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I had to go downtown this past weekend, and several times I heard the sound of round engines. I never had a clear view of the proper patch of sky to see what kind of aero-machine (or machines) was making the ruckus. We have a lot of antiques and warbirds in the local area, so the sound is not entirely unusual. Later in the day I heard it again and this time had the right patch of sky open to my view. I looked up and saw something like this ->



Which, on closer examination was this ->



That's me down on the corner of 4th and Mendocino, across from the old courthouse.



Turns out the EAA is on a national tour with their Tin Goose and this past weekend they were at my home-drome.



When I got home that evening, I re-imagined the flight in FSX using the model from The Ford Project (http://www.ford-tri-motor.net/)



Scenery is Orbyx-FTX NorCal with the KSTS add-on.

Lovely shots, Hobo!.... ...!

Its fascinating that a little snippet of local news can trigger-off a desire to wheel-out one of the aircraft from our hangar and replicate the occasion!

I follow the NORCAL/SOCAL News each day, and if I find some interesting event, Earthquakes, Wildfires, Storm damage, Floods, etc, even local air shows!... I wheel out my little Cessna 150 and go and explore the area with the aid of my maps!

http://kron4.com/

One of the joys of "Flight Simming" is that we can travel everywhere, unrestricted!

Paul.... ...!

The letters "SRTM" always reminds me of scenery mesh.... ....>>> http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1 ... M&x=23&y=8

Very nice.

SRTM -> Santa Rosa Tri-Motor. After I posted I thought, "That was stupid. People will think this is a post about Shuttle Radar Terrain Mapping." Oh, well.

"One of the joys of "Flight Simming" is that we can travel everywhere, unrestricted!" I can't agree with you more! I was fortunate enough to have a real-world flying career which took me to all 7 continents. That still leaves an awful lot of the world unexplored. The sim lets me still scratch that itch just a little bit. I have a little Ce150 I have painted up in the colors and registration of the airplane I got my PPL in 1000 years ago, and I enjoy taking that out and reliving some of the adventures of my youth. And I have, over time, reproduced every aircraft in my logbook. Powerful stuff, this toy...

Nice shots!