Made-up Scenarios

[Tom Clayton]

When I fly, my inner Walter Mitty likes to have a reason. It's usually air taxi or small load cargo. Today I combined the two for a multi-leg run. I started out at Dominicci in PR with a load of "bat juice." From there, it was a short hop to Rohlsen on St Croix to pick up a few cases of "pirate nectar." After that, I had some party lovers wanting a ride from St Barthelemy to Maho Beach where they heard there was a way to get free drinks. One more quick hop back over to Princess Juliana to unload the booze and the booze hounds and I was done, with the sun just about to set.

So all that got me thinking... What to y'all have running through your brains when you fire up the sim? Are you up there just for the sake of being up there, or is there a mission of any sort?

 

[Skyhawk263]

I like to fly about any type of bush plane, and end up flying low and slow following power lines and train tracks looking for any kind of damage and report to HQ. LOL

 

[Bushpounder]

I do as you did, some sort of mission with a purpose. It could be tourists, freight, whatever. I usually fly the Bahamas and relive my r/w flying from years ago. I also go in search of that $300 hamburger!

Don BP

 

[Tako_Kichi]

I invariably have a 'theme' in mind when I fly, unless I am beta testing the current project (whatever that may be). I currently have four flight plans/hop lists I am actively flying depending on ...

(a) What I feel like flying and where.
(b) What the real world WX is like (why fly in crappy weather if you don't need to).
(c) If I am flying in a multiplayer session with friends (some of my flight plans are for MP flights only).

Here is my current 'Hop List' folder and you can see the themed folders and each folder contains the FSX/P3D or FS2020/4 flight plan plus a LittleNavMap flight plan and anything else I may need (like route timetables etc. for historic airline routes). Many have been completed, some have been created but not yet flown and as I said above four are currently active when I fly.

 

[Rallymodeller]

I fly with Misty Moorings VA, but my non-VA-route flying is "air taxi/courier" out of my local (CYZR) using Little Navmap's "Random Flight" option.

 

[joe bob]

For General Aviation I often recreate an FS9 scenario where you are chartered to fly an author to various book tour events. I use a random flight generator from Flightsim.to to generate a destination. If the generated destination isn't suitable for the aircraft then I pick the nearest one that is.
Done in real time and weather it usually seems to satisfy my GA urge.

 

[Wing_Z]

Interesting to hear what others are up to…

I’m usually flying something just to see what it looks like and how it performs.
To places with great FS scenery, and for the same reasons.
Along with that goes some reading up on geography and history.
I’ve “been” to places and “flown” things that I might otherwise not even have known about.
SOH has contributed a lot to this.

Generally this would involve rotary wings, some fixed-wing bush flying, the Warbirds, a smattering of GA, and occasionally, some modern military. I rarely get to the Heavy Metal.

This recently changed somewhat, after installing Aerosoft’s Rothera Antarctic scenery: all well and good, flying around the base and seeing the penguins, but otherwise it’s a great big place of absolutely Nothing.

What are they Doing down there? How do you even Get There?
Down the rabbit hole, you begin to understand some of the issues. Much research follows. Sorry chap, but first you need to brush up on the logistics involved. Yes, the Heavy Metal too.

There are 85 research stations scattered around the continent, from all over the world. (Hello, Belgium??).
NZ is active at Scott Base, along with the US at neighbouring McMurdo. Christchurch sees plenty of C-17 and C-130 ski-equipped traffic as a result.

So there’s plenty of adventuring to come. I happened to read about an Australian resupply flight out of Avalon, which involved some air to air refuelling. Interesting hmmm I already had the C-17 and happily, found an RAAF MRTT tanker.



I have some routes planned, depending on availability of appropriate planes and sceneries.
It’s a big sim and there’s plenty to be had.
Huge rabbit hole, maybe one should have some rules…

 

[Tako_Kichi]

Flying to the South Pole won SOH the Round the World simulator air race one year. It cut thousands of miles off our route and it was all thanks to an 'off the cuff' comment by my wife who was on the route planning team!

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

relive my r/w flying from years ago

Returning to places I've been to is very comforting, and makes me young'ish again.
Now that my grandson is showing an interest in flight simming, we fly to wherever his whims may take him.

 

[Bushpounder]

Returning to places I've been to is very comforting, and makes me young'ish again.
Now that my grandson is showing an interest in flight simming, we fly to wherever his whims may take him.

Great to hear your grandson has an interest. Maybe it will blossom into a real career one day. The sim is certainly a good place to learn basics. I enjoy flying to the islands now. No schedule! Years ago, while it was fun, it had its headaches. Back when I flew, the "Bermuda Triangle" was a big deal to everyone. Passengers would ask a million questions about it. As pilots, it was also our job to clean up the plane, including and dinners left behind in a bag or on the carpet and seats. Not a fun part of the job. It really sucked if the last guy didn't clean it up very well and it baked in the Florida sun for a few days! LOL! We had to toss the carpeting in a Baron once. It was so awful! LOL! I preferred flying cargo over people. Much quieter, they don't complain, they don't puke! Freight dogging it was the way to go! Still is, even in simulation!

Don BP

 

[Tom Clayton]

I also go in search of that $300 hamburger!

I forgot about that! I've done a few of those, but the biggest issue I find is that most of the airports that have a diner on most of the top 10 lists are generic and don't have aftermarket options. One that comes to mind is KDHT. The diner is supposed to be really good, and the rest of the airport has some historic hangars left over from WWII. It's one of several that I wish someone would tackle with at least some better buildings.

why fly in crappy weather if you don't need to

I agree! Every once in a while I'll challenge myself with some poor visibility ILS practice, but most of the time I'm a fair weather flyer!

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Oh the times. Made up sceneries.
I made a scenery, maybe a bit over 10 years ago, Which I called JFAR 1945. JFAR=Joint Forces Air Races. Probably my most complex scenery. I constructed it out of nothing and made a tropical island with a fighter strip ("Boyington Field) and a bomber strip on it. Painted photoreal ground on Photoshop, made a custom DEM, and all that. My aim was to go to the limits with it and I did with the technology on hand. I raced the available WW2 airfcraft on a defined course around it. Never released it.

Oh well...

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

Never released it.

Never to late... hint, hint.

 

[Bushpounder]

I forgot about that! I've done a few of those, but the biggest issue I find is that most of the airports that have a diner on most of the top 10 lists are generic and don't have aftermarket options. One that comes to mind is KDHT. The diner is supposed to be really good, and the rest of the airport has some historic hangars left over from WWII. It's one of several that I wish someone would tackle with at least some better buildings.


I agree! Every once in a while I'll challenge myself with some poor visibility ILS practice, but most of the time I'm a fair weather flyer!

The problem I have is I have not flown in South Florida since I moved. That whole world has changed. I do know that Okeechobee still has a good restaurant. Anything else, I taxi to an FBO and borrow a crew car.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Never to late... hint, hint.

Well, I'm fully into MSFS as far as scenery design goes. What I did back then is not compatible with it at all, there is no way that this can be converted. . But maybe the idea....
When I finish the Laos / Air America scenery I might tackle a new Solomon 1943 version. I only did the former to get familiar with MSFS scenery design. But that is a bit down the road in the moment...

Cheers.
Mark