Been flying from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas in the Bücker but was having a blast around the canyon flying over the high ground, chopping throttle, and diving over the canyon edge and down to the Colorado River flying close to the cliff and curving through the cuts. In VR it’s a stomach lifting trip and the Grand Canyon is some stunning scenery with lots of depth. Just some very gorgeous scenery in America's southwest.
Hey VR pilots - Grand Canyon for Thrills
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It certainly is. I made that run in both the Corsair, and the F/A-18 Hornet. I think the Hornet video was the more popular of the two. I had to put a disclaimer on that one that it may cause nausea in viewers.
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Indeed! The Grand Canyon is stunning in VR. It was the first thing I did when I bought AFS2 a few weeks ago. I wanted to see how close it was to the real thing and I was blown away. Last year, my wife, son and I took a vacation to Arizona and I told her that we couldn't go back home without a trip to the Canyon. I said, an aerial view would be a once in a lifetime experience. One that we would never forget.
Hesitantly, she agreed to a helicopter flight. So we took a 40 minute tour from Grand Canyon Airport (KGCN), in an EcoStar EC130 (Eurocopter/Airbus).
From the south rim over to the north rim, with spectacular views all around! We were absolutely in awe of the beauty and magnificence of this natural wonder.
I would love to do it all over again, but until then I'll just continue to enjoy AFS2.
Side note:
Looking from the outside, I had no idea how roomy the EC130 was. There are three passenger seats up front and four in the back! I was sitting behind our pilot. She was great BTW.
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That's just downright majestic!!
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The real life pictures also point out something though: I really wish the AF orthos of the area had fewer jet-black shadow areas baked in.......
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The real life pictures also point out something though: I really wish the AF orthos of the area had fewer jet-black shadow areas baked in.......
I'll have to take a look at what you're referencing next time I run the sim, but there are quite a few shadow areas IRL. A few can be seen in my other photos.
I was busy snapping pictures and operating my camcorder at the same time, lol.
This was around 3pm or so local time, if I remember correctly.
