Where do you fly in your pit ?
So, you have this amazing home cockpit..... so where do you fly in it ?!
I fly mostly on-line and up until this week, 90%+ of my flying in in Europe, usually embarking from the UK.
I don't know whether it's ATC familiarity that leads this 'close to home' approach to flying but one thing I did notice is that, generally, the default FS2004 textures for Europe are quite poor.
So, last night, completely out of the normal, I flew from Casblanca, Morocco, to Tunisia, on VATSIM.
Ok, so ATC coverage was minimal to say the least but actually this flight was a real eye opener.... I realized that the default FS2004 textures for North Africa / Sahara are really, really good! (far better than most of Europe). It is also nice flying into some cities that you've never heard of and that you know little about. (I'm not referring to Tunis, but there are many great airports in Africa to fly into).
You have some unique challenges such as few VORs (mainly NDBs but in some areas none of those either!)... and you generally have great visibility for your approaches (I mean in terms of the terrain, not the weather).
I will be flying in Africa a lot more from now on!
:D