Interesting Places to Fly

[IanHenry]

I stumbled upon this site with suggestions of interesting scenery to fly over, well worth a look:

https;//flightloc.com/
Mod edit: Site is down permanently. The DNS record no longer exists. Keeping thread alive due to the number of good locations listed below.

Hope it's of some use,

Ian

[Bomber_12th]

Thank you Ian!

[Tom Clayton]

Bookmarked! :ernaehrung004:

[Javis]

Splendid ! Thanks Ian ! :encouragement:

I'd say this thread deffinately deserves a sticky. The name is already perfect too. Everybody could add their interesting explorations right here.

John, i think your great Hadrian Wall photo trip should be in here as well. Would be a pity to see it get lost in the screenshot forum. Btw, thanks for that too, well done and very interesting !

I was actually thinking about a special "Interesting Places To Fly" forum but if stickied this will do fine as well.

What we have here is deffinately a VFR Flight Simulator ! A thread like this makes good use of that ! :cool:

:ernaehrung004:
Jan

[Tom Clayton]

I'd say this thread deffinately deserves a sticky.
I may be retired, but I still have my super powers! Just don't expect more than this anytime soon...

[FlameOut]

Booked marked as well, we can use this :applause:

[jschall]

I managed to find the sign in dense fog. Always an interesting flight for me.

[jschall]

This "Easter egg" isn't hard to find. Asobo has conveniently flown a small hot-air balloon above their studios, and has painted a smiley face in the courtyard.http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=78791&stc=1

[Tom Clayton]

I addition to the site Ian provided, I suggest we also list others place here. Use John's coordinate collection method and post the name and location in this thread. I'll start with a couple...

Stonehenge (scenery added, but not yet tested)
51.178855, -1.826148

Asobo Studios
44.850010, -0.571252

Edit: I'm also keeping a text document in my FS files folder.

[Javis]

What do you mean with 'scenery added' , Tom ?..



Edit: disregard. Found it. :cool:

[warchild]

Siem Reap/Angkor Wot Cambodia..
Stock Scenery, MSFS2020 Premy Deluxe Package.

https://i.imgur.com/Un0oocc.png

[Tom Clayton]

Siem Reap/Angkor Wot Cambodia..
Stock Scenery, MSFS2020 Premy Deluxe Package.

13.412482, 103.866930

I'll have to try that out later. I have the mid-grade package, but according to the sales lit., the only differences are the planes included and the # of "Hand Crafted" airports.

[MZee1960]

(https://youtu.be/AgSzM644-dw)https://youtu.be/AgSzM644-dw


https://youtu.be/1UsgYZpkoyI



(https://youtu.be/1UsgYZpkoyI)

[jschall]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=78962&stc=1


47.557766, 10.749859


The castle, not far from LOWI, is beautifully hand-crafted in the standard version of MSFS2020.

I flew there from a little grass strip, Reute/Hofen (LOIR), then landed at a nearby glider strip, EDGD Fuessen. And here's a video by "VR Flight Sim Guy":
https://youtu.be/UGyhK3ZacDM

[jmig]

Has anyone found the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris? I used Google Earth to plot its location and can't find it. I found the other major icons of Paris. Notre Dame is probably the second most famous and iconic church in the world, you would think it would be modeled.

[Bomber_12th]

Notre Dame wasn't yet modeled when MSFS was released, but in that location, and others, Asobo has already removed the AI-generated buildings in anticipation for adding hand-crafted versions at some point. The development of this sim by Asobo/MS is still in its infancy/far from where they see it going, and we will be seeing many more hand-modeled POI's, such as Notre Dame, released with the free, monthly, World Updates.

[Bomber_12th]

Some screenshots of Neuschwanstein Castle in MSFS, that I took a couple weeks back. It is a perfect example of the level of detail and craft that Asobo puts into the POI's. Even the statues of the warrior and lion on either end of the highest roofs are modeled really well while also keeping the poly count low. The textures are all PBR, with the windows featuring live reflections and roofs that get glossy when wet.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50268789987_cb61f5f1d5_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jA5FVD)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50268790137_89a9e3f552_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jA5FYe)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50268616496_39766df2c6_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jA4Nmq)

[Navy Chief]

Thanks!

I just made a location suggestion on that site for Wake Island!

NC

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334146681_98e4094b16_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jFREcc)wake (https://flic.kr/p/2jFREcc) by retnavycpo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/retnavycpo1997/), on Flickr

[Tom Clayton]

Here is the list of coordinates that I've collected so far. I still need to visit most of these in the sim myself.

Stonehenge (Addon)
51.178855, -1.826148

Asobo Studios
44.850010, -0.571252

Siem Reap/Angkor Wot Cambodia
13.412482, 103.866930

Neuschwanstein Castle
47.557566, 10.749755

Notre Dame Cathedral (missing)
48.853105, 2.349599

Meteor Crater AZ
35.027451, -111.022800

Mt Rushmore (Addon avail. at flightsim.com)
43.879083, -103.459201

Golden Gate Bridge
37.817915, -122.478357

Godzilla Mod (Approximate)
37.790188, -122.384054

San Francisco Ferry Building (starting point to buzz Market St)
37.795440, -122.393620

Lobard St Curves
37.802114, -122.418980

[jschall]

I wanted to duplicate our real-world experience when my wife and I visited Peru many years ago. We took a bus to Nazca and jumped into the rear seats of a Cessna 150, and zoomed over the lines. The pilot would bank and turn shouting "Mira!" as one by one he showed us all the famous glyphs.

But the lines don't seem to show up in the aerial photography of Bing Maps or Google Maps, so they don't appear in the sim, either.

Does anybody have a solution for seeing the lines, or an explanation for why it's not possible?

[Tom Clayton]

If it's not in Bing's satellite data, then it has to be done by hand. With thousands of landmarks around the globe, that simply takes time. If you go to the "official" forum, there's a wishlist section. Threads there can be "upvoted" by other users so that dev's can see what people want most.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com

[Tom Clayton]

Ahs anyone found anything else in this category?

[jimjones]

US Space & Rocket Cntr 34.711108 -86.653974 Huntsville, AL
Space shuttle + several outdoor rockets.

[Tom Clayton]

Are the rockets and shuttle depicted in the scenery?

[jimjones]

Are the rockets and shuttle depicted in the scenery?
Yes they are. Sorry for the late response.

[jimjones]

Brandenburg Gate 52.516262 13.377715 Tegel Airport nearby
Big Bend, Utah 38.647313 -109.480951
Canyon Lands, Utah 38.212656 -109.902728 West of UT59 (Needles Outpost)
Capital Reef, Utah 38.097157 -111.139566
Colloseum 41.890210 12.492231 LIRU (Urbe) nearby
Dead Horse Pt 38.510979 -109.77721
Philadelphia Mus. Art 39.965552 -75.181147
Panama Canal 8.995536 -79.590918
Universal, Studios, FL 28.479619 -81.469520

[jimjones]

Disney Fantasyland, FL
28.419548 -81.581214


Disney, Epcot Center, FL
28.375493 -81.549374

[Tom Clayton]

I haven't tried this one, but apparently, these are the coordinates to spawn if you want to replicate the C172 loading screen. Turns out it's in Chile.

-51.121320, -73.671507

[dcc]

Himeji castle, Himeji Japan.

[dcc]

Resthaven Cemetery, between 10R 10C, adjacent to FedEx on the grounds at O'Hare airport, Chicago USA.

[Tom Clayton]

Resthaven Cemetery, between 10R 10C, adjacent to FedEx on the grounds at O'Hare airport, Chicago USA.
It must be "interesting" to try to visit a loved one there!

[StormILM]

For me, FS2020 has offered one of the best overall sceneries I have ever seen for my town, (Wilmington NC). There is a nice freeware update for KILM but now there is an inexpensive payware version of the airport available on Simmarket that is just amazing!
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80323&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80321&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80322&stc=1

[Tom Clayton]

I had a freeware for Wilmington that I didn't keep. The terminal looked nice, but I discovered that some of the sloped ramp areas were just virtual holographic projections that the plane drove right through. At one point, I found myself chuckling and humming the Jaws theme. I may have to look into the pay version...

[Cazzie]

At Davis-Monthan. The add-on is all 3D models.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80373&stc=1

[Tom Clayton]

Those KC-135E's would probably have had their booms stripped for parts by now, but that looks awesome!

[GO_Navy]

I stumbled upon this site with suggestions of interesting scenery to fly over, well worth a look:

https;//flightloc.com/

Hope it's of some use,

Ian



Ian,
Thanks. That's a great find. Bookmarked!

[Navy Chief]

I stumbled upon this site with suggestions of interesting scenery to fly over, well worth a look:

https://flightloc.com/

Hope it's of some use,

Ian


I guess this site is down? NC

[Tom Clayton]

I guess this site is down? NC
Umm... YEP - and permanently from the looks of it. I'll leave this thread up for another day or two and then kill it.

[ak416]

I've been using FlightSpots for some time to find interesting locations to fly in and around. It's a bit lacking as it doesn't get much activity but I've found it super useful to be able to just copy and paste the coordinates into MSFS and go.

https://flightspots.co/app

[Tom Clayton]

After re-reading through this thread, I think I'll leave it up. Even though the site in the OP is no longer active, there are still some good locations listed here. But I will unstick it, so if there's no real interest, it can just fall away on its own.