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Historic flight plans
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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Flying inside the Iron Curtain
Interflug, flying behind the Iron Curtain This plan offers an aerial reading of Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Around Interflug and the socialist bloc airlines,...
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A French Around the World Tour 2nd Part
YQUET-Aviation, the long return by the Pacific This second part of the YQUET-Aviation around-the-world network flight covers its broadest side: Patagonia, Chile, the...
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Imperial Airways 3rd Part: Greece to Palestine
Imperial Airways, from Greece to Palestine This third Imperial Airways stage leaves the European Mediterranean for the Levant. After England, France, Italy and Egypt...
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Imperial Airways 3rd Part: Greece to Palestine
Imperial Airways, from Greece to Palestine This third Imperial Airways stage leaves the European Mediterranean for the Levant. After England, France, Italy and Egypt...
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New England Airways Ltd.: Brisbane to Sydney
Brisbane to Sydney on New England Airways time This page turns a New England Airways brochure into a historical airline flight. On December 13, 1932, Jacques R. Hébert...
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The Flying Doctor
Clyde Cornwall Fenton, the flying doctor to Swatow This plan follows one of Clyde Cornwall Fenton's boldest episodes. Fenton was an Australian doctor and a pioneer of...
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Saint Pétersbourg - Moscou : Une Ligne Ferroviaire sous FS / Flying over a Railroad Line
Saint Petersburg to Moscow by railway This plan offers an unusual VFR flight: follow from the air the railway line between Saint Petersburg and Moscow, noticed during...
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1932 Le Voyage Epique de Jacques R. Hébert
Jacques R. Hébert, from London to Sydney Jacques R. Hébert, a largely forgotten Quebec pilot, undertook a long-distance flight from England to Australia in 1932 with a...
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39 Lignes Impériales
Imperial Airways, part two: England to Egypt This second part leaves the European network and aims for Egypt, a major gateway to African and eastern imperial routes....
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1921 La Deruluft : Le Pacte Aérien Germano-Bolchevique sous FS / The Bolshevik German Air Pact
Deruluft, the German-Bolshevik air pact Founded in 1921, Deruluft joined German and Bolshevik interests in an airline held equally by both sides. In post-war Europe,...
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39 Lignes Impériales
Imperial Airways, part one: Europe This page opens the British imperial routes series. Before reaching the far ends of the Empire, Imperial Airways first had to...
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The Soviet Union in North Pole
The Soviets at the North Pole, 1937 In 1937, Ivan Papanin's North Pole 1 expedition reached the Arctic ice by air. Aircraft delivered people, supplies and equipment...
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A French Around the World Tour
YQUET-Aviation, a French round-the-world network tour This plan follows the world tour designed and flown online by Pierre Goffin, Paul Valente and the pilots of the...
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Flying over the Ganges
The Ganges, from mythical sky to delta The Ganges carries major religious meaning. This plan translates its course into Flight Simulator, from the Himalayan foothills...
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1941 Eurasia Aviation Corporation
Eurasia, China through Sino-German air routes Eurasia Aviation Corporation was a Sino-German airline founded in 1930, with Chinese capital and German technical...
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Around Norway
Norway low along the fjords This plan combs Norway carefully, especially along the northern and western coasts. Some legs are short, but access can be demanding: boxed...
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1926 The Flying Danish
Copenhagen to Tokyo, the Danish raid of 1926 In 1926, Denmark wanted to demonstrate mastery of long-distance aerial navigation. A modified Fokker C.V. flew southeast...
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1812 Napoleon the 1st Russian Campaign
1812, the Russian campaign from the air This plan translates Napoleon's Russian campaign into a historical air route. It is not about glorifying war, but understanding...
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The United States of America on Floats
The United States from seaplane base to seaplane base This plan complements Route 66, the Alaska Crude Oil Route and the U.S. Air Mail with a United States crossing...
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1933 CFRNA-CIDNA L'Europe Centrale
CFRNA-CIDNA, Central Europe through early airlines This plan follows the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne, later CIDNA, toward Central and Eastern...
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2004 "Around the World in Cessna 182" by Peter Askovich (French version)
Peter Askovich's round-the-world flight in a Cessna 182 Peter Askovich designed a vast Flight Simulator 2004 circumnavigation: 136 core legs, 27 optional legs and more...
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The Paris-Dakar Race Meeting 2009 in South America
Dakar 2009, the first South American adventure This plan translates the first South American Dakar. Africa is gone, but the raid spirit remains: long stages, huge...
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139 b. JC Zhang Qian's Journey to the West
Zhang Qian and the opening toward the West In 139 BC, Emperor Wudi sent Zhang Qian westward on a diplomatic mission. Without knowing it, the journey helped open the...
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1938 The Air France Paris-Hong Kong Air Line
Air France to Hong Kong, 1938 On August 10, 1938, the Dewoitine 338 F-AQBF Ville de Vientiane reached Hong Kong in Air France colors. The route shows the ambition of...
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Around Peru
Peru through dangerous approaches This flight plan turns Peru into a demanding training ground: Andes, boxed valleys, uncontrolled airfields, perched strips and...
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