town Pier, Yacht Basin or Lighthouse are not very well illustrated in Bing data. Baynard Cove looks like a swamp or maybe it's low tide. Render Scale, Terrain, Objects LOD set 200 and other Ultra high settings VFR flight from and to Hilton Head Island Airport (KHXD) traced by Little NavMap v 2.6.18 So, just thought I would check out the landscape since the RBC Heritage Tournament was going on.

JK: All excellent paints and decals! Very nice.

I use Nvidia for screenshots. Selecting ALT F2 brings up a panel to snap a shot. The resulting photo looks like see below. So far, I've been happy with external and internal camera views that a single 24 inch monitor provides. Anyway, my work space is limited to one monitor, one keyboard and one joy stick. It's also my ham radio position:)

The green is barely visible, without the flag stuck in the 13th hole cup:) A caddy somewhere can pull it out of there:)

Maybe someone can share a better view of this. Austin Country Club golf course. 13th hole, the tee is under left wing tip. Much of the course facility details are missing even with high rendering. Altitude around 900 feet. Settings: Render Scale 150 Terrain Level of Detail 200 Objects Level of Detail 150 Terrain, Buildings, Trees, Grass, Texture "High" Bing Data "ON" Photogrammetry "ON"

Especially this one :) These look like little toy airplanes flown with a simple Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS Flight Control Stick https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?337007-VFR-(Direct-GPS)-Lukla-(VNLK)-Nepal

Thanks for the kind words all. At this airport, care should be taken on approach, speed and landing any of the small planes used here at 2,845 m (9,334 ft) elevation with an 11.7% grade. Bing data displays fairly realistic graphics in this region around Mt Everest. Actually, I cheated a little to help boost visual quality by changing time of day and weather conditions. Live weather not used. Graphic options that seem to work well for terrain, objects, clouds, etc., set to ULTRA. Photogrammetry ON. Terrain level of detail and Objects = 200. Anti-Aliasing = TAA. Render Scaling (2880 x 1525) = 150. VFR flight path from Phaplu Airport (VNPL) to Lukla is shown in Little NavMap. RonM

FS2020 v1.23.12 Light Airplane Types to Lukla Nepal. There's an FS2020 Discovery Flight to Mount Everest, which is okay for returning to Lukla from the north. My flights from the south instead, departing Phaplu Airport (VNPL). No add-ons or third party content here. Screen shots courtesy NVIDIA super resolution photo mode. As usual, click on photos for larger views. Thanks, RonM

Not a 747 aviator but EGSS is about 1.5 hours driving distance northeast of London City (EGLC) airport