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Alpine to Big Timber FL250 (0:43) Cirrus Vision SF50 X-Plane 12.1.2-b3 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Rexburg Madison County to Alpine Cessna 152 by ZL Simulation (Even with that update, I still notice a tiny polygon object floating several feet above the aircraft lol) X-Plane 12.1.2-b3 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Henry's Lake to Rexburg Madison County Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk X-Plane 12.1.2-b3 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Seems like a nice scenic loop for an ultralight aircraft. Aero-Works Aerolite 103 X-Plane 12.1.2-b3 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Granby Grand County to Henrys Lake Pilatus PC-24 by Michael Sgier X-Plane 12.1.2-b1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Rocky Mountain Metro to Granby Grand County The controversy surrounding someone's attempt at this in a real C152 aircraft on July 4th intrigues me enough to simulate my own attempt since I happen to be at an ideal airport in my flight vlogging. At the time the density altitude for KGNB was around 2,400 feet higher than the airport's actual altitude, and for KBJC about 3,000. Thus it is a bit sketchy to get over that ridge in a C152 from KBJC, even with just one pilot's weight. That particular ridge low spot near the FOOOT waypoint is about 11,800 feet elevation. I could sense it wasn't going to get much higher, it's near the limit for that aircraft before it begins costing speed to climb (increasing AoA). I recommend only doing that flight in this aircraft when the density altitude is much more favorable. Cessna 152 by ZL Simulation X-Plane 12.1.2-b1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Scottsdale to Rocky Mountain Metro Embraer 145 by X-Crafts X-Plane 12.1.2-b1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Bob Hope Burbank to Scottsdale Embraer 145 by X-Crafts X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Harry Reid International to Bob Hope Burbank A test of the half v-sync setting. That seems to cause more stuttering while recording than it had previously. This RTX 3050 Ti, or an RTX 2060 is probably about the minimum of the Nvidia line for an okay frame rate with medium-high graphics settings. X-Plane 12 does run with 4GB of VRAM, but expect it to shift textures Level of Detail a lot. Embraer 145 by X-Crafts X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0 Infinite - Tony Anderson

Jetson One by JP Baril. X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

More or less the Vegas Strip helicopter tour loop. Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche by Jolando Lightner & Christopher Vollherbst X-Plane 12.1.1

A little test flight. About how I would expect the actual aircraft to handle, as in be even more careful on the throttle than you would with a helicopter's collective. Jetson One by JP Baril. X-Plane 12.1.1

Santa Ana/Orange County John Wayne to Harry Reid International Embraer 145 by X-Crafts X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Santa Monica Municipal to Santa Ana/Orange County - John Wayne Airport Robin DR401 by Aerobask X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World 3.0

Van Nuys to Santa Monica It didn't break, so it's fine. Best to try to avoid that oscillation. LOL Robinson B22 Beta X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Quail Lake Sky Park meandering to Van Nuys. My first flight with the CASA C-101 Aviojet 1.0 by JohnBray. X-Plane 12.1.1 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Boulder City to Quail Lake Sky Park Cessna C208 Grand Caravan model by Stolcraft X-Plane 12.1.0 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Grand Canyon West to Boulder City X-Plane 12.1.0 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Not really an aircraft I ever thought much about until watching YouTubers JR Aviation and ChloeMichelle1987 with their actual Piper Cherokee aircraft. Decided a little tour of the Grand Canyon was the thing to try out Luigee's Piper Cherokee 140 model on. A pretty efficient, well made freeware model, imo. Although setup well for VOR navigation, one suggestion, a second acf model with a Garmin 430/530 in the panel might make it more enticing to others to try out, just given that many real Cherokees have been upgraded in that way. X-Plane 12.1.0 | AuthoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Telluride to Grand Canyon National In this continuing series of condensed down 60-90 minute flights... Started out at FL280. Dropped to FL220 to go under that turbulent cloud along the way. Maybe the flare was a tad early, but oh well, was also a few knots faster than I wanted to be at. That's probably what I deserve for not doing a few practice landings before doing a cross country in an aircraft model that I haven't simmed in a little while. lol X-Plane 12.1.0 | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World | Butterflies - Tony Anderson

Given Telluride is near True Grit South, and I haven't simulated that airport since version 10, it seemed worth checking out how it looks in version 12. X-Plane 12.1.0 beta | AutoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

Haven't practiced that since X-Plane 10. Every round I was catching the first cable, a bit low like that. Would be easier to practice that if it didn't spawn this aircraft in a near stall at the 3nm out spawn point. I barely get it stabilized well before I'm to the carrier. Also, again, 3nm often seems too little for practicing approaches, and 10nm is sometimes too long. A choice in between those would be fantastic to add as a third menu option.

Los Alamos to True Grit South. My conclusion about the AutoOrtho source choices; I recommend BI (Bing) in AuthoOrtho if you have 8GB or more VRAM, Firefly if 4-6GB. Firefly does best with my RTX 3050 Ti card. If limited on VRAM, or maybe even if not, The XGrinder tool conveniently converts 4K aircraft textures to dds format which I believe is better than png within X-Plane. It can scale them down to 2K, which will help AutoOrtho out with more room for the ortho textures. Various modelers use png or have a mix of the two, but dds is supposed to be more efficient. Far easier than trying to export it in dds with exactly the right settings with Photoshop or GIMP, imo. LOL https://developer.x-plane.com/tools/xptools/ X-Plane 12.1.0 beta | AuthoOrtho 0.7.2 | SimHeaven X-World

CO95 True Grit South Pilatus PC-24 Given the 9,580 foot altitude of this 3,821 foot long uneven runway, it seemed sensible to test how doable this even is as a place to fly to in this aircraft. But oh my, isn't that a fun 3nm spawn point way too high over Last Dollar Mountain? I figured it would be, but that so worked out so dangerously beautiful on the first try. Don't y'all be trying such craziness for real, a turn to a short final over lower terrain is the way to land there, if in that direction. LOL X-Plane 12.1.0 | AutoOrtho | SimHeaven | Neverland - ScoreHero

Roswell to Los Alamos at FL220 with the EOX imagery option in AutoOrtho 0.7.2, instead of BI. Out of the choices, the USGS option is the one that never seems to able to connect to that server system. The X-World vegetation seems to have a few conflicts with the tarmac surfaces at Roswell airport, which I don't quite understand given the X-World vegetation is only above the 3 AutoOrtho lines in the ini, everything else is above it. Also, over El Paso the cloud shadows upon the landscape had some edge flicker. I haven't noticed much of that happen anywhere for a while now, not like what happened at that particular moment. Overall, I'm quite impressed with the cloud system, but something about that particular part might need a little more adjustment. X-Plane 12.1.0 | SimHeaven X-World