I’ve decided to fly somewhere in X-Plane. I’m not sure where I’m going to end up but so far I have travelled from RAF Valley to Mauritania [the worst country you’ve never heard of]. I’m doing short hops heading around the coast. The route has, so far, been roughly:
- RAF Valley
- Bristol
- RNAS Culdrose
- Southampton
- Jersey
- Somewhere in Brittany
- Bordeaux or so
- St Sebastian
- Santander
- Portugal somewhere
- Lisbon
- Faro
- Gibralter
- Morocco somewhere
- Canaries – various
- Mauritania somewhere.
For a laugh I have streamed some of these. I had streamed to Twitch but that doesn’t save your videos AFAIK and so I’m now streaming this stuff to YouTube. These videos are really NOT interesting. I’m not talking over them. I’m just recording the screens and considering that I get to FL300 and then go straight there isn’t a lot to see. I’m also using this as a way of learning more about flying aircraft. I think I’ve got the basics sorted. I can take off, manoeuvre, land etc but I want to learn a little more about a/c systems and so on.
I’m hoping the scenery will get a little better as I head further south through Africa. I think I’ll sneak out to Cape Verde on the next hop. I’ll also try to remember to fill the plane with fuel and use reheat most of the way. I’m curious to see just how fast I can get it going.
I’m using a multi-screen set up for these trips. The devices are as follows:
- Main PC screen – X-Plane standard cockpit or outside views.
- Second PC screen – X-Plane Garmin device and VR Tablet add-on.
- Android Tablet – browser with details from X-Plane and ability to turn switches etc via the touchscreen.
- iPhone – running X-Plane Control so I can see approach angles and flight information.
So, when it looks as though I’m not really looking at the main PC screen I’m not. I’m probably doing plenty of other stuff on other screens or just letting the thing fly. I don’t think I have breakages turned on so nothing should go that wrong as I’m flying. Mind you, I’ve had a couple of occasions where the aircraft has ejected me for some reason and I’m not sure why – I suspect it was over-g at low level. Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing Table Mountain when I get there.