Hey guys & gals,
I need some new places to fly...So tell us some places you like to go and also the type of plane/airline you use.

I'll start:
my home airport is KCHS, and nothing bigger than a 757 comes here (aside from big military C's, so I like to use US Air CRJ or ERJ and fly a leg to KCLT, or a Delta or AirtranCRJ or ERJ to KATL...

I also enjoy island hopping in the Caribbean and Hawaii.

For Europe I like to take a British Airways 757 from London to Madeira, A Flybe Dash 8 400 to London City to Innsbruck.

Help me out please. Give some ideas? Thanks!

I normally like to fly from Hong Kong to Taipei using a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777. There is one that does that in real life so I basically recreate it.

Thanks-I was beginning to think this topic had a virus on it with so many people reading but not adding to the discussion :-)



I also like to fly the short hop from San Juan to St Thomas and then maybe to Princess Juliana. I have some pretty decent scenery thats adds to the experience.
I'll use either a Turboprop of some sort, a C130 or a Regional Jet .
Of course who doesnt love St Barth's, although my success rate is very small landing there. haha

I fly often in North Europe, like Sweden, Norway and Finland with Avro RJ85/100 of Blue1 on IVAO..

Nothing like a little sunrise flight with the P51 in the Swiss alps

Sangster Intl. (MKJS) to Miami Intl. (KMIA) in a US Air Fokker 100.

Fly around the UK in GA.

I usually fly from my home Airport EGLL, but also spend a lot of time flying to and from edinburgh to london heathrow, Gibraltar to the UK, and sometimes longer flights like EGLL to LAX

Recently I completed a flight from Malaga to JFK using a United 747-200 (RFBP package).
I have done inter island hops around the Hawaiian Islands using an Aloha 737-700 (POSKY)

Yesterday I did fly from Brisbane to Nadi (Fiji) using the POSKY Qantas 767-300. That took a while.

Any one got any suggestions for using the 747-400D in and around Japan?


Regards,
Chris

Okay-got a new 'current' favorite...

Santos Dumont in Rio, Brazil!!!

Downloaded some pretty decent freeware scenery that makes it look more realistic...
I've been loving taking a A319 or a Varig or Gol 737 to and from there...Check out some pretty cool videos around to see why this airport is SO cool!

If you like rugged terrain, try Vancouver(cyvr) to Terrace(cyxt). Currently the biggest plane servicing this route is a Dash8-300. But used to be 737-200. In the 732 it is about a 1hr flight. If the weather is set in around the Terrace airport it is a very difficult approach and sometimes impossible. Prince Rupert(cypr) is in the area too and that airport is out on an Island just south of the Alaska pan handle.

I see what you mean. I took off from Terrace Airport runway 21 in a half loaded West Jet 737-600 (POSKY). Pretty demanding, but I didn't have to use full power to get her to clear the mountains. The weather was set to building storms, which was a little nasty to fly in. I circled Terrace airport and tried to make a landing on 21 several times, but aborted due to altitude and speed. It is hard to slow down on that approach when descending over the large mountain, even with full flap, landing gear and speed-brakes. Third time lucky I managed, but hit the ground too hard, tried again and just managed to stop right on the edge of the runway, as I landed then bounced back up again - oops

It is a nice little place to practice steep approaches though, and I don't recommend flying jets there, it was hard enough with a 736.

Regards,
Chris

RWY 15-33 is the main runway used in real life. The Rwy 33 approach is the least challenging. 15, depending on the weather is a little tough.

In real life I have been a pax into Terrace on a 737-200 (Canadian Airlines), BAe-146 (AirBC), Dash-8 100 and 300 (Air Canada Jazz) and Beech 1900 (Central Mountain Air). Diverted to Prince Rupert once due to weather. But those Canadian Airlines pilots were top notch. When none of the other airlines would land with smaller planes, they would get you in. The best ever experience was this one December. -10c and snowing on the ground, cross wind at 12kts and the pilot comes on the speaker and says "Ladies and gents, we are currently circling the field. We see a few openings in the clouds. Sit tight, we hope to have you on the ground in 10 minutes". Sure enough, we circle one more time for rwy. 33 and the engines just seem to cut. We decend FAST and what was just clouds now we see ground, fence, runway and we touch down.

Wow, that was interesting to know. Do you think that Terrace is similar in real life when compared to FS9?

Fairly similar. The mountains are correct, the major bodies of water like the Skeena River and the lake at the south end (there is a provincial campground at that lake so you can lay on the beach and watch planes come and go) are all correct. The ramp area isn't quite right but pretty close.

But they have extended 15/33 since the time FS9 was made. It is now 7500' I believe and has an ILS approach on rwy33. Westjet said make the runway longer and we will fly there (wanted it longer for safety reasons even though Canadian Airlines flew 737's in there BEFORE the ILS was in place). Then they backed out. I believe FSX is totally correct.

There are acutally some vids from Terrace if you search CYXT.

I usually fly within the UK, just some short hops between Edinburgh and London Heathrow, or gatwick to bristol (really short hop) coz I really love the UK 2000 Extreme scenary packages for these airports. I also fly between Milan and Rome, coz the ISD group have done a great job providing great scenary for Italian airports. I normally fly the A319/320/321 or the Boeing 737-700, 600 and 800. For longhaul I choose random destinations, for instance, I recently flew the EK 744F from Beijing to Delhi, the scenary was great enroute to delhi.

Regards,
HamiltonAir

This thread got me thinking that I don't do much sim flying in the southern hemisphere. So I took a nice trip from Sydney to Wellignton, NZ. Then some airport hop, skip and jump with the Learjet. I've seen pics, but it is amazing for such a small island in total area the difference in topography.

Get outta Europe and North America, and get your tails down to Africa! So many awesome airports are down there, and the scenery is amazing. I generally fly FZAA/FCBB/FGSL/FZAN because I am part of the VATCAF division of VATSIM. Usually, I fly older-generation aircraft like Tupolevs/707s/Ilyushins/etc.

there are, the mountains do look almost the same. Thanks


I know what you mean, I usually do flights in the USA, UAE (Emirates airline ) and Europe. I just can't help hopping down to the south-pacific from time to time. I do o singapore and Kuala lumpur on occasion


Regards,
Chris

I love taking off from San Francisco at sundown and heading for Honnolulu. I usually fly the L1011 or B757 :] Lovely flight!

Also, It's fun to take off London Gatwick near sundown and arrive in MIA in the early morning. I usually take the B762 or the MD-11.

Happy Flying!

i fly anywhere in the world, (mostly kiah), and use any commercial aircraft larger than the 737-800