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Shalom and greetings all my pals, A local Caribbean airline called LIAT has closed its doors after about 60 years of operations and just finished the last flight few days ago. In honor of memory of LIAT airline, I am presenting one of historic routes of LIAT airline that was flown in yer 1973-1974 when LIAT had four BAC 1-11 jets. Here is a fun tropical flight from TBPB Grantley Adams International Airport located in Seawell, Christ Church about 8.0 miles from the centre of Barbados' capital city Bridgetown to TJSJ Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico three miles southeast of San Juan. Passengers boarding the plane Nice tail and well polished engines Starting engines!! Turning front wheels to left toward taxiway to taxi to short of runway 09 Long long taxiing to short of runway 09 Holding short of runway 09 awaiting for clearance for take off Airborne on climb to FL250 Making left turn with nice background view of Barbados to head to northern Caribbean Crossing island of Barbados to head north Leaving island of Barbados Now cruising at FL250 at mach 0.73 which was standard cruising speed and altitude for BAC-111 Passing background view of island of Saint Lucia Approaching island of Martinique Cruising across lushful green of island of Martinique Passing TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport located in Le Lamentin which is a suburb of Martinique's capital Fort-de-France More cruising across beauty of the same island Passing Caribbean's most famous volcano called 4,500 ft high Mount Pelée Leaving island and its volcano Passing island of Dominica Passing TDPD Douglas–Charles Airport located 2 miles northwest of Marigot on the northeast coast of Dominica Passing tiny island of Terre-de-Haut Passing town of Grand-Bourg in island of Marie-Galante Approaching island of Guadeloupe Passing town of La Gosier, Guadeloupe Passing TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport located in Abymes 2 miles north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France. Passing town of Port-Louis, Guadeloupe Leaving the island of Guadeloupe Approaching island of Antigua Passing TAPA V. C. Bird International Airport 5.0 miles northeast of St. John's the capital of Antigua Leaving the island of Antigua Passing TKPK Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport located just northeast of Basseterre on the island of Saint Kitts Background view of British Virgin Islands indicates time for descent from FL250 to 7,000 ft On final approach to runway 08 with nice background view of waters of Bahia de San Juan Nice view of city of San Juan Still on final runway approach with background view of waters of Laguna San Juan on right side of plane Still on final runway approach with background view of same waters of Laguna Los Corozos on left side of plane Seconds before touchdown on runway 08 TOUCHDOWN Braking down Exiting from runway into taxiway toward gates Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!! Regards, Aharon

@Macroburst and @PhrogPhlyer, Thank you for your kind words. Regards, Aharon

@PhrogPhlyer, Thank you for your kind words. Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, I cannot find on this website my review of KJAK Jacksonville international airport that I wrote under my same screenname Aharon Can anybody please assist?? Thanks, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting pre-Christmas flight from ENFB Fornebu Oslo Airport which was the primary international airport serving Oslo 1939 to 1998 locating at Fornebu 5.0 miles from the city center of Oslo to ENTC Tromsø Airport situated on the western shore of the island of Tromsøya and located at Langnes in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality, Norway The flight was supposed to be served by 737-500 but because too many people working in Oslo are going home to their families in Tromso for Christmas forcing the airline to switch from 735 to brand new 767-200 to handle volume traffic of holiday travellers. Gate number 38 finished disconnecting from the plane fully and heavily boarded with excited passengers enjoying the factory fresh scent of interior of the new plane with tons tons of Christmas presents in its luggage holds. Being pushbacked by tug Pushback tug changing the direction of push back so that the plane would face proper taxi path to runway 24 Almost finished with pushback Time to start engines while turning on headlights on front wheels and wings!! Taxiing to short of runway 24 Holding runway 24 awaiting for take off clearance from airport tower controllers Take off clearance granted as the plane entered into runwy 24 for take off Lucky passenger getting glimpse view of runway through passenger window Nice sky!! Engines roaring to start take off run Airborne retracting landing gear with background view of Olso suburb called Bekkestua Starting climb to FL350 with background view of Olso suburb of Sandvika Cannot find this in the map so any of you Norwegians can tell where it is Wing view of lighted city of Drammen with waters of Drammensfjord where you can catch cod, pollock, flounder, and mackerel Still on climb to FL350 Nice sunrise Still climbing to FL350 now at FL200 Nice wingview of sunset (I was so excited by view of sunset that I forgot to memorize the name of city on ground) Now cruising at FL350 Passing YES waypoint above lighted Norwegian city that any of you can identify for me, please Nice sunrise view while passing YES waypoint Cruising at FL350 at mach 0.76 (hey it is new engines that need to get used to speed) Cruising Dig this sunrise!! Nice wingview of sunrise and town of Røros with about 80 wooden houses and 17th- and 18th-century buildings that has designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Leaving town of Røros Intercepting TRM waypoint with view of city of Trondheim in front of the plane's nose Intercepting TRM signaled it was time to start descent from FL350 to FL110 Still descending Descending through clouds Now at FL150 Descending and flying through clouds can be dangerous in view of high Norwegian mountains which means it is essential to keep eye on approach charts showing heights of mountains while telling the plane what specific and safe altitude as well as waypoints the plane should be at Passing through more clouds while relying on airport approach charts At 11,000 ft with high mountains looming ahead Close to mountains! Manuevering through mountains according to airport approach charts Wing view showing how high the mountains while passengers' view of flap degree signals that the airport is getting closer Making more manuevers through mountains Wing view of mountains while more degree of flaps is indication that the airport of destination is getting much more closer TOUCHDOWN on runway 01 Front landing gear gliding down slowly in most graceful manner wow they cleared the snow from center of runway resulting into lack of snow blowing or dust Braking down toward end of runway for backtracking Taxiing toward end of runway with background view of route number 682 bridge called Sandnessundbrua that crosses the Sandnes Strait between the islands of Tromsøya and Kvaløya in Tromsø Backtracking Still in middle of backtracking Exiting from runway 01 into taxiway E More snowblowing due to snow on taxiways E and Y Exiting from taxiway E into taxiway Y to taxi to gate Don't you love snow blowing? Still taxiing Taxiing past Wideroe maintenance hangar Airport bulletin board announcing arrival of the plane Arriving at gate 23 Jetway connecting to the plane (note snow on top of jetway) Sole passenger waiting for flight to Olso probably to meet his hot lady for Christmas Thank you for viewing. Please stay tuned for next exciting flight. Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all, Presenting a nice arrival at EFRO Rovaniemi Airport located in Rovaniemi, Finland about 6 miles north of city centre. Believe it or not, it is actually SECOND busiest Airport in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa as measured by the number of passengers. On final runway approach to runway 03 Seconds before touchdown OK few more seconds TOUCHDOWN spewing exciting snowdust Front wheels gliding slowly Front wheels making runway contact Braking down (darn the reverse thrusters are not working) Still braking down on very icy runway while trying to get reverse thrusters working Finally reverse thrusters are engaged Stopping on icy runway before exiting into taxiway C (if you do not stop, you will likely to skid along runway missing taxiway) Exiting into taxiway C Exiting from taxiway C into taxiway T to taxi toward gate 7 Taxiing on taxiway T that is not properly plowed hence more snowdust blowing Approaching passenger terminal to make left turn toward gate 7 Arriving at gate 7 Jetway connecting to the plane Thank you for viewing. Hope all of you had great Chanukah and Christmas! Stay tuned for next exciting flight. Regards, Aharon

@darrenvox, @Downwind66, @BillD22, and @Rupert, Thank to all of you for your kind words. @BillD22, there are plenty of Youtube videos showing that plane taking off from England for delivery flight to CYEG and more Youtube videos showing the plane arriving at CYEG where there was plenty of partying to greet the arrival. Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all, Famous Buffalo Joe has decided to have his airline start new jet era with purchase of Boeing 737-300F which will be used mainly on cargo hauling run between Edmonton and Yellowknife as well as taking over the cargo routes usually flown by his airline's C-46 Commandos. Presenting future recreation of the planned Buffalo Airways 737-300F cargo route from CYEG Edmonton International Airport located 14 nautical miles south southwest of downtown Edmonton to CYZF Yellowknife Airport located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories which is main home of Buffalo Airways On climb to FL360 after take off from runway 20 with background view of Edmonton suburb called West Jasper Place where you can see park called Crestwood Park Passing Big Lake where you can see Edmonton suburb called Heritage Lake located in front of right wing and another Edmonton suburb called Starling located off right horizontal stablizer Still climbing to FL360 Two nice wing view of green pastures of Alberta terrority Cool tail Now cruising at FL360 Cruising with sun shining on left side of the plane Passing Athabasca river in Alberta, Canada Approaching Great Slave Lake renowned as the deepest lake in North America and the tenth-largest lake in the world which signals time to descend Descending over waters of the same famous lake On final runway approach to runway 34 Seeing top of the trees signals that the runway is only one minute away Few seconds before touchdown on runway 34 where you can see from cracks that the runway is weather beaten Touchdown spewing cool tire smokes to excite airport spotting photographers Front landing gear making runway contact Engaging reverse thrusters Braking down Exiting from runway 34 into taxiway A toward Buffalo hangar Passing CYZF passenger terminal Passing First Air airline hangar Arriving at Buffalo home hangar to unload cargo stuff Thank you for viewing. Please stay tuned for next exciting flight. Regards, Aharon

@Rupert, Thank you for your very kind words and for being loyal fan of my screenshots. @PhrogPhlyer, Thank you for your kind words and my humblest apologies for not seeing your replied post to my screenshot report. Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Here is!! Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, As subject heading speaks for itself, here is nice holiday celebration via flying formation over Alaska! Flying through the clouds Emerging out of clouds reveals another plane in the formation Regards, Aharon

@berlopez, @Downwind66, and @darrenvox, Thank to all of you for your kind words. Darren, I am surviving in the loony world. Regards, Aharon

@mrzippy, Good to hear from you. Hope all is well with you!! Satiek X-52 Never happened to me before for all other freeware and payware model bases The engines are at runway approach speed (130 kt). I was too busy concentrating on trying to stop the plane on runway to notice N1 reading. I was focusing on reading the speedometer that remained at 130 kt even the throttles were shut off and the autospeed button indicated off. I even turned off autopilot in hope to get engines kill the speed. That trick failed to work. Strange that it happened during only one flight in every eight successful flights. Weird. Regards, Aharon

I have no problem flying Quality Wings BAe 146s & AVROs in many flights using FSX Deluxe with SP1 and SP2 but I have one unusual problem as seen below. In one flight per 8 successful flights, after touching down on runway, the engines refused to reduce speed to zero even I used throttles to cut down speed to zero yet the plane kept going on at 120kt crashing through end of runway. I checked to be sure the autospeed is off and I even turned off autopilot in hope to make the engines cut down the speed to zero but no luck. Any solution for that, please??? Regards, Aharon

@Rupert, Thank you for your kind words. I try best to make more flight reports Regards, Aharon

@Rupert Thanks for your kind words. I try!!! Regards, Aharon

@Macroburst, @ftldave, and @PhrogPhlyer, Thanks for your kind words. Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting faithfully accurate historic recreation of one of very first fights flown by Finnair airline's brand new first Caravelle which was from EFHK Helsinki-Vantaa Airport located in the neighbouring city of Vantaa 10.6 miles north of center of Helsinki to ESSA Stockholm Arlanda Airport located near the town of Märsta 23 miles north of Stockholm. Originally I thought the flight mentioned above was also first commercial flight flown by Finnair's first Caravelle which was the reason I recreated the flight and made screenshots out of it but after discussion with Finnish Aviation museum, the museum officials told me that the actual first flight flown by Finnair's first Caravelle was on 1 Apr 60 from Helsinki to Copenhagen but they assured me that the route from EFHK to ESSA was one of first routes offered by Finnair's first Caravelle. Presenting exciting recreation of one of the first flights by Finnair's first Caravelle Finishing pushback from gate 28 Nice wing view of the airport Turning on headlights Check out brand new tires!! Another wing view of the airport You can see the new headlight! Starting engines which result into white smoke as result of freezing winter weather Making long taxi to short of runway 04R Still taxiing while following well lighted taxiway strobe markings Notice the registration number of Finnair's first Caravelle What do you expect from Finnish winter full of high snows? Arriving at short of runway 04R holding position awaiting for take off clearance from EFHK airport tower controllers Still holding yeah EFHK is busy airport!! Check out DHL trucks in background Take off clearance is granted and time to enter into runway for take off!! Roaring down the runway spewing snow dust during take off run Airbore on climb to FL240 retracting its landing gear Still climbing with background view of highway route number 45 Making left 180 degree turn toward west Still in middle of the left turn while the plane's right wing is being engulfed by clouds Almost finished with the left 180 degree turn Now on straight westward path to Sweden with background view of entire city of Helsinki and its airport where you can see highwqay route number E12 running from bottom of screenshot straight to the center of the capital Another view of same area with background view of sunrise Now cruising at mach 0.71 at FL240 Sun is rising Nice wing view of sunrise Cruising past some Finnish towns Cruising Crossing Baltic sea which signals time to descend Passing Aland islands seen in background during descent Now at 5,000 ft Now at 3,000 ft Passing some tiny Swedish town Makng left turn to get ready for final runway approach to runway 19R Now on final runway approach Seconds before touchdown Ok ok one second more before touchdown TOUCHDOWN Braking down spewing snow dust Don't you love snow dust blowing?? Exiting from runway 19R on way to gate Still taxiing to gate Approaching passenger apron Arrived at gate!! Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight. Thanks to Finnish Aviation museum for assisting me in history of Finnair airline's use of Caravelles Regards, Aharon

@Macroburstand @Bwoinbeerr, Thank you for your kind words. Macroburst, good to hear from you! Thanks for interesting history explanations Regards, Aharon

@Rupert Thanks for your kind words @beroun, Thank for your kind words and thanks for your amazing facts about the runway problems @PhrogPhlyer Thanks for your kind words Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Allow me to present you an interesting aviation history on how Eastern airline's plane came to rescue for the island of Jersey near England. The island was hit twice by extremely bad fog that forced the EGJJ Jersey airport to shut down twice which resulted into thousands of Heathrow bound passengers stranding in the airport or on the island and same numbers of Jersey bound passengers stranded in Heathrow. British Airways decided to come rescue to solve the massive backlog of stranded passengers by selecting two Lockheed L1011s to clear out backlog. Two out of many L1011s in the British Airways fleet got the assignments. The British Airways registration numbers are N323EA and G-BBAF meaning that if you notice the first registration number, you would realize it is Eastern Airlines plane on lease to British Airways!!! Presenting rescue mission flight from EGLL Heathrow Airport located 14 miles west of center of London to EGJJ Jersey Airport located 4.6 miles west northwest of Saint Helier in island of Jersey which is part of Channel Islands. 100 stranded Jersey island bound passengers boarding the plane at Heathrow. British Airways was not allowed to load more than 100 passengers into their L1011 with 300 passenger capacity due to strict weight restrictions concerning landings on EGJJ Jersey airport Jetway disconnecting from the plane Finished with pushback Check out view of Rolls Royce engine!!! If you cannot afford to buy Rolls Royce car, least you can own Rolls Royce engines in your flight sim! Check out Eastern Airlines registration number!! You can see engine smoke spewing from engine as result of starting engines Starting to taxi to short of runway 27R Still taxiing with background view of giant fuel tanks Still taxiing yep Heathrow airport is massive big and taxiing can be long time! More taxiing Finally arriving short of runway 27R asking Heathrow airport tower for take off clearance Look at the British Airways maintenance hangars in background Yes what do you expect from busy Heathrow airport?? You gonna have to wait for while to get take off clearance! Still waiting short of runway 27R Finally time to take off as the plane entering into runway 27R to start take off roll! Airborne on climb to FL190 retracting the landing gear On climb past famous Thames River seen on right side of the plane and past Maidenhead Road also know as route number A308 seen on left side of left wing where you can see two buildings under the wing's red beacon which are Centrica building and British Gas building. Passing through clouds during climb to FL190 Making left turn toward east on way to the island Passing EGLF Farnborough Airport located in Farnborough, Hampshire, England which is the site of very famous annual air shows Close up view of the same airport where you can see Motorway route number M3 behind the tail of the plane Cruising at FL190 past very rich green pastures of England Cruising past nice puffs of clouds Passing EGHI Southampton Airport located 3.5 nautical miles northeast of central Southampton where you can see Motorway route number M27 under the front of the plane Cruising past River Itchen where you can see Itchen Toll Bridge also known as route number A3025 on left side of front of the plane and Northam Bridge also known as route number A3035 behind right wing of the plane Leaving England to start crossing English Channel Cruising across the famed Channel which signals time to descend! Descending through clouds Entering into another cloud Exiting from cloud At 5,000 ft above French shore At 4,000 ft flying past LFRC Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport located 11 km east of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France You can see island of Jersey looming ahead in front of the plane nose At 3,000 time to make right turn toward runway 26 On final runway approach deploying landing gear Seconds before touchdown TOUCHDOWN and starting very deep braking due to runway too short for the widebody plane Front landing wheels gliding slowly in most graceful manner Front wheel making runway contact Reverse thrusters roaring to brake down deeply Exiting from runway to taxiway on way to parking spot Still taxiing Arriving at PRECISELY same parking spot as it happened in real life as seen on the photo below (new building in front of the old building is in the screenshot) Here is photo of specific parking spot for the Tristar where you can see same old building in both screenshot and photo You can see photos of luggages piling up due to backlog caused by the fogs that happened twice You can see about 300 stranded Heathrow bound passengers boarding the plane via special modified stairs Newspaper announcing rescue of stranded passengers Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for next exciting flight Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Just bought a new laptop for general use. It is very powerful but only with 16GB ram. Do all of you think 16GB ram is enough for general use such as internet surfing, Photoshop editing, Paint Shop Pro Ultimate editing, video streaming, and anything non flight sim related? Regards, Aharon

@p14u2nv and @BillD22, Thanks for your kind words. BillD22, Great to hear from you! Regards, Aharon

Shalom and greetings all my pals, Still trying to clear out my massive backlog of millions of screenshots waiting for me to edit, research, sharpen, and publish. Presenting very very very important Royal mission flight from EGSS London Stansted Airport located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England 42 miles northeast of center of London to EGJJ Jersey Airport located 4.6 miles west northwest of Saint Helier in island of Jersey which is part of Channel Islands. Why such important Royal mission? United Kingdom is rolling out new British pound currency bills featuring new King Charles III and the country needs to ship the new bills to all banks in United Kingdom to get ready for year 2024 debut especially to banks in Jersey island hence this important flight mission. New pound currency bills being loaded into the Royal Mail plane Loadmaster working very hard loading very important cargos into the plane More more cargo loading Yeah there are many banks in island of Jersey! Nice engine and wing view of moon Looks almost finished with loading as the plane is getting full with cargo Loadmaster is making last cargo loading while being very lucky to enjoy lovely sight of sunrise Stairs being retracted to get ready for pushback The side cargo door is shut closed while waiting for the plane to finish retracting the stairs Being pushbacked by tug Pushback tug making turn for the plane Taxiing on taxiway H on way to runway 22 Entering into runway 22 for take off to start flight via WCO COWLY NORRY SAM OLGUD ANGLA JSY Airborne now retracting its landing gear with nice background view of lighted Motorway route number M11 Nice wing view of city of Ware where you can see Motorway Route number A10 across the wing and another Motorway route number A414 running to right side of screenshot Passing city of Hatfield with view of Motorway route number A1(M) Nice wing view of city of Hemel Hempstead Check out the moon! Dig engine view of sunrise!! I was so excited by marvelous scenic views that I forgot what airport it was on the ground Sorry Intercepting WCO and turning left to head to south Check out beautiful livery Cruising at FL210 Nice sunrise view with wing view of city of Slough Cruising above Motorway route number M3 Passing city of Winchester where you can see two Motorways route numbers A31 and M3 merging together to continue M3 Motorway Passing EGHI Southampton Airport located 3.5 nautical miles northeast of central Southampton. Passing city of Southhampton where you can see bridge called Redbridge Causeway which is part of Motorway route number A35 and the other tiny bridge in front of the nose of the plane that is actually railroad bridge and tracks across River Test Leaving England to start crossing English Channel Crossing English Channel which signals time for descending Descending with nice view of rising sun Descending through clouds where you can see moon in background Intercepting ANGLA with background view of French area of Goury in France Passing EGJA Alderney Airport located on the island of Alderney, Guernsey Gee only one building in the island??? Airport of destination came into visual Making left turn while deploying landing gear on way to runway 26 On final runway approach to runway 26 Engine view of main beach sharing with waters of St Aubin's Bay where there are many fancy hotels On final runway approach Perfect line up Seconds before touchdown TOUCHDOWN creating exciting tire smoke Spewing more tire smokes while the front landing wheels glide slowly to make ground contact Front wheels making runway contact Airport tower controllers being impressed with long time of more tire smoke Braking down Skipping exit to taxiway D for safety reasons prefering to continue braking down toward end of runway Exiting from runway 26 into taxiway B1 on way to cargo apron Taxiing to cargo apron Passing busy passenger terminal toward cargo apron Check out planes in background Picking cargo apron number 15 for cargo parking Entering into cargo apron number 15 under watchful eyes of cops in the police car while a tiny plane was waiting for some of cargo from Royal Mail plane to fly to smaller Channel islands' banks Cargo loads of new British pound bills are being unloaded Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight!! Regards, Aharon

@Rupert, Thanks for your kind words Regards, Aharon