POI (Point of Interest)

Visitng other airports on your flight gives you the opportunity to practice touch and go's. Sometimes I'll land at one of these airports to soak up the local colour and have a cuppa. Also, if the weather closes in or you have an in-flight emergency it's good to have alternate landings available.

Check out culturally significant and historical monuments, palaces, castles and museums.

Coastal flights are great way to relax. Keep the blue on your left, or on your right and enjoy the ride.

Dam spotting, or Dam Busting if you're that way inclined. Dams are also great places for a picnic in your amphibious aircraft.

Climb the tallest mountains in the comfy seat of your aircraft.

Experience the excitement of low level canyon tuns, a.k.a. Star Wars and Top Gun: Maverick

Visit Volcanos in comfort and safety. And you get the best camera angles too!

Cities and points of interest.

Satellite communication station and part of the NASA's Deep Space Network.

Australia 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.

One of Australia's most iconic locations, in the Blue Mountains on the western border of Sydney.

One of Australia's most iconic locations, in the Blue Mountains on the western border of Sydney.

Located 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.

Petronas Towers are twin skyscrapers 88 stories high in the heart of Kuiala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.

Probably the most iconic spot in Slovenia is Lake Bled, featuring the Assumption of Maria church and Bled Castle.

Probably the most iconic spot in Slovenia is Lake Bled, featuring the Assumption of Maria church and Bled Castle.

Visit two iconic castles on the Sava River.

Gorizia Castle is just to the west of the border with Slovenia, overlooking mountain passes to the north and the west.

Follow roads and rivers along the western border with Italy.

This location is featured in the "Gorizia and Predjama Castles" mission from Slovenia 1.

This location is featured in the "Gorizia and Predjama Castles" mission from Slovenia 1.

Brdo Castle is northwest of Ljubljana and an important venue for diplomatic and government events.

Follow the border with Croatia on the Cabranka River from Brod na Kupi to Kostel Castle. Return to Ljubljana north along the 106 motorway.

Fly to the most iconic scene in Slovenia and explore the valleys to the west of Ljubljana airport.

Velika Planina is a plateau with high elevation pastures and more than 140 shepherd's huts, and popular ski resorts.

" ... the largest war memorial in Italy and one of the largest in the world, housing the remains of 100,187 Italian soldiers killed between 1915 and 1917 in the eleven battles fought on the Karst and Isonzo front. Italy's fallen in World War I are commemorated at Redipuglia on 4 November of every year, by the President of the Italian Senate." - Wikipedia

Fortification dating back to A.D. 490.

14c.fortification located in the village of Duino on the cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Trieste. - Wikipedia

Principal church in the town of Aquileia, built in the 11c.

"25-metre tall monument and observation tower, harbouring precious treasures of history and art. This magnificent architecture is located at the heart of the natural amphitheatre, offering splendid views of all four points of the compass, namely of the Adriatic Sea, the Friuli Plains, the Julian Alps and the Vipava Valley."

Two large bridges over the Soca river near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.

19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste, Italy and close to the western border of Slovenia.

19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste, Italy and close to the western border of Slovenia.

This memorial to Italian soldiers who fell in World War I was built by the Italian state in 1938. It is on the site of the chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua (completed 1696).

Sundsvallbron is the fourth longest bridge in Sweden at 2,109 m (6,919 ft).

The High Coast Bridge crosses the Angermanalven River. It is located about 5 nm south of the older Sandö Bridge and about 15 nm south of Solleftea Airport.

Three famous railway bridges near Nyaker. These bridges cross the Ore River at Slatforsen.

Gavle is the 13th largest city in Sweden. Popn. 74,900.

"Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen, is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden. Wikipedia"

Built in 1958 and one of the largest stadiums in Sweden.

Second largest city in Sweden and an important seaport.

A 747 Jumbo Jet has been converted into accomodation next to Stockholm Arlanda airport and Microsoft Flight Sim has modelled it in great detail.

The medieval Lacko Castle is on Lake Vanern, the largest lake in Sweden.

Flying a mission from "Slovenia 1".

The Cotton 'gin' (from Engine) separates the cotton lint from it's seeds. In 1794 the first cotton gin patent was granted in the USA to Eli Whitney.