MiGMan’s Flight Sim Museum

MiGMan’s Flight Sim Museum

Australia

AboutExplore the enormous open cut coal mine, Mount Thorley Warkworth Mine, near Singleton in the Newcastle & Hunter region of N.S.W..
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Published:2022Last edit:Nov 15, 2023
Armidale
AboutArmidale is the Northern Tablelands administrative centre, about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane and also home to the University of New England.
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Published:2023Last edit:Apr 8, 2023
AboutSydney is the de facto capital of Australia, containing as it does, the most iconic architecture, beaches, harbours and people.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 15, 2023
Australia World Update Trailer
AboutMicrosoft official trailer for their free scenery upgrade to Australia.
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Published:2022Last edit:Jan 31, 2022
AboutClick on the title to see an example of the type of content that is in MiGMan’s World Tour.
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AboutBotany Bay is where Captain James Cook first stepped ashore from HMS Endeavour on April 29th 1770. Initially thinking this to be a suitable site for the 1st settlement, he changed his mind upon sailing 10 miles north to the mouth of what became Sydney Harbour.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds flight_takeoffYSSY Kingsford Smith
Published:2022Last edit:Dec 15, 2022
Bourke YBKE
AboutBack o' Bourke: is an expression allegedly minted by poet Henry Lawson, and refers to Bourke's place at the edge of civilisation. Bourke is at the western edge of the agricultural regions of New South Wales and is a gateway to the vast and arid Australian outback.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Far West flight_takeoffYBKE Bourke
Published:2023
Brewarrina YBRW
AboutBrewarrina is an aboriginal term for the native gooseberry. In the 1860s Brewarrina was a busy port for shipping wool to Adelaide (captial of South Australia). It's quite the feat of imagination these days to picture river boats making the long journey along the meandering path of the Darling River!
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Far West flight_takeoffYBRW Brewarrina
Published:2023
AboutCamden Airport is bordered on three sides by the Nepean River and is the Boy Scouts air activity base. I have seen everything there from gliders to L-39 Fighter Jets!
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Published:2022Last edit:Dec 1, 2022
About Click on the title to see an example of the type of content that is in MiGMan’s World Tour.
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Published:2022Last edit:Jan 24, 2022
AboutClick on the title to see an example of the type of content that is in MiGMan’s World Tour.
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Published:2023
Cobar YCBA
AboutLocated in the far NW of N.S.W. at the intersection of Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway, Cobar's main activity is mining. One of the oldest, Peak Gold Mine was opened in 1896, and the CSA Mine is one of Australia's highest grade copper mines.
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Published:2023
Collarenebri, N.S.W. | Far West, Australia
AboutExplore the vast irrigation bores, reservoirs and ditches around Collarenebri, and fly over Moomin Gin.
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Published:2023
Flying the Australia 1 missions
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Published:2022
AboutForster and Tuncurry guard the entrance to a complex series of lakes. The three main lakes to the south are Wallis Lake. Smith's Lake and Myall Lake.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Newcastle & Hunter flight_takeoffYFST Forster
Published:2023Last edit:Nov 15, 2023
AboutGabo Island Lighthouse and Gabo Island Airport YGBO are just south of Cape Howe on the border with N.S.W. and Victoria.
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Grafton
AboutFlights from "'Australia 2" in MiGMan’s World Tour.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 2 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | North Coast flight_takeoffYGFN Grafton tagCase Study
Published:2023Last edit:Apr 6, 2023
AboutClick on the title to see an example of the type of content that is in MiGMan’s World Tour.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 2 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | North Coast flight_takeoffYGFN Grafton tagCoastal flights
Published:2023
Inverell
AboutSitting astride the Macintyre River, Inverell has been a source of diamonds and sapphires from the mid 19v onwards. Nowadays the main activities are tourism and a variety of crop cultivation.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 2 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | New England North West flight_takeoffYIVL Inverell
Published:2023Last edit:Apr 8, 2023
AboutUntil 65 million years ago Australia was 1/4 covered by a vast inland sea. At Louth we get our first sightings of the rolling and worn mountain ranges which permeate the largely flat former seabed.
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Merimbula YMER
AboutVisit the most southern town in NSW and stray a few miles over the Victoran border to Mallacoota. You should have no problems as Victoria is mostly a friendly state.
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Published:2023Last edit:Sep 8, 2023
AboutRare images of MiGMan’s base of operations.
Australia   Australia location_cityMiG Island
Published:2020Last edit:May 27, 2021
N.S.W. | Newcastle & Hunter
AboutFlights from "'Australia 1" in MiGMan’s World Tour.
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Published:2022Last edit:Dec 17, 2022
AboutWith the skyline dominated by Dromedary Mountain to the south, Narooma and surrounds are an idyllic combination of sandy beaches, lakes and mild weather.
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Nowra Military YSNW, Ulladulla, Sussex Inlet, Jervis Bay Military YJBY and Shoalhaven Heads, Australia
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds flight_takeoffYSNW Nowra Military
Published:2023Last edit:Sep 23, 2023
AboutAustralia has been said to ride on the sheep's back, and when you see the Big Merino at Goulburn you will understand why! The locals call it 'Rambo', after an award winning ram from the Bullamallita stud. There is a multi-level gift shop inside Rambo and at night it's eyes cast an eerie green gaze over Goulburn. Nobody knows why.
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AboutVisit the Siding Spring Observatory complex set in the rugged Warrumbungle Mountains near Coonabarabran.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 2 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Central West & Orana flight_takeoffYCBB Coonabarabran tagObservatory
Published:2023
Sydney & Surrounds
AboutFlights from "Australia 1" in MiGMan’s World Tour.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds tagCase Study
Published:2022Last edit:Dec 14, 2022
AboutThese images use the ORBX Sydney scenery plus other addons. The first and most obvious difference is the presence of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds flight_takeoffYSBK Bankstown tagCoastal flights
Published:2022Last edit:Jan 26, 2022
Tamworth
AboutTamworth YSTW is one of the few airports in the New England region with a control tower amd two parallel runways.
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Published:2023Last edit:Apr 8, 2023
AboutOne of Australia's most iconic locations, in the Blue Mountains on the western border of Sydney.
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Published:2022
AboutOne of Australia's most iconic locations, in the Blue Mountains on the western border of Sydney.
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Published:2022Last edit:Dec 13, 2022
AboutLocated at the base of the Blue Mountains on Sydney's western border, the Warragamba Dam is one of Sydney's main water suppiles as well as being a popular recreational area.
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Published:2022
AboutThe Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) has an extensive collection of military and civil aircraft which includes John Travolta's Boeing 707 and a MiG-21.
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 1 Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds flight_takeoffYSHL Shellharbour
Published:2022Last edit:Dec 2, 2022
AboutPrepar3D v.5 running &ORBX Cityscape Canberra for FSX and Prepar3D& - Oct 5th, 2020 | 250101: Moved the article to it’s own exhibit.
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Published:2020Last edit:Jan 1, 2025
MiGMan flies onto Television: ABC TV's Good Game, 2006
AboutMiGMan gave a Flight Sim Masterclass on the November 14, 2006 episode of Good Game which is presented by ABC - Australia's National Broadcaster.
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Published:2006Last edit:Mar 15, 2021
AboutBowral, Berrima and Mittagong are at the junction of greater Sydney and the Southern Tablelands. The area is a favourite weekend destination for Sydney-siders with it's charming manors, wineries, antique shops and tulip gardens.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 14, 2023
AboutBowral, Berrima and Mittagong are at the junction of greater Sydney and the Southern Tablelands. The area is a favourite weekend destination for Sydney-siders with it's charming manors, wineries, antique shops and tulip gardens.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 14, 2023
F 4 Phantom and Coolangatta scenery added to MSFS 2004
AboutDemonstrating just two of the many thousands of free 3rd party add-ons available for the Microsoft flight sims.
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Published:2004
Sydney at night in a Vought Corsair
AboutBreaking every rule in the book I fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, through a football stadium, and frighten the diners 60 floors up in Centrepoint Tower's revolving restaurant! Oh, and it's at night in a Vought Corsair, which Microsoft thoughtfully provided for us in every copy of Flight Sim 2004.
And then I land at Sydney International Airport... probably in the wrong direction...
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Published:2004
AboutLike most (all?) folks, my first flight in MSFS 2020 just had to be to my childhood home.
airline_seat_recline_extraMSFS 2020 Australia   Australia flight_takeoffYSSY Kingsford Smith personMiGMan tagReview tagGallery
Published:2020Last edit:Jun 21, 2021
AboutIn my first caching experiment I cached the Williamtown RAAF base near Newcastle. That only used 45mb of space, so this time I set my sights higher. Or broader.
airline_seat_recline_extraMSFS 2020 Australia   Australia personMiGMan tagConfiguration
Last edit:Oct 22, 2020
AboutLocated in the far NW of N.S.W. at the intersection of Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway, Cobar's main activity is mining. One of the oldest, Peak Gold Mine was opened in 1896, and the CSA Mine is one of Australia's highest grade copper mines.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 15, 2023
AboutExplore the vast irrigation bores, reservoirs and ditches around Collarenebri, and fly over Moomin Gin. In 1962 a small group of pioneering cotton growers formed a cooperative at Wee Waa and processed 98 bales of cotton in the first year. Today Namoi Cotton processes up to 84,000 bales per week at it's 11 facilities. In 1794 the first cotton gin patent was granted in the USA to Eli Whitney. Today at Moomin Cotton Gin the process of separating cotton lint from it's seeds with the descendants of Whitney's invention.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 15, 2023
AboutThredbo, Perisher and Mt Kosciusko mission. Thredbo and Perisher are two of Australia's most popular ski destinations. While not the most dramatic peak, at 7,310 feet Mt Kosciusko is nonetheless Australia's tallest. RAAF 20 years livery by Impulse Simulations
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 14, 2023
AboutThredbo, Perisher and Mt Kosciusko mission. Thredbo and Perisher are two of Australia's most popular ski destinations. While not the most dramatic peak, at 7,310 feet Mt Kosciusko is nonetheless Australia's tallest. RAAF 20 years livery by Impulse Simulations
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 14, 2023
AboutThe Jacaranda capital of Australia, Grafton lays astride the Clarence river and features Edwardian and Victorian architecture. Fly east of Grafton to the coast and then north to the coastal towns of Wooli, Minnie Water, Sandon, Brooms Head, Angourie Point and Yamba. Then return to Grafton via the Clarence River.
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Published:2023Last edit:Nov 14, 2023
Incredible Sunrise
AboutUnbelievable atmospherics and lightinng from Asobo's engine make this Canberra sunrise jaw-dropping!
airline_seat_recline_extraOrbiter Australia   Australia tagScenery tagEnvironment
Published:2021Last edit:Mar 16, 2021
AboutAcquired this in December 2022 and I am really enjoying it. The virtual cockpit scales nicely with my physical cockpit and it gives a really most immersive "you are there" feeling to the whole experience.
airline_seat_recline_extraPilatus PC-21 (Deimos Inc.) Australia   Australia location_cityN.S.W. | Sydney & Surrounds flight_takeoffYSRI RAAF Base Richmond local_airportPilatus PC-21 precision_manufacturingDeimos tagObject Model
Published:2022Last edit:Dec 13, 2022
AboutPhotos I took of an F-111 cockpit on display at Darling Harbour in the early 1990’s.
Australia   Australia local_airportGeneral Dynamics F-111 Aardvark military_techRAAF tagCockpit
Published:1998Last edit:Aug 16, 2024
AboutIn 1995 MiGMan and PC paid a visit to Amberley, a RAAF base in sunny Queensland, Australia. as guests of No.1 Squadron. Australia is the only country in the world operating the F-111, the Americans called it the "Aardvark", or "Vark"... the Aussies call it the "Pig". Aardvaark is Afrikaans for "Earth Pig"
Australia   Australia flight_takeoffYAMB RAAF Base Amberley local_airportGeneral Dynamics F-111 Aardvark military_techRAAF personMiGMan
Published:1995Last edit:Jul 14, 2023
AboutWhat is it about? | Timeline | Data | Resources
Australia   Australia military_techRAAF personMiGMan tagHistory
Published:2006Last edit:Aug 5, 2022
AboutTable based comparison of the F-111 Aardvark, and it’s proposed replacement, the F-35 JSF.
Australia   Australia local_airportLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II military_techRAAF personMiGMan
Published:2006Last edit:Aug 5, 2022
AboutPeter Inglis’ submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority, 2006
Australia   Australia military_techRAAF personMiGMan
Published:2006Last edit:Aug 5, 2022
AboutIn 1994 I was lucky enough to witness the first flight of a MiG-21 in Australia!
Australia   Australia flight_takeoffYSSY Kingsford Smith local_airportMikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed personMiGMan
Published:1994Last edit:Jul 22, 2022
Douglas DC-3 flight over Sydney, Australia, 2006
AboutOn an unusually grey Sydney afternoon in October 2006 MiGMan was a guest of Microsoft at the launch of their new flagship product - Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
The creme-de-la-creme of Australia's gaming journalists gathered at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, and embarked on a champagne flight over Sydney Harbour in a C-47, the military transport version of the Douglas DC-3.
Australia   Australia flight_takeoffYSSY Kingsford Smith local_airport precision_manufacturingMicrosoft personMiGMan tagIRL tagMiGMan’s Combat Diary
Published:2006
F-111 Dump and burn during the Sydney Olympics
AboutAfter getting special permission from a nervous civil aviation authority an RAAF F-111 was granted permission to fly at under 500 feet altitude - practically IN the stadium during the closing ceremony. As it passed over the flame the pilot engaged afterburner and then dumped fuel, resulting in the trademark 100 foot plus trail of fire - as if a chariot of the gods had picked up the flame on the way to Greece.
As it flew 14 kilometres towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge it was accompanied by a sea of flame as the Parramatta River seemed to explode, with fireworks every 500 metres.
Australia   Australia local_airportGeneral Dynamics F-111 Aardvark military_techRAAF tagIRL tagAir Show
Published:2000
First Australian Flight Sim Expo 2004
AboutMiGMan was keynote speaker at Australia's first ever Flight Sim Expo, held in the old Ansett terminal at Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney.
Australia   Australia flight_takeoffYSSY Kingsford Smith precision_manufacturingMiGMan’s Flight Sim Museum personMiGMan tagPress tagFlight Sim Expos
Published:2004Last edit:Jan 1, 2004
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