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US Flight Suggestions?

IanHenry

IanHenry

Charter Member
Can anyone help with suggestions for airports/flights in the U.S? I'm afraid I'm a little ignorant of the geography of the country outside the major city's so I'm looking for semi rural places to fly low and slow. Any suggestions from the locals will be gratefully received. :cowboy:
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Regards,
Ian.
 
Ian....Google The Application Trail...

View it on a map, and pick airports around the area..its all beautiful mountains ..... http://rhodesmill.org/thefox/maps.html


Also Arizona for the Grand Canyon


Anywhere out of KLAX, maybe crossing over the mountaine to John Wayne

Start out of KSEA and explore the mountains there too..beautiful country...


Thats a start
 
Hi Ian.
I am an lifelong Alaskan.
If you want to try some bush flying Alaskan style, There are many places to fly.
Talkeetna (PATK) to Mt Mckinley (also called Denali) is very scenic.
Southeast Alaska such as Juneau, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Klawock are all very scenic too. Good for flying with floats if ya like that mode. British Columbia in Canada is beautiful as well and can be easily accessed from the southeast communities mentioned.
If you like a challenge, try Sand Point or Cold bay into Dutch Harbor/Unalaska.
Hope this gives you a few ideas and some sim enjoyment.
 
The coast lines, especially at night are always beautiful to me. I use a sectional and follow along the cities by their lights.
 
harleyman said:
Ian....Google The Application Trail...

View it on a map, and pick airports around the area..its all beautiful mountains ..... http://rhodesmill.org/thefox/maps.html


Also Arizona for the Grand Canyon


Anywhere out of KLAX, maybe crossing over the mountaine to John Wayne

Start out of KSEA and explore the mountains there too..beautiful country...


Thats a start
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Harleyman, did you mean the "Appalachian" trail?

Darrell
 
Kansas using Steve Ziglers Kansas airports scenery, great low and slow flying. Pretty sure the scenery is at Avsim and/or Flightsim
 
For me the most interesting areas are Vegas, southern Cali, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. The other day I picked two cities out of a hat and made a flight, I ended up with Wichita Kansas to Boise Idaho. Towards the end I encountered some nice subtle snowy mountains it was a nice flight but a bit long in a c-130 taking about 3 hours.
 
Thanks for your suggestions everyone.
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A couple of years ago whilst in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City>, I met a Doctor from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> called John who was a nice chap but he had this habit of photographing his food before he ate it, which seemed a little strange! Anyway on returning home I checked out <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> in FSX as I had never been and found.............total flatness and very little else!
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I have previously used the Oz scenery <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Canyon</st1:place> scenery and also the Megascenery Las Vegas so I am quit familiar with those areas. The <st1:place w:st="on">Appalachian Trail</st1:place> looks very interesting.
I think I might go and buy the Sibwings Cessna Bird dog to have a look at it!
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Many thanks,
Ian.
 
as i live in the US but have not traveled too far here
i like to just pick a state and fly around
sometimes i am surprised
actually North Arkansas has some great areas
i kind of have my own geography lesson
H
 
Ian, here are a few airport codes to check out that I fly around most of the time. All of them are close to the Appalachian trail and have nice mountains and lakes close by :)

KTRI
KROA
6A4



Darrell
 
southern florida has some neat stuff, if you do a google earth lookee for some intersting features, they are often found in fsx.

one of the things that i find most disapointing is that in fsx, utah is devoid of good canyons. i really hope that gets corrected sometime soon.
 
Try Ravalli County Montana, or as I often do just go anywhere, go to map mode, pan back and drag yourself to an interesting geography (like mountains) and put yourself good and high then load up. More fun with real weather. Might find yourself in a pickle but loads of fun to get out of :jump:
 
aeromed202 said:
Try Ravalli County Montana, or as I often do just go anywhere, go to map mode, pan back and drag yourself to an interesting geography (like mountains) and put yourself good and high then load up. More fun with real weather. Might find yourself in a pickle but loads of fun to get out of :jump:
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Haha! I was just there last night in FSX. Flew from Missoula down to Hamilton. I grew up in the Bitterroot Valley. :wavey:
 
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p>I'm really looking forward to exploring those areas so I did buy the Sibwings Cessna Bird Dog, but I can't start yet, it's taking an unbelievable hour and twenty minutes to download 95mb!. Still there's always the A2A Piper Cub I suppose, trouble is Heidi nags and complains about my flying all the time!<o:p></o:p>
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IanHenry said:
Thanks for your suggestions everyone.
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A couple of years ago whilst in <st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city>, I met a Doctor from <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:state> called John who was a nice chap but he had this habit of photographing his food before he ate it, which seemed a little strange! Anyway on returning home I checked out <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Idaho</st1:state></st1:place> in FSX as I had never been and found.............total flatness and very little else!
<o:p></o:p>
I have previously used the Oz scenery <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Canyon</st1:place> scenery and also the Megascenery Las Vegas so I am quit familiar with those areas. The <st1:place w:st="on">Appalachian Trail</st1:place> looks very interesting.
I think I might go and buy the Sibwings Cessna Bird dog to have a look at it!
<o:p></o:p>
Many thanks,
Ian.
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Ah, you must have been in the lower part of Idaho, where all the potatoes come from. It's a big state. Here's what awaits you if you head for its northern reaches...

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