Ever since I started flying seriously using FS (I use this term loosely becuase I don't fly to the Nth degree of realism using full checklists and SID's / STAR's every time as do some armchair pilots), I found myself doing the same hops most of the time in and around Europe and the USA, visiting airports I've been to in real life. Obviously this is fine, but does get a little boring after a while, and after speaking with a friend of mine who had previously started a world tour in FS2004 in an MD11, I thought what the heck, I may as well give this a go.
So, I've got FSX running on my machine and it's pretty
stable for now (after a repair and a re-install of SP2). I've got a couple of scenic add-ons installed, and need to pick my bird of choice for which to start on my world tour. I know that I could go with a heavy and be around the world in a couple of hops, but it kind of defeats the object; so when thinking about my aircraft, I needed something small enough to get into some of the airfields I will be using - obviously a 744 would not be advantageous for this purpose. One of the add ons that I've got, which I'm a big fan of is the Wilco 737 PIC 'classic', and this seems ideal for the purpose. So, without further ado, it's settled then; I'll be using a 737-400, in British Airways livery (contrary to popular belief amongst my friends, I'm mildly patriotic). My plan is to try and see as much of the world as possible, whilst not 'back tracking' at all, so as to get around as smoothly as possible. I do aim to try and visit as many places as possible - it's not going to be a direct 'trek' straight across the continents as I traverse the globe, rather I want to try and get to as many 'landmark' places as possible.
Because I'm a saddo geek, and also becuase I have far too much time on my hands these days, I've created a manual paper based 'log book' which I'll using to record my flight details in good old hand-written scrawl. I'll post some pics of it up here as I go along, when it's actually been filled in with something useful. Well, that's it, all that remains is to get my route planned......... I've no idea how long this round the world trip will take, and since I have various distractions that sometimes get in the way of regular simming on FS, it may be on a somewhat sporadic basis that I update this blog...... oh well, here's to happy flying :) Chocks away and all that......
Stavroski
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