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[[Image:Scgz-002.png|thumb|left|Just left the scgz airport]] | [[Image:Scgz-002.png|thumb|left|Just left the scgz airport]] | ||
[[Image:Scgz-004.png|thumb|left|Some part of the scenery]] | [[Image:Scgz-004.png|thumb|left|Some part of the scenery]] | ||
Gary Carvell: Here is a suggestion for the FlightGear Places to Fly page. I don't have any particular routes, just fly around and enjoy the gorgeous scenery. | Gary Carvell: Here is a suggestion for the FlightGear Places to Fly page. I don't have any particular routes, just fly around and enjoy the gorgeous scenery.<BR/> | ||
These three airports are in the same region of the very southern tip of Argentina. This area is a scenic wonderland - a maze of islands, mountains, and ocean channels. Hours of entertainment. | These three airports are in the same region of the very southern tip of Argentina. This area is a scenic wonderland - a maze of islands, mountains, and ocean channels. Hours of entertainment.<BR/> | ||
SCGZ - Puerto Williams Guardiamarina Zanartu Airport, Chile Located on the north coast of Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. At 55 deg S. longitude, Puerto Williams is considered the southernmost town in the world. | SCGZ - Puerto Williams Guardiamarina Zanartu Airport, Chile Located on the north coast of Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. At 55 deg S. longitude, Puerto Williams is considered the southernmost town in the world.<BR/> | ||
SAWH - Ushuaia Islas Malvinas Airport | SAWH - Ushuaia Islas Malvinas Airport | ||
SAWO - Ushuaia Est Aeronaval Airport | SAWO - Ushuaia Est Aeronaval Airport |
Revision as of 11:22, 4 September 2011
FGFS has some of the most accurate and realistic terrain of any PC simulator. Here are some intersting places where you can do virtual sight seeing.
If you are starting with "fgrun" the FlightGear launcher, you can enter the airport id and select the runway on the appropriate screen in the startup wizard.
If you are starting from the command line you can use the options: "--airport=ABCD" and "--runway=12L" options.
If you know if any other interesting places or routes to fly, please let me know and I can add them to this list.
Southern Tip of Chile
Gary Carvell: Here is a suggestion for the FlightGear Places to Fly page. I don't have any particular routes, just fly around and enjoy the gorgeous scenery.
These three airports are in the same region of the very southern tip of Argentina. This area is a scenic wonderland - a maze of islands, mountains, and ocean channels. Hours of entertainment.
SCGZ - Puerto Williams Guardiamarina Zanartu Airport, Chile Located on the north coast of Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. At 55 deg S. longitude, Puerto Williams is considered the southernmost town in the world.
SAWH - Ushuaia Islas Malvinas Airport
SAWO - Ushuaia Est Aeronaval Airport
Ushuaia, on the south coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, on the the Beagle Channel.
I personally like to fly this area in the Catalina, it's a great sightseeing plane with the advantage that you can take off and land just about anywhere.
Airports
Suggested aircraft
flightgear launching
fgfs --airport=SCGZ --aircraft=Catalina