Flying over the Grand Canyon and Colorado River

I was absolutely blown away when flying over the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. The visuals are incredible !

I don’t know if we can link to videos, but here is the full video.
https://youtu.be/0G2HjmG9SCE
Otherwise I’d have to paste too many screenshots from this flight.

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Arriving at the Grand Canyon

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Beautiful video. Did you change the time of year? I wouldn’t think that it would appear as green at this time of year.

Hi, thanks a lot !
I didn’t change the time as far as I remember. Just the hours to have daylight, but not the date.

Did some flights along the colorado as well in the earlier days :slight_smile:
One with the X-Cub, the other in the Cap 10.
And started my flight at Walden-Jackson Co (33V) and flew from there to 40° 28’ 19,94" N 105° 49’ 34,03" W (where the Colorado officially starts). From then on I followed the River.
Absolutely stunning scenery.

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Seasons are not in game yet. It will look like that year round, unless covered by snow layer during winter.

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The scenery is absolutely stunning. I started out at KGCN, but I agree, another following the entire scenery should be fun. Will give that a try :wink:

Yeah it’s what I thought. I just verified again and scenery remains the same. Thanks for the confirmation

Having done this flight personally a couple years ago, I was very excited to explore the Canyon in FS2020. This simulator looks close to the real thing! (Don’t mind me busting the Grand Canyon special airspace but that was fun!)

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I took of from the Grand Canyon Bar 10 airstrip and followed the Colorado river generally north east. Fun flight! Scenery was nice.

Any recommendations for other parts of the Grand Canyon to explore?

Pete

Have to say, I am mighty impressed.

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Looks absolutely stunning! I should do a fly by later on myself

What a mesmerizing area to fly over. I found myself in a few gawking caused dives. There were fantastic views everywhere I looked.

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