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A curated collection of route notebooks for reliving major aviation journeys in Flight Simulator: context, preparation, waypoints, interactive maps and immersion tips.
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Around the World with Jean Marie Humez 1st Part
Jean Marie Humez, the first great departure in the DC-3 Jean Marie Humez, a simulation enthusiast since Flight Simulator II, undertook a 2012 world tour in a Douglas...
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On the Tracks of Christopher Columbus
Iberia, on the tracks of Christopher Columbus In 1950, Iberia openly drew a parallel between Christopher Columbus's caravels and its transatlantic aircraft. After the...
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Flying Spanish Airlines
L.A.P.E., from one paradise to another Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas, a state airline born in the early 1930s, had a short life disrupted by the Spanish Civil War....
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Flying Africa
Régie Air-Afrique, from Algiers to Madagascar Created by the French state in 1934, Régie Air-Afrique organized air routes serving French colonies in Africa. This plan...
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The Swissair Express Air Connections
Swissair, express Europe in the Lockheed Orion In the early 1930s, Swissair inaugurated express services with the Lockheed 9 Orion. Zurich - Munich - Vienna became one...
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Flying South America
Pan American Airways, encircling South America In 1933, Pan American Airways presented a broad network linking Miami, the Caribbean, Central America, northern South...
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A French Around the World Tour 3rd Part
YQUET-Aviation, from Alaska back to France This third part of the YQUET-Aviation around-the-world tour resumes at Nome and takes pilots through Alaska, the Aleutians,...
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English Tourism in the 50s
Aquila Airways, English tourism by flying boat Aquila Airways was one of the last British airlines to still believe in large passenger flying boats after the war. From...
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The Vikings Take Off
SAS 1947, the Vikings cross the Atlantic After the war, the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian national airlines formed Scandinavian Airlines System. In 1947, DC-4s opened...
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Flying Scandinavia
A.B. Aerotransport, Scandinavia's pioneer routes This plan is inspired by 1927 Scandinavian routes around the Swedish airline A.B. Aerotransport, active between...
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Imperial Airways 6th Part: Lake Victoria
Imperial Airways around Lake Victoria This sixth Imperial Airways part tightens the scenery around Lake Victoria. After the large African branches, the route becomes...
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Flying French Polynesia
RAI, French Polynesia by flying boat Between 1957 and 1971, Réseau Aérien Interinsulaire, later Air Polynésie, connected the Polynesian islands with flying boats able...
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The Long Way Home
Pacific Clipper, the very long way home On December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor trapped the Boeing 314 Pacific Clipper far from home. Under Captain Robert...
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A Rough Flight
Paris to London, the Channel in bad weather This plan recreates a rough Paris to London flight told by Maurice Bellonte: bad weather, parcels, a Swedish passenger, an...
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Pan American Airways: From USA to China
Pan Am, the maritime route to China In 1935, Pan American Airways bypassed diplomatic obstacles in the North Pacific by choosing a maritime solution: flying boats and...
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Imperial Airways 5th Part: Sudan to Ghana
Imperial Airways, from Sudan to the Gold Coast This fifth Imperial Airways part leaves Khartoum and crosses the Sahel westward: Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, the Gold Coast...
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Flying the Former Czechoslovakia
Czechia and Slovakia, a central European VFR tour This plan explores Czechia and Slovakia after the 1993 split, with a Czech first part that is mostly hilly and a much...
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Flying South Africa
South African Airways, the air web of southern Africa This page follows the building of South African commercial aviation around Allister Miller, Union Airways, South...
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Czechoslovak Airlines
CLS, Prague at the crossroads of 1938 Europe In 1938, the Czechoslovak airline CLS offered several international services from Prague: Blue Danube Air Express,...
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The Southern Cross Odyssey
The Southern Cross Odyssey This world tour pays tribute to Charles Kingsford Smith and his Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross. Where the Learjet makes the planet smaller,...
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Around the World with the Learjet 45
A fast around-the-world route in the Learjet 45 Designed by Paul Valente and Pierre Goffin for YQUET-Aviation, this plan offers a fast circumnavigation of the globe...
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Imperial Airways 4th Part: Egypt to South Africa
Imperial Airways, from Egypt to South Africa This fourth Imperial Airways part follows the great African descent: Egypt, Sudan, the Nile valley, East Africa,...
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West Coast Air Transport: California, Oregon and Washington
West Coast Air Transport, saving time on the Pacific coast The 1928 West Coast Air Transport brochure sold a very modern promise: saved time was money. Portland to...
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Flying California and Mexico
Varney Speed Lines, California and Mexico at speed In the early 1930s, Varney Speed Lines promoted a simple idea: aircraft could beat train and automobile travel...
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An American Air Foremost
PRT Air Service, an American first In 1926, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service presented its Philadelphia - Washington - Norfolk line as one of the first daily air...
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