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Want to try a tricky airport?  Try Sfs Airpark (80WA) in the Olympic Mountains/Olympic Peninsula.   Latitude N48*02.15',  Longitide W123*46.42'

1600' grass strip down in a hole.  I don't know where FS9 got it.......it isn't even on my Seattle sectional.  (Although my SEA sectional is outdated...don't fly real birds anymore)

there are a lot of holed-in airports in FS

i think they were just poorly reproduced by microsoft when they put 'em into the game

this is not the first time i heard someone point out airports with impossible approaches or inside 300-foot deep craters...

they're out there

Yep, it's a M$ goof up. I forget what one it is but there's one airport where the runways and taxiways are in the right spot but the ground has a hole about 170 ft. deep underneath. Talk about not taxiing off the taxiway.  :o

    I ran accross one in FS2002 in the OCEANIA area where the the entire airport was under water about three feet offshore. You can imagine my supurise when I went there and found my aircraft  gear deep in water.

Rio Amazonas is a good one.

You want some challening scenery?

Head up to Alaska. Tons of scenery with challenging approaches

Oh, yes.  Alaska.  Some very challenging flying there.  I had the opportunity to fly in a law enforcement capacity in Alaska before I retired.  Some really hairy situations to get into up there.

You want some challening scenery?

Head up to Alaska. Tons of scenery with challenging approaches

Yeah, that's a good place to fly. If the approach isn't challenging enough then throw in some real weather. That'll spice things up for you.  ;D I've seen rain, sleet, snow and fog all at the same time. Oh, don't forget the mountain tops hiding in clouds.  :o

Some of the airports in Alaska are tricky to fly in. Some of them are surrounded by trees, have no lights, and the weather up there can make quite a challenge!

[quote]Rio Amazonas is a good one.

[quote]Rio Amazonas is a good one.

I'm impressed you got a 737 out of there, but try it with max realism and you see that it is not possible.  I love landing there aswell.  Lets just say i had some close encounters with trees on the wall of the dip, and a few close encounters with the ground....

Actually; sorry but I fly max settings exclusively. Don't want to sound like I'm bragging; truly.
Weird as it sounds; I've always believed the fact that I started as a sailplane pilot - and thence to a tow-pilot - has given me a good advantage in my powered flight - a good feel for building and maintaining energy. Try hauling a 233 with max-weight pilots off the ground with a Citabria on a really hot day; you get the idea pretty quick. ("Speed up...speed up! ACCELLERATE, you miserable clunkin' ugly green piece of trash!!!! )
And of course; add to that the little fact that you never...EVER... get experienced pilots on tow in those conditions; he's just GOTTA be letting the student handle the takeoff for the very...first...time...

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