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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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Lake Union Air, Seaplanes Around the San Juan Islands
Seattle, the San Juans and the clean pleasure of seaplane flying Lake Union Air offers a compact, readable and very visual loop from Seattle toward the San Juan, Orcas...
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Midnight Sun Airway, Seaplane Along Norway
From Bergen to Tromso, the Norwegian coast as a flight line Midnight Sun Airway turns Norway into an aerial panorama: fjords, harbours, islands, long northern light...
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Tupolev Tu-114, the Soviet Giant
The Soviet long-hauler that cruised in jet territory The Tupolev Tu-114 is one of the most remarkable civil aircraft of its era: huge, fast, derived from the Tu-95 and...
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The Elcano Patrol, Madrid to Manila
The Elcano Patrol, a Spanish raid to Manila In April 1926, three Spanish crews left Cuatro Vientos near Madrid to attempt a flight to Manila in Breguet XIX aircraft....
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Russia: Flying around Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk, White Sea, taiga and wide spaces Arkhangelsk Oblast is a superb region for demanding northern flights. The route mixes cold coastline, river mouths, huge...
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Learjet 45 World Tour: Extended Version
A fast world tour designed as a long series This extended version turns the Learjet 45 into the thread of an ambitious circumnavigation. It crosses the Americas, South...
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Russia 1930-1931: Flying with Dobrolet
Dobrolet, at the roots of Soviet air transport Before Aeroflot, Dobrolet and other Soviet companies gradually shaped major domestic routes. This page recreates two...
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Pacific Crossings
DC-3, DC-6 and Short Solent across the Pacific This plan brings together three ways to cross or approach the Pacific in the early 1950s: NAC in the DC-3, TEAL in the...
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Russia: Aerial Circuit over Dagestan
Dagestan, from the Caspian Sea to Caucasus valleys Dagestan gives Flight Simulator an ideal contrast: a broad coastal plain along the Caspian Sea, then terrain that...
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1939 Pan American Airways and the Golden Age of Flying Boats
Pan American, the Clipper and the flying-boat Atlantic In the late 1930s, Pan American Airways embodied the luxury and ambition of transatlantic flying boats. The...
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Russia: Across the Republic of Sakha
The Republic of Sakha, a large Siberian expedition Yakutia occupies a huge area of north-eastern Siberia. This plan is not a comfortable airline route: it is an...
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1947 Trans-Canada Air Lines Across Canada
Trans-Canada Air Lines, Canada from east to west In 1947, Trans-Canada Air Lines developed domestic services with post-war DC-3 aircraft. The plan links Newfoundland,...
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Canada: Following the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea
The Mackenzie River as a northern guide The Mackenzie River runs toward the Beaufort Sea and offers a superb guide for crossing the Northwest Territories. The route...
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Trans-Siberian II: Detailed Flight from Moscow to Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian II, Moscow to Vladivostok in detail This second Trans-Siberian version uses Andrey Anta’s Russian sceneries and a finer trace of the cities crossed by...
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1950 Aer Lingus and BEA: Around Ireland and Britain
Aer Lingus, BEA and the 1950 Irish network The article starts from 1950 Aer Lingus services and their links with BOAC and BEA. The route connects Dublin, Shannon, the...
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1961 Borneo Airways: Around Borneo Island
Borneo Airways, Borneo in short stages Borneo Airways Limited served British Borneo with a dense network suited to coasts, rivers, mountains and small communities. The...
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72 Channel Airways: Flying the Channel
Channel Airways, small routes around the Channel Channel Airways grew out of post-war British private aviation before becoming a small network around Southend,...
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Representative Jean Lassalle France Walking Tour
Jean Lassalle, the walk seen from the air In 2013, Jean Lassalle undertook a walking tour of France from the National Assembly to meet French citizens and collect...
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Canadian Colonial Airways Montreal to New York
Canadian Colonial Airways, Montreal to New York In 1933, Canadian Colonial Airways promoted a Montreal - Albany - New York service of roughly four hours, sold as a...
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A Mother and her Daughter
KLM and KNILM, nine days to Sydney In 1938, KLM and KNILM coordinated a London to Sydney service that summed up Dutch aviation ambition: link Europe, the Dutch East...
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Flying Idaho State
Zimmerly Airlines, Idaho on a tight timetable In 1945, Zimmerly Airlines connected Idaho towns with Boeing 247-D aircraft and a very practical regional-airline logic:...
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Mrs Bruce's Whim
Mrs Bruce, the mysterious flight Mildred Mary Petre Bruce left Heston on 25 September 1930 in a Blackburn Bluebird IV, with little flying time, maps, an extra tank and...
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A New Era
BOAC, the Comet era toward Johannesburg In 1952, BOAC opened a new era with the De Havilland Comet, the first jet airliner in commercial service. The old imperial...
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Flying India
Tata Air Lines, India by mail and passengers Before Air India came Tata Sons and then Tata Airlines. In the 1930s, Nevill Vintcent and J. R. D. Tata launched an...
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Flying Laos
Royal Air Lao, a Laotian tour This plan follows Royal Air Lao's 1975 domestic services from northern to southern Laos. It highlights a quiet and varied country where...
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