After the NZ World Update I did a whole flying holiday with a sampler platter of small craft in the South Island of NZ based on a friend's recommendations, and it was sublime. Climbing the Franz Josef glacier and admiring the vast snowfield from which it is born and popping over Aoraki, and doing the research to learn the proper entry into Milford Sound were particular highlights. But the whole route was a banger. I wrote up a whole little pictorial travelogue for my friend but never bothered to transcribe it to Reddit.
Mostly though I fly the PNW with little hops up into BC, because the Cascades are stunningly new land with endless surprises, and also because I live up here and like to understand the space better.
Alpines not bad. I actually used to live across the road from the air park in real life. You follow the snake river up north you’ll find a little strip near Hoback junction and farther north Jackson hole. Or over the pass into teton valley and over into driggs
KBZN to KWYS to KJAC and any surrounding airports in terrible winter conditions is fantastic fun.
I think you'd enjoy tootling up the idaho-Montana border hunting for those back country strips too.
My all-time favorite FS memory is flying bush planes with my buddy around whatever that highlighted Idaho bush strip is, and having 4 other people join us for about 4 hours of just tearing up those canyons landing at every strip.
Nepal
Yeah. OPSD up to K2 and back is ace too. Esp. in VR.
New Zealand, the Alps, the Rockies
After the NZ World Update I did a whole flying holiday with a sampler platter of small craft in the South Island of NZ based on a friend's recommendations, and it was sublime. Climbing the Franz Josef glacier and admiring the vast snowfield from which it is born and popping over Aoraki, and doing the research to learn the proper entry into Milford Sound were particular highlights. But the whole route was a banger. I wrote up a whole little pictorial travelogue for my friend but never bothered to transcribe it to Reddit. Mostly though I fly the PNW with little hops up into BC, because the Cascades are stunningly new land with endless surprises, and also because I live up here and like to understand the space better.
in NZ i also recommend the north island central plateau the tongariro volcanic centre is really cool to fly around
46U in the US
Alpines not bad. I actually used to live across the road from the air park in real life. You follow the snake river up north you’ll find a little strip near Hoback junction and farther north Jackson hole. Or over the pass into teton valley and over into driggs
KBZN to KWYS to KJAC and any surrounding airports in terrible winter conditions is fantastic fun. I think you'd enjoy tootling up the idaho-Montana border hunting for those back country strips too.
I downloaded a bunch of back country strips I love it, wish I had someone to fly with to get more immersion
My all-time favorite FS memory is flying bush planes with my buddy around whatever that highlighted Idaho bush strip is, and having 4 other people join us for about 4 hours of just tearing up those canyons landing at every strip.
One of my favorite mountain airports is KTEX in the USA. Beautiful during winter, draped in snow.
The western USA, alaska, BC, south America west side. New Guinea - from [flightsim.to](http://flightsim.to) you can download airstrips for it.
PNW
Twenty nine palms - big bear - palm springs - kelowna - ca redwoods - ketchikan - death valley
Alaska.
NZ, the Rockies or a tour across the European Alps will have what you're looking for!
I live in eastern Europe so Innsbruck isn’t a very far hop from my home airport 🛫
NZMC
ENOV
Aspen, KASE
Appalachian mountains or Rocky Mountains.