Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 8:13:07 GMT -5
The Addon "PILOTS B314 waterfields" includes several seaplane bases used by Pan American Airways System during the Thirties and Forties. This AI flight of a Martin 130 from San Francisco to Hong Kong shows some of these seaplane facilities. Of course, by far not comparable with the sceneries we have seen here some times ago and done for FSX.
take off at Alameda
approaching Honolulu
landing at Pearl Harbour while passing Honolulu Hickham Field
and Ford Island in the background
leaving O'ahu Island next morning
taxi in at Midway
Midway seaplane base at dawn
approaching Wake Island
and taxi in there
reaching Guam at dusk
ready to taxi out next day
Mooored at Manila NAS Sangley Point
take off at Sangley Point
and flying over famous notorious Pinatubo volcano
approaching Macau
and reaching Hong Kong Bay (without curved approach, of course)
finally landing in vincinity of Kai Tak Airfield (in the background)
Some records state that flights between Manila and Hong Kong have been done with Sikorsky S-42. I couldn't use this aircraft, as they all are amphibian ones. Therefore I had to stay with the Martin 130.
BTW, this aircraft, as some others like the B314, won't work well as AI. They correctly taxi out, but don't go ahead at hold short nodes. Curiously the same aircraft f.i. is needed with Fox's Hangar scenery "FS2004 Pan American World Airways Clipper Port Sand Island Midway" which is depicted above. I had to replace the initial air file with that of SG Sunderland for using it proberly.
Bernard
