I agree, this can be frustrating.
But maybe consider this may be a way to improve your instrument flying skills.
Should the GS fail while on the approach, you would continue to use distance indication via DME, but must determine your own decent rate (using the decent chart and profile GL angle) and try to hit the altitudes on the approach chart profile.
Wonderful shots! Having said that, I noticed none of the fabled Boeing 727. Perhaps it's not available with or without the staircase in the back that could be opened in flight!😮
It's still hot here! Won't someone try the cool off flight to Austria? I flew it myself yesterday but for some reason I can't post my screen shots. Otherwise I already would have. However I believe anyone who makes the flight will enjoy it. And I hope you'll post shots as well!
Michael
One problem that I was having running FSX on Windows 11 is that it would sometimes crash just as soon as a flight was loaded.
What I eventually discovered is that, if previously used, the Windows Edge browser would leave multiple occurrences running in the background even after Edge was closed. When that happened, there was apparently some memory space conflict with FSX that would cause the crash.
Now, before I make any run of FSX, I run the Task Manager and end any occurrence of Edge running.
No more FSX crashes!
As Sirrus says, the very last Supermarine prop powered aircraft was an amphibian, the Seagull from 1948.
For its time it was very hi-tech, having contra-props driven by a Griffon 29, so it was almost as powerful as a Spitfire PRXIX, and had variable incidence wings even! They only built two of them as the advent of the helicopter rendered the concept of a fixed wing SAR aircraft obsolete.
I've been hoping that someone would do one for FS, but sadly it's yet to happen.
I beg to differ. R.J. Mitchell himself designed the Supermarine Commercial Amphibian which led to the Supermarine Seal II.
Supermarine also designed the Walrus, the Sea Otter and the Seagull, all as amphibians.
Supermarine Walrus models are available for FSX and FS2004 as is the Supermarine Sea Otter.
I'm with you on that big time, I tested so many planes recently. The one thing that drives me nuts, is when big studios take the time to make killer jets that look, fly well, have fully functioning cockpits, but DOESNT HAVE A GLIDE SLOPE!!!! So frustrating. I downloaded the F15 mission pack with Afghanistan airbases that are pitch black dark.
This is the 1st update that went sideways for me so I had to reinstall MSFS . I don't know what went wrong but I am reinstalling it right now. All the other updates were a piece of cake.
I checked the map after Kit's comment about going East to get to the Pacific along the Canal. Now it makes more sense.
My default go to is to always try and fly a Spitfire or some reasonable variant, so I checked in the hangar and found this beauty.
Unfortunately Supermarine never made a true Amphibian, and besides there is no room for Max in this aircraft. In reality, five Spitfire float planes were produced during the war. Models used to test the concept were the Mk I, Mk Vb, and the Mk IX. None of them were used operationally as it turned out.
So I will have to decide on a different aircraft for this mission. Should be able to give the flight a try tomorrow.