So cool, man. You just made my night! Glad to have you in the crew!

Yeah, dude ... it's not easy to make the finish line for this one. 😴

Check out the link to P Gatcomb's vid in the description.

Ahhhh ... side vents! That is brilliant. Yeah, considering how much planning it takes just to make sure you can face a direction allowing to operate it in the sim, you'd think they would have added that.

He was my muse, God rest his tender soul.

Good luck making it to 10 seconds. When I was trying to edit it, I nearly collapsed onto my keyboard a few times.

That's what I hear. Thankfully, I scratched the career mode itch until it bled in MS20 using OnAir. I haven't even tried it in 24.

@ I’d recommend waiting for a new patch before attempting it! I will give OnAir a go. I’ve heard good things 🙂

@ ps, I’ve just gone to fly around this place. Awesome suggestion. thanks!

That is the best thing I've heard all day. I'll put my 2020 powerlines pack in now!

Thanks for the local history and the awesome revelation for the "cheese stick"! I always assume I'm going to get a few things wrong on these flights, but sincerely appreciate getting the straight story from folks who live there. I've always wondered what it would be like to hear what someone who's never been to my town would say. It's kind of like the telephone game ... by the time the information makes it to the internet it's already been slightly corrupted, then one would presumably make a lot of assumptions about what can be seen from the air while you're flying over. I just hope no one is using my material for their geography exams!

I've got my trims linked up to pitch with rotor longitudinal and roll with rotor lateral, between those I have been able to get most of the helis stable. I think the pedals are themselves, functionally, the yaw trim.

I hear it's a must-do for any visitor to that area.

It's linked in the description for the Lisbon Flight vid.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Thanks Cmdr! o7

It's a 2024 specific version. You can grab it for like $14 on Simmarket. Totally worth it, IMO.

Yeah man, absolutely superb work. Thank YOU!

I'll tell you what, man ... those pro China maps do a lot better job of making default buildings look realistic than any of the others. I'm not sure how they work that magic, but I'm more inclined to fly ANY city in China than non-photogrammetry cities in the US.

Ah, thank you! I meant to do that. I'll post it now.

Oh ... awesome! That's good to know. Where is the dropdown? The chopper is the Bell 47 J. It was one of the local ledgends or famous fliers in 2020. Even if I can spawn on the ground, I'm not sure if you tried enough helipads or not in 2024, but half of them start me sitting in a tree or so jammed into them that I immediately crash. It would probably be great for a big field or shoreline though.

@ I’m trying to load my sim now but it’s acting stupid, like it does after every update (haven’t flown fie about a week since I’ve been obsessing over the Indiana Jones game). If I remember correctly, the dropdown is below the departure location at left. When you select the point you want to depart from, it should bring up that field and the dropdown is there. If I can get into the sim I’ll double check and see if I can be more clear.

Ok I got into the sim. When you select your spot and click Set as Departure, at the top left it says Custom and Airborne by default. The dropdown has 3 choices

And fun!

Here is the link for the manual, it shows how to link it somewhere in this beast of a document ... good luck! chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/flightsimulator.azureedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Microsoft_FlightFX-Joby-S4-Manual-V2.pdf

@MSFSFlightPlans thx

@MSFSFlightPlans you can even cruise at 180 if you setup the speed binding. Thx again for the manual.

You should check out some more of the flights, they're all just like this one. Awesome scenery AND awesome cockpits! 🤩

You've seen one cockpit, you've seen 'em all.😊

I like looking at cockpits so much that I'm trying to piece together a panel for a 172 from retired instruments and gauges so I can hang it on the wall in front of my desk at work. But, dang, even old broken stuff isn't cheap.

That's awesome! The history of these places is really fascinating.

Yeah, I know what you're referring to with the DLSS. It's not that in the Bonanza and SR22. The entire screen fogs up, I've never seen anything like it, and I can't imagine what's causing it. It literally looks like smoke in the cockpit ... which would be a cool effect if it was caused by simulated failures. 🤔

I bet that was awesome. I feel like all the modern tourist accommodations in places like St. Catherine, Jerusalem, Machu Picchu, etc, probably take a lot away from the experience.

Welcome! Glad you made it!

You are my favorite human on the planet. When I come up to Vancouver, I'll let you take me out to dinner and also pick up the tab. 🕺

From 2024, with love.

@@MSFSFlightPlans thank you I will still watch your awesome videos just the same

Oh man, Toby! That's terrible news, and I am truly sorry to hear it, especially happening during the holidays. I'll do my best to pump out a few more trips as fast as I can so you'll have some entertainment while you're laid up. Your sister must be quite a catch if she's worth 40 camels! 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪

@MSFSFlightPlans Thank you, Nick! I appreciate that. 🙏 I must admit that it hasn't exactly been the time of my life. But it is what it is, and I try to stay positive as long it takes. 😊 Yeah, that must have been quite a bargain for her.😅

I was getting between 40 and 45 with the TLOD at 220, OLOD at 200, everything else on Ultra, but all the animations (traffic, animals, etc) turned off.

Totally agree, the cool planes and flying around are just gravy!

Thanks, Ress. I hope you're having a great 2025 so far. ❤️

I stand corrected, you mention this later. :)

Yep, they're the ones responsible for building up Sharm El- Sheikh. I'm not sure about the precise dates on that, which is why I didn't mention any. The three different sites I visited all had different numbers. But you sound very confident, so I'll go with yours! 😉

@@MSFSFlightPlans those were the years after the six day war of 1967 where Israel conquered the Sinai. in 1978 (I wrote 1972 by mistake) after the peace accord was signed, Israel began withdrawing from Sinai, completing the withdrawal in 1982. Anyways, just repeated the flight you did but on X-Plane, using your flight plan from LNM, it was very scenic too, but graphics in X-Plane, even with autoortho, are not as good as they look here. so thanks for the suggestion and the existance of the channel.

Yeah man, it's my pleasure. And, fortunately, all our 2020 flight plans should also load up just fine if you find something that tickles your fancy in the older vids.

Yes! Thank you. I caught that when I rewatched it, but it was a one-take wonder so I just have to live with the shame. 😔

@@MSFSFlightPlans Thanks for the video!

But if a steam gauge TBM does interest you, you might want to wait for Black Square to bring out a 2024 compatible version.

Having said which, I'm currently watching watching the streamer Twotonemurphy flying the TBM 850 quite happily in MSFS 2024. The only problem he has is that custom registrations don't show up, leaving black rectangles on the sides of the Black Square.

Ah, I didn't realize the 830 is the steam gauge version of the 930. I have that for 2020 and absolutely love the plane. It may be my favorite turboprop. On the subject of TPs, I just got the Bronco from Azurepoly, which ORBX said was compatible for 2024. I hopped in and got all excited because it immediately came across as a better "feel" than the free version I'd flown in 2020 ... then I realized the throttle levers seem to be bugged so that once you go into beta there is no coming out. And the backlight on the avionics is too dark to see in the daytime, even at max settings. So that was $27 I wish I could have back in my billfold for a while.

@@MSFSFlightPlans In case you're tempted to dash out (or stay in) and buy the TBM 850, I should mention that after my last post the streamer I was watching said "Of course you have to copy the TBM 930 from 2020 into 2024 to get the sound." Further checking showed that sources differ as to whether it should go into 2024's Official or Community folder. Maybe it works either way. I wish I could help you with the OV-10 beta issue but it works for me whether I choose on the tablet to set the beta range on the throttle or use a reverser binding. My first 2024 flight in the Bronco was in horribly overcast conditions so I could (just) read my GTN 650. Then I tried it in sunlight.... AzurPoly will do an update but they say they're working on the Transall C160 first. BTW, I'm not the most effusive person you'll never meet, but I do enjoy your channel.

I enjoy meeting ALL effusive people ... so the pleasure is truly mine.