falcon409
October 25th, 2011, 21:06
I've mentioned in other threads that I had pretty much become bored with Flight Sim. . . .maybe it's my age, things don't seem to hold my interest like they used to. So I've been occupying myself with repaints, VC updates and looking for new airplanes and new interests. OBIO mentioned some Float Planes of interest over in the FS9 forum and I went looking. I found a nice little Husky Tundra and an Amphib by Steven Grant. Both 2004 models and they might even be 2002's updated to 2004 and ported to FSX, lol. Anyway, after some interior work, new textures inside and out, new soundfile and an attempt to correct a prop disc problem, I had a pretty nice set of Huskies to fly around in.
Just a little while ago I decided to take the newly painted Amphib for a short flight around Seattle. I have Orbyx PNW, but rarely if ever fly there (one more thing I got bored with). I settled the Husky Amphib onto the water in Seattle Harbor, just at dawn and took off west towards the Cascades and Bear Gulch. If you ever get bored with flying. . . try setting up a flight at a time or season that you rarely fly. It's a great way to see the world through new eyes. Flying out over the city at dawn, you get the street lights still burning, not quite enough daylight for them to switch off yet and you'll catch the early risers leaving the house to head to work, or down to the convenience store for milk and eggs. . . .breakfast is coming. Heading away from all that and moving out over the inlets, in the distance a light fog still sits over the water as a few boats make their way out to open water. . .fishing should be good, they hope. Farther out the Cascades rise to meet the low hanging clouds and a touch of the rising sun starts to hit the peaks where the snow has finally left it's first dusting. . .could be an early winter, you think to yourself. Not too far to Bear Gulch now, the Lake is calling and there are some good sized fish in there with your name on them. You slowly turn your Husky over the edge of a Peak and spot the docks below and with a short downwind and a tight turn inland you settle onto the calm water of Cushman Lake, glide to a stop and step out onto the Pontoons, coffee in one hand and Rod in the other. Not a sound on the Lake, just the random chirping of a distant cricket and an early morning wake-up in the Pacific Northwest. Life is good.:salute:
Just a little while ago I decided to take the newly painted Amphib for a short flight around Seattle. I have Orbyx PNW, but rarely if ever fly there (one more thing I got bored with). I settled the Husky Amphib onto the water in Seattle Harbor, just at dawn and took off west towards the Cascades and Bear Gulch. If you ever get bored with flying. . . try setting up a flight at a time or season that you rarely fly. It's a great way to see the world through new eyes. Flying out over the city at dawn, you get the street lights still burning, not quite enough daylight for them to switch off yet and you'll catch the early risers leaving the house to head to work, or down to the convenience store for milk and eggs. . . .breakfast is coming. Heading away from all that and moving out over the inlets, in the distance a light fog still sits over the water as a few boats make their way out to open water. . .fishing should be good, they hope. Farther out the Cascades rise to meet the low hanging clouds and a touch of the rising sun starts to hit the peaks where the snow has finally left it's first dusting. . .could be an early winter, you think to yourself. Not too far to Bear Gulch now, the Lake is calling and there are some good sized fish in there with your name on them. You slowly turn your Husky over the edge of a Peak and spot the docks below and with a short downwind and a tight turn inland you settle onto the calm water of Cushman Lake, glide to a stop and step out onto the Pontoons, coffee in one hand and Rod in the other. Not a sound on the Lake, just the random chirping of a distant cricket and an early morning wake-up in the Pacific Northwest. Life is good.:salute: