I’m committing to it! A world tour, in nothing but radial-engined aircraft! There’s a purpose to this little project, and it’s important to me as a hobbyist.
FS24 is a real bummer. Right from the minute it launched, problem, after problem, after problem. Reading the fourms the past two months is bad enough, but Asobo isn’t communicating with the community at all. Couple that with my own struggles with getting it to work well enough to use, and I burned myself out real fast. For a short time I considered leaving the hobby behind, but I was convinced by @NixonRedgrave not to.
This post isn’t about FS24 though. No, this post is about rekindling a passion for flight simulation by getting back to what we’re all supposed to be doing, flying!
The plan is flying low and slow around the world in some of my favorites. Because this project is about fun first, my only hard rule is radials only. No reciprocating pistons, no turboprops, no jets, no helicopters. Otherwise, everything is fair game. I won’t bother with ATC when flying VFR. I may not use live weather, I may change time of day if I don’t feel like night flying. I will however, use BeyondATC when flying IFR so that I can learn the program. Volanta will record my flights for posterity.
I’m starting on the east coast of the US traveling south into the Caribbean, down the east coast of South America, then back north up the west coasts. I’ll post screen shots along the way.
I’ve narrowed down my aircraft selection to:
- Grumman Goose (Big Radials)
- Douglas DC-3 (Duckworks mod)
- Douglas DC-6 (PMDG)
- PZL 104 Wilga (GotFriends)
- Boeing Super Stearman (Golden Age Simulations)
I’ll freely rotate through these depending on the terrain and flight plan. I’ve included some wild cards that I might want to include:
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair (Milviz)
Boeing 307 Stratoliner (Redgrave Redux)
Lockheed Super Constellation (Redwing Simulations)
Late 631 (Bluemesh)
With all that out of the way, on to the world tour!
I grew up on Long Island, not far from the Grumman plant. It felt right to start off at KFRG Republic Airport, in the plane built so that the rich could commute to NYC and back quickly. Today’s route starts at KRFG and ends at KPHL Philadelphia International (or… in the Delaware River next to it), with a little detour to see the sights around Manhattan.
It’s here that I ask for your help. Keep me accountable! I will post in this thread for each flight, if I can.
