Leg 160, Wuhu, Anhui province, China to Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
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Great flight with lots to see. I had some issues with Steam while trying to free up more resources to get longer stable performance. 16GB ram really is very little for MSFS and page file use can quickly lead to performance degradation. I switched windows memory compression off since that was causing more page faults instead of helping. Steamwebhelper is another process that is not adding anything useful while flying, but Steam insists on being online and active while running MSFS. The windows store version would have been the better option. (Although the windows store probably has its own overhead)
Anyway, next to the plane, many other gauges to monitor, CPU/GPU temps, pagefile size, hard faults, committed / active ram, all early stall (CTD) warnings. Flying slower helps, let the sim catch back up.
01-28 Wuhu Air Base ZSWU 6:03 PM
01-28 Lukou ZSNJ 6:14 PM Sunrise 5:48 PM
01-28 Dajiaochang Z08T 6:21 PM Zifeng Tower 32°03’45"N, 118°46’41"E
01-28 Taizhou ZSYA 6:43 PM Closing Steam to get better performance
CTD, can’t exit Steam while flying, closes without asking, switching to offline mode instead (Steam)
01-28 Taizhou ZSYA 6:51 PM 45.80 GIB
Can’t switch Steam to off-line, disables all data streaming, no server connection in MSFS
01-28 Taizhou ZSYA 7:05 PM 45.80 GIB
01-28 Rugao Air Base ZSRG 7:21 PM
01-28 Xingdong ZSNT 7:32 PM
01-28 Yongxing ZYON 7:45 PM
01-28 Shanghai Dachang Air Base ZCHA 7:58 PM
01-28 Hongqiao ZSSS 8:04 PM Lupo Bridge, lots of towers
01-28 Pudong ZSPD 8:43 PM
01-28 Jiaxing Air Base ZHEN 9:12 PM Tidal bore up to 9 m (30 ft) high, traveling at up to 40 km/h
Hangzhou Qiantang River Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge 30°16’05.7"N 120°52’45.3"E
01-28 Zhoushan ZSZS 9:59 PM
01-28 Lishe ZSNB (Ningbo) 10:18 PM
01-28 Huangyan Luqiao ZSLQ 10:46 PM
01-28 Longwan ZSWZ 11:05 PM
01-29 Nanping Wuyishan ZSWY 12:10 AM Xiyuan Grand Canyon 26°37’57.9"N 118°07’59.6"E
01-29 Fuzhou Air Base ZGAI 1:02 AM
01-29 Changle ZSFZ 1:14 AM
01-29 Beigan RCMT 1:30 AM
01-29 Huian Air Base ZLUO 2:02 AM
01-29 JinJiang ZSQZ 2:12 AM
01-29 Gaoqi ZSAM 2:29 AM
01-29 Zhangzhou/Chang-Chou Airfield ZZHN 2:44 AM 50.70 GIB
Flight time 8:19 22 stops
Departure from Wuhu early morning
Lukou approach
Zifeng tower at Nanjing, capital of China’s eastern Jiangsu province along the Yangtze river
Xuanwu lake, North East behind Zifeng tower
Zifeng tower and Xuanwu lake
Crossing the Yangtze river here called the Baoshan Waterway
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
Shanghai, China’s biggest city and a global financial hub
Great fun zooming around the Jing Mao Tower, Shanghai Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center
In between the towers of the HSBC building
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Threading the needle through the Shanghai World Financial Center
No problem with invisible barriers here, fun.
Night view of this area
Shanghai is also knows for Yu garden, 5-acre garden built in 1577
A peek in Shanghai Museum
Shanghai North-South Elevated Road, called Lupu bridge in game
Also no issues flying under this bridge
Underneath was too easy, this really gives you a speed rush
Pudong Airport at Shanghai, pick a lane
Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge over the Qiantang River
The Qiantang River has the largest tidal bore in the world
It doesn’t always go as planned, 2015
Hangzhou Bay Bridge a bit closer to the East China Sea
22-mile cross-sea bridge, among the longest in the world, with a service center in the middle
Fuchi Island
Dinghai District
Zhoushan, formerly romanized as Chusan, an urbanized archipelago on Hangzhou Bay
Zhoushan Airport
Ningbo, major port and industrial hub on Hangzhou Bay
Zhe Jiang Lin Hai Guo Jia Di Zhi Gong Yuan National Park with Puba Harbor in the distance
Ximendao Island straight ahead
Linxi Reservoir below and Feiyun River delta on the horizon
Near Tuoshanjiao
Baizhang Jishuiku / Feiyun Lake, dam at the top of a narrow gorge
Feiyun lake in the gorge behind the dam
Nanping Wuyishan Airport
Xiyuan Grand Canyon at Nanping
Looks a bit more dramatic in reality
Approaching Fuzhou, some low hanging clouds along the way
Fuzhou, the capital of southeastern China’s Fujian province on the Minjang river and Wulong river
Tianmen Mountain at Fuzhou features glass walkways hanging onto the cliffs
Shipaiang Scenic Area on the right
Beigan, insular rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan
Beigan Aiport, fun place to land
I’ll visit Taiwan proper when I’m heading back North to Japan, return to China for now
Huian Air Base
Did I win any bonus points, or is a helicopter going to land on my head any second
Xiamen Approach
Xiamen, port city on China’s southeast coast, across a strait from Taiwan
Bailuzhou Park / Great Godess Square on the left, the little circle in the screenshot above
Last stop today in Zhangzhou, alternately romanized as Changchow, in Fujian Province
Tianluokeng Tulou cluster and Yuchang Building in the mountains nearby
UNESCO World Heritage site, a cluster of round earth buildings (Fujian Tulou) unique to the region. Some are over 700 years old, each housing up to 80 families. Each structure only has one entrance, guarded by re-enforced doors and gun holes at the top level for defense against bandits.
Tomorrow, more China and Hong Kong