Leg 3 from Edinburgh EGPH to Inverness EGPE. I flew this right after the previous leg, so the weather was still buggy for some reason, even a restart didn’t fix it. So you’ll have to live with perfect sunshine again.
I forgot to take a picture pre-takeoff, but this time i’ll be flying the Bonanza G36. It’s Edinburgh in the background.
In real life there should be 3 bridges here and each of them a different type of bridge, one suspension bridge, one cable-stayed bridge and finally a cantilever bridge, the Forth Bridge, which also happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was build between 1882 and 1889, and was for many years the worlds longest bridge of its type until the Canadians build a longer one in 1919. But to this day it is still the second longest cantilever bridge in the world!
The pit right beside the plane is a former opencast coal mine, and currently is up for sale as a theme park/resort… So if any of you got a roller coaster tycoon in you now is the time to act!
For now still lots of fields, but we are approaching the Scottish Highlands!
Who said there aren’t seasons in MSFS? Here we got two right beside each other
I wonder if I’m flying high enough to clear the mountains…
I did, but only just, my guess is there is a 100 feet or less down to the peaks.
It’s looking real gorgeous up here, no wonder it’s so famous and an important part of the Scottish soul, if such a thing exists.
Even got a bit of ice up here.
Suddenly this came into view, looking pretty spectacular with a lake in valley just showing up almost instantly.
About 2 thirds of the way there
That is the town of Aviemore, which apparently is popular for skiing and other wintersports.
Out there, right after the mountain and by the water is Inverness and our destination. The Inverness Airport is about 10 km east of the town, so we wont get to fly over the town in this leg, but the next one goes straight over the town!
There we have it, Inverness Airport
Like so many other airports in Europe, if not the world, it got its start in WWII back then known as RAF Dalcross, last year it had almost 1 million passengers passing through. It is also neighbor to the Highland Aviation Museum, which on google maps looks more like a tiny salvage yard than a museum, but I’m sure its worth a visit if you happen to be at the airport.
Out there on the point is a fort called Fort George.
It was constructed 1748 to keep control of the Scottish Highlands after the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and remains in use by the British military to this day.
Back to the flying! On final approach to Inverness Airport.
Just before touchdown and the last picture from this leg. Next time we are going to Oban Airport, flying over Inverness and Loch Ness! Maybe we’ll be lucky and able to spot Nessie!
We’ll also fly past the highest point in not only Scotland but the entire UK! So stay tuned for a hopefully exciting flight!