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WELCOME TO THE HOME OF FLYING ADVENTURES & PRODUCT REVIEWS
Check out my current VAP AIR Fleet in the video above.   Click the Video to PAUSE it.   Click the SOUND Button at the bottom left of the clips to TOGGLE the Sound ON or OFF. 
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       WELCOME TO VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT

                                               LATEST NEWS - SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2023 - 11:45 Zulu ...



LATEST NEWS . . .

IN THE UK - DID YOU PUT YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD ONTO BRITISH SUMMER TIME ? . . . .

WORLD UPDATE 13 ANNOUNCED - OCEANIA, PACIFIC ISLANDS AND MORE . . . .
Asobo/Microsoft have let slip the content of World Update 13.   This will feature over 8 million square miles of the Pacific with 13 islands including Fiji, Tonga, Indonesia and the Solomon islands to name only a few.   Currently under development by the Team at ORBX, this will also include Antarctica.  


INIBUILDS RELEASES CHIOS AIRPORT (LGHI) FOR MSFS . . . .
The latest from the Team at IniBuilds, Chios Airport, sometimes known as Omiros, located on the Greek island of Chios.   This small airport has been nicely done with the usual attention to fine detail.   Look out for the video review in due course. 


REALWORLD SCENERY RELEASES FAIRBANKS, ALASKA FOR MSFS . . . .
Well known developer Realworld Scenery has released the airport of Fairbanks in Alaska for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.   Featuring internal development of the Terminal and a fully usable Lake available for water departures, this looks to be another really cool scenery.

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Coming next week, 27th March . . .

BOLOGNA AIRPORT, ITALY (LIPE) - A VIDEO REVIEW
 
Thanks go to Pieter at CAELUS AERIAL for sending me a copy of his
new product BOLOGNA AIRPORT in ITALY.   It's another nicely done
airport with good detail and some nice animations including the Aero
Train and an internally develo
ped Terminal.   You can get a preview in
one of my Adventure videos HERE where I landed there recently on a 
flight for one of my virtual airlines.   Or join me for the full review this
week . . .

 
 
 






RHODES AIRPORT BY JUSTSIM V3.0 - A VIDEO REVIEW

The current scenery of Rhodes by developer JUSTSIM has been updated to
a new version 3.   A brand new project created from scratc
h, this offering
features 3D modelling, detailed textures and the airport and surrounding
area well matched to the real world.   We drop into this popular vacation
spot to check it out . . .







NEW VIDEOS TO COME . . . .
 
In the week beginning 03 April, we will look at the new version of GARDEMOEN Airport (ENGM) in Norway by ORBX and we'll also check out the new scenery of CHIOS Island Airport (LGHI) from INIBUILDS.   All to come . . .
 
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  I was asked recently during a live flight, about the use of the flight code VAP for my private airline and so I decided to post an ORIGIN page to
  show the research I did to enable me to use this code from the now defunct South American airline that previously used it.    So check out the 
  new 
ORIGIN OF VAP AIR page!       

   Future Developments . . . 

  More Reviews still to come !   
   
  Yes, watch for more reviews and Adventure Flights to come in due course.   Also . . . .
 

  I now have a page on
Facebook  and a new page on Instagram both dedicated to my channel.   Check them out here -       

   
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thevirtualairlinepilot   
  Instagram - thevirtualairlinepilot


    Check out my YouTube Channel  -  VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT - for all my latest videos!   I try to release at least one video each
  week, but mostly it's two or more !


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  WELL, WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT THEN . . . . . . ?

 

Hello and welcome to my site.   I have been a home Desktop Virtual Pilot for over

30 years.   Whilst I was once a former beta tester for Microsoft UK, way back in the

day and have been involved with flying full size, home built Flight Simulators as

part of a Team of Virtual Pilots raising money for charity, I now fly airliners across

the world for a small group of Virtual Airlines with dedicated volunteers.   You will

find them listed on my ABOUT ME page.   I have over 14,000 virtual flying hours

and these days, I am getting into video capture and editing.   Flight Simulation lends

itself really well to this kind of thing and so, by way of these pages, I would like to try

and show you what goes on in the virtual flying world and give you a flavour of the Aircraft, the Pilots, the Scenery available for the main Simulation Platforms and to discuss bits and pieces in a regular blog.   As the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 product has now been released, I will also be exploring this new Simulation developed by Asobo Studios and led by the Microsoft Team who created the source of our obsession in the first place!!    This site is a work in progress so please bear with me as I build the site and add content.   Thank you for visiting ....

VAP AIR - My Virtual Airline
Scenery Highlights & Reviews
Hi There!
 ALL ABOUT VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT . . . .

VirtualAirlinePilot  is a new project to build a Brand and a Private Virtual Airline.   I will  be show-casing video content, Adventure Flights and Reviews about new and current products for Flight Simulator 2020.   I have purchased the Premium Edition  of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and so will be examining and evaluating this product and other related topics that both you and I find interesting too.   As I get used to using my video software (Vegas Movie Studio 18), I will be producing product reviews and flying videos as often as I can.   These videos will feature scenery products, as well as adventure flights featuring some of my more interesting landings and take offs from across the virtual world for my own Airline VAP AIR and the virtual airlines that I also currently fly for.   I also have a very good friend and flying buddy, NEIL WARMAN, who got me into this video thing in the first place and with whom I fly online frequently!   Check out Neil's YouTube Channel VIRTUAL FLIGHT VIDEOS for some great videos and streams!   Videos will be available on my YouTube Channel with notifications and links to those videos posted here on my site too.   Thank you for your kind interest in my project.   Lee James (The Captain) - West Sussex UK

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 Lee James & Neil Warman
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