Meandering over Old Mexico (And Points North)

***Willy*** · February 27th, 2013, 19:24

Flight 19 has gotten permission from the Mexican government to conduct an exploratory flight in general aviation aircraft over Mexico. A few of us got together tonight at Brownsville Texas to conduct a short test flight up the Rio Grande to McAllen. It seems that Cessna Skymasters have become real popular all of a sudden.

We're hoping to get started into Mexico soonest.....

***Willy*** · February 28th, 2013, 20:03

First stop, Monterrey (MMMY)!!

***Willy*** · March 1st, 2013, 20:21

Well we flew on down to Ciudad Victoria with an overflight of Saltillo. Before takeoff at Monterrey, it was looking like a Cessna dealership there.

I did a low alt barrel roll at Saltillo and almost put the Cessna into the dirt.

Nice flight with plenty of company.

***falcon409*** · March 1st, 2013, 21:53

Looks like elevations will be a constant problem between FSX and FS9 on this trip. I installed mesh for all of Mexico, but I believe others did as well. . .yet the problem is obvious from these screenshots. Too bad.

**Taco** · March 2nd, 2013, 05:58

More photos of last nights flight. Due to some net storms the group was scattered all over the Mexican sky. Nice flight, and as noted before, lots of good company.

***Moses03*** · March 2nd, 2013, 07:50

Great flight until the netstorms hit. Just managed one photo this leg.

***Willy*** · March 2nd, 2013, 20:14

Traded the Skymaster in on a classic Beech for the flight to Tampico. Great flight with plenty of good company.

***falcon409*** · March 2nd, 2013, 21:37

Some great shots guys!! Good crowd tonight.

***Moses03*** · March 3rd, 2013, 10:25

Ed- Not sure if you are running default or have addon landclass, but the ground texture in your third screenie really captures the feel of where we are. Hats off to the junior sim.

***Willy*** · March 3rd, 2013, 20:05

We headed on down to Veracruz and landed in a thick fog. Another great flight and I can't say enough good things about the Carenado Bonanza.

***falcon409*** · March 3rd, 2013, 21:25

Looks like the "floaties" are back for this session. . .altitude, altitude, altitude, lol

***Willy*** · March 4th, 2013, 20:16

I was having issues, so I switched to an old favorite that will usually work when nothing else will. Milton's Beech 18. Think I'll stick with it for a while. After all, it is kinda sorta GA.....

***falcon409*** · March 4th, 2013, 21:00

Ah yes, when all else fails (and this seemed to be the night for it). . .go to the Beech, lol. Good choice Willy!!

***Willy*** · March 5th, 2013, 20:25

Flew on to Palenque to check out the Mayan ruins. Also got a couple of pics of the cargo in this Beech....

***falcon409*** · March 5th, 2013, 21:40

Holy Crap Batman. . . .NITRO? lol. . . .
Well, I started out in my Piper Navajo and ended up in the 337 Skymaster. It seems that the converted FS9 Navajo to FSX was causing some serious problems with the FS9 guys and so I had to finish with something a bit more friendly. Found a good FS9 sub for the Navajo, so I'll be back flying the twin tomorrow night (tonight actually). Aside from the graphics problems, there was also the destination airport "Palenque". In FS9 it had one location. . .in FSX it was 200yds away, separated by lots of trees. . .also, in the daytime shot at the end, Willy, Chaos and Mike are actually parked near me, they're just 30 ft below me. . . .it's a long story!

***Willy*** · March 6th, 2013, 20:12

Another great flight out over the jungle.

***falcon409*** · March 6th, 2013, 21:24

Yep, this was the worst leg "scenery-wise" so I may have to do a few in FS9 just to be on the same page as everyone else. These shots don't show the problems but they do show. . .Willy smoking underground, a strange divide in the earth just beyond the turn we made for the final airport landing and a shot that looks quite normal until you discover that unseen to the naked eye, the other pilots are sitting 70' above me and the rwy is covered in a 70' mound of dirt. Oh well!

Note: the first and second shots are switched and I'm too tired to mess with it, so use your imagination!

***Willy*** · March 7th, 2013, 20:18

Another great flight, this time over the mountains in southern Mexico to MMOX.

***falcon409*** · March 8th, 2013, 11:38

Well, I'm back in FS9, strictly for the Flight19 hops...I could never get used to the lack of autogen full-time. On the plus side, we all land at the same airport, we all see the same things and we all park at the same elevation.

***Willy*** · March 8th, 2013, 19:45

Well we made to Hualtaco on the west coast. Nice flight through the haze and mountains.

Pics are a bit scrambled up..

***falcon409*** · March 9th, 2013, 00:35

Well, the Piper Panther ticked me off for the last time with it's nit-picky engine problems, so it's outta here. For the time being. . .it's the Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise. I'll search more this weekend and see if I can settle on a primary flier, but at least for Saturday night it'll be the MU-2.

***Willy*** · March 9th, 2013, 20:09

Got a deal on this single engine Executive. I'm thinking I could really get to liking this one. Anyway, we flew on to Acapulco (MMAA). As it's spring break time, we're hoping they'll be filming Girls Gone Wild XXVIII or something.

Pics are scrambled up again.

**Taco** · March 10th, 2013, 08:39

Hey there! just a few shots from last nights flight.

***Willy*** · March 10th, 2013, 20:16

Well, didn't get very many pics tonight on the flight to Cuernavaca (MMCB). I went to do a touch n go at MMTO and ended up with a crash n burn. Fortunately Spartan factory service was there and fixed it right up.

Just figured out that Cuernavaca is Cowhorn in Spanish.....