Panama City (Diamond DA40NG) - Microsoft Flight Simulator (MPEJ-MPMG)
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2020
- Panama City and Canal looks amazing! In this video we'll take off from Enrique Adolfo Jimenez (MPEJ) just north of the Panama Canal and follow the route ships take as they travel through it. We will finish up flying around Panama City before landing at Marcos A Gelabert (MPMG).
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My mom is from Panama, and my family and I travel there every year. I can say that this is pretty faithful, save for the fact that a lot of man-made landmarks have been built since this Bing map layout was created (there were two new bridges that didn't appear, those being the Centennial Bridge in the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal and the Atlantic Bridge in Colón, Panama). Additionally, the city has also become denser with more buildings (there were more buildings constructed around the JW Marriott hotel, which was that building you described as looking like something you would see in Dubai at 37:38). Fun fact: Panama actually has the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America.
The forest that you flew over to land at Marcos A Gelabert International at 42:24 is actually a national park - it's called Metropolitan National Park (occasionally, you can see the airport from there).
The mountain at 42:24 beyond and to the left of the runway is called Cerro Ancón (199m), and there is a flag at its summit that measures 15 meters long and 10 meters wide that you can see from pretty much anywhere in that area of the city.
The building at 38:16 that's shaped like a drill-bit is referred to by a couple names in Spanish: "la Tusa", which translates to " the Corncob"; and "el Tornillo", which translates to "the Screw."
The causeway you see directly ahead of you at 34:50 is called in Spanish "la Calzada de Amador" (before that, it was just called the "Causeway"). It was actually constructed using sediment dug up to construct the Canal itself (not all of the sediment dug up, of course, but some of it), and it was built to minimize waves into the canal and to link the couple of islands there. There you can find a bunch of restaurants (especially seafood restaurants), convention centers, and the Biomuseo, which is a museum focused on the natural history of Panama (it's a smallish museum, but it's packed with a LOT of information).
The road you pointed out at 35:44 that loops out into the water connects the modern city to the old city of Panama, which is called "el Casco Antiguo". Some of the landmarks there are "el Edificio de la Presidencia" ("The Presidential Building"), the Panama Canal museum, some churches and some cathedrals.
All in all, this looks pretty cool and easily identifiable as Panama, though I do agree with the comments that there are a lot of buildings that have been constructed in the past several years.
I use to travel to Panama when I was younger with family. The history and architecture there was amazing. I haven't been in nearly 15 years so I can imagine its grown even more.
Excellent overview. Regarding the lack of skyscrapers and some landmarks it's weird because here you can see the Ocean Reef Islands (in Paitilla around 37:05), you can see the second Island here was recently "formed" so this means the map data for Panama at least was taken between 2016 and 2017. The Atlantic bridge opening was last year so it makes sense it's not there but the Centennial bridge was completed in 2004. Same goes for a lot of tall buildings like the Miramar hotel and others, Panamá city is the city with more skyscrapers in Latin America so it should look packed. It is still pretty good and using Bing Maps data means it could improve.
I've seen Google Maps 3D buildings for Panama and it looks similar to this. Bigger cities have almost everything rendered in 3D, including trees, but they don't do that everywhere, mostly in the US and Europe.
@@MysticBGaming its amazing you should come!
Well, as a Panamanian I can say everything you described is correct and it's amazing that even without living here you know that much about my country! Congrats to your mom hahaha. Amazing dude. This makes me feel proud about my country :') so beautiful in every aspect.
@@derekquintero5666 Thanks, man!
The side of the canal that looked "bad" was the imagery during the time they were constructing the new channel. Bings picture needs updating.
yeah bing maps are very old atleast here in Europe. in my city i can see stuff that hasn't been there for atleast 5 years and i cant see buildings that have been built during 7-5 years. also some major airports in bing maps are very outdated.
@@rikubackman2496 Used to be Bing was much older than Google maps here in the states, but it's getting updated quickly in the US... Most Bing images are newer than Google now here. We're moving to Tennessee in a couple of weeks, and just bought a house. House is in Bing (and has 3D birdseye view too). Google doesn't even have the house... just empty grass.
Thats probably because Google appears to take a more global approach. whereas most companies that are American tend to focus on america, and do just enough outside of it to qualify as being "in the market" lmao
@@nuarius Well and that somehow makes google look a little bit better than the rest. The rest has the typical 'Murica approach, wich as we all know by now does not really pay off.
it pays off alright.
That road making a large turn into the ocean is real.
It is, and it's absolutely amazing to go around it
@@jarakal135 I'll second that!
I would say they plan on draining the bit between the road and land, then fill it in (like the Dutch do to reclaim land). probably for high value ocean front properties.
ps - thinking about it more, i have seen roads like that in Mexico (see Cancun) and other countries, they make resorts off them and only partially fill them creating a lake/lagoon.
Its called Cinta Costera (apologies if anyone else has already highlighted that.. hehe)
Waiting for these daily at this point. Help me chill before bed.
His voice with the prop sound is therapeutic lol
Never related too a youtube comment so much in my life !
SO true I admit after 10 hour work days I've fallen asleep watching these videos, not because they are boring but because they are so relaxing.
I love these videos of his for the same reason!
These vids help me wake up in the morning. Wouldn’t be able to sleep to this 😁
I'm glad they stuck in some custom buildings for Panama City, but really it looks like a shantytown compared to how dense and built up it actually is. There is so much work and opportunity for object creators available they'll never be without something to do.
You're right! the shore side of the town looks lite more than ten years ago! and only the bridge of the americas is correct. Some add-ons on P3D and FSX are more realistics regarding the canal...
FRANCOISE CABURET the bing imagery might actually be 10 years old. Bing isn’t as up to date as google in some places
@@Tuskin38 I agree, bing is using very old terrain. The amount of buildings in 2020 is like 10 times more dense. but compared to old FSX is really good.
@@Tuskin38 It's more than that, though. Even in the Bing imagery you can see many, many tall buildings that are just not rendered at all in the sim. The Azure AI is not good at creating tall buildings if the imagery isn't fantastic. The Bing imagery in Panama City is very odd and oblique, not top down.
@@francoisemichelcaburet2639 more like 20 years ago, 10 yeats ago we already had the entire waterfront covered in +20 floors buildings, I remember it so clearly when all the building in the coast were being build, it was skycrane, after skycrane. Amazing how far we got in so little time.
This sim never fails to amaze me. The scary thing is this is a preview build and its only going to get better.
I think you hyping yourself up too much.
This is as good as it's going to look without custom scenery, or updated Bing photogrammetry cities
@@Ignacio.Romero the IA is still learning how to do it actually, into only better from here. How much it's not sure, but they will absolutely fix most of the issues with terrain generation.
@@Ignacio.Romero Mthey are planning to update the world regularly, look up MFS 2020 roadmap, the first one will happen in Septermber
@Elusive Anomaly even though it's already fucking awesome!!
Canal looks like that because that’s what the aerial shot looks like on bing maps down to the ships going through the old canal. Looks like bing maps hasn’t been updated since construction on the new canal finished.
Yet another thing not updated by bing maps. Google maps is so much better, I dont know why Microsoft didn't use them
Edit: so I guess bing is owned by Microsoft which I didn't know
@@quintenzappe3412 Bing is literally Microsoft themselves... Obviously they would use their own service and this sim has also been indirectly promoting bing maps and the AI technology here also helps bing maps to improve
@Xero is bing owned by Microsoft?
@@quintenzappe3412 you know, Bing and the data / search engine behind is owned by Microsoft.
So as Windows, Office365 & Flight Simulator presented here.
Aaron Hall I read somewhere that MS plans to do a rescan of the world either before it releases or sometime soon after release. And remember that MSFS will automatically update as bing maps gets updated.
Panamá bridge is Called Bridge of the America’s, it connects north and to South America, you went over the Frank Gehry Museum, the Hotel that reminded you of Dubai used to be the Trump Tower, large bodies of water on the canal area where flooded intentionally to make the Canal work as it needs water to rise the ships above sea level. And the locks that have the 3 huge tubs are the new ones, but that is an old map from when they where in construction. Good video bro thanks for coming over to Panama 🇵🇦
Hermano ya quiero tener este simulador para ir a mi casa acá en panama
As a guy who lives in centro america, the only visual complain i have of this sim is the size of trees, lol, THEY HUGE!
Never thought I'd ever end up going to Panama either, but I spent 6 weeks there in 2018, doing a geophysical survey at the Corozal American Cemetery, over by the Miraflores Locks you pointed out at 33:17. (Correct, old locks to the left there, and the new to the right.) I didn't quite see the cemetery, but it's pretty hilly terrain. I might have caught a glimpse of it off to the right briefly as you turned final, but I'll have to double-check next Monday. My co-workers got to stay on the island out on that causeway you're aiming for at 35:22 (I was in a little bungalow on the mainland 2 miles from the ocean, lol). And at about 37:58, you're aiming for one of the oldest European settlements in the Americas and the first on the Pacific coast, Panama Viejo founded roughly 1520. I pushed the GPR rig around those ruins one of our Saturdays off to help the local archaeological team. That odd tower out in front on its own that you pointed at might have been the autogen version of the old cathedral at Viejo.
I am a retired merchant mariner. Concerning vessel traffic in the canal, their is plenty as well as traffic at either end waiting to transit. Pilots board the ships for the crossing and the navigable channels are marked with red and green buoys which are lit at night. Their are dredgers working about as well to remove silt off the bottom.
I would love to see some flying over Iceland, anyone with me on that?
Absolutely ... and flying up the fjords to land at Narsarsuaq Airport in Greenland as well.
+1000 !
Yes Iceland and New Zealand the 2 most spectacular countries
yes. it's gonna be amazing
Yes!
25:55 he got the pacific and Atlantic mixed up
Just to be right. He is from England. They even mixed up left and right traffic 🤦🤪
It's the Caribbean Sea, to be precise.
You should’ve had Panama by Van Halen playing on the background
Every time he said "Panama" my mind just added the musical bridge in the background.
I have sailed through the Panama Canal four times, admittedly in days gone past when I was in the USCG, but FS2020 has captured the beauty of the canal area. From the sea wall at Colon where you enter from the Atlantic and see civilization on your port and nothing but jungle shorelines to starboard to the islands in the lake and the jumbled mass of Civilization of Panama City. While it has changed immensely since I last transited, the piers where we tied up after the last locks on the pacific side still exist and are accurate. To answer your question on ship movement in the lakes, once you enter the canal, Panama Canal Pilot boards and is responsible for ship movement u til your ship exits the last lock. The waterway is well marked and interestingly, the Pilot is totally responsible for the safety of the ship relieving the Commanding Officer of that ever present responsibility while in the canal. Thanks for the flight, great memories for a retired sailor.
“It’s like you are a VIP” (except for transit vans. Cannot trust transit vans...)
Sorry that was me , was trying to deliver a steak and cheese pie for one of the pilots.
Its really nice but missing like 80% of the towers in the skyline but i was expecting worse since aerial pics are not in best quality
Yes. I’m agree with you ..I’m expecting more !!!
Typical... they have got trump tower in 😏
@@lewishammett4534 hell Yea!
Thank you for the video, as I live in Panama city, I was looking forward to see how it would look in Microsoft flight simulator 2020. The city doesn't look at all like the real Panama city, but the bridge is there, I can see Amador causeway looking OK, but the city in mfs is really far from the actual city. The actual city is full of skyscrapers almost everywhere. Here it is not even close to it, with almost no skyscrapers. No tall buildings in Costa del Este, while there are only tall buildings there in real. For the road at 35:45, it actually is like that, it is a kind of highway to go around Casco Viejo as the traffic there is insane. I thought it would have looked better. The city looks very bad, but outside Panama city, it looks quite good, almost like in real life.
Yeah, it's like the Azure AI is utterly incapable of generating taller buildings.
It's nice to see them put in some custom assets for some of the towers, but I'm a little bit disappointed by how the AI-generation completely failed to identify and recreate the dense clusters of skyscrapers that exist there in real life. I know not everywhere in the world can be perfect, but here is an area that clearly needs a LOT more work.
Yea it does not help either that the satelite pictures from bing maps are very old (older than 2016). That explains the canal and other new builds since then. But also yes it is sad how the city looks compared to IRL
Que xopa, no es por nada pero me gusto, espero mejoras en el lanzamiento
@@konga382 agree. It's pretty badly done. The defects of this release are starting to be exposed.
GA is going to be amazing with this game! I can’t wait!!!
THANK YOU for this video. Finally someone that cares about my beautiful city and shows what I really wanted to see!!!!
These episodes are perfect for the current situation we are living in...
Btw., Dubai + some deserts would also be interesting to see! :)
Others have flown around Dubai. Search for MFS 2020 Dubai
WAITING FOR OMAN ONE
If you turn your TV off life is rather normal.
Hey Squirrel, I don't know if you know about it, but there's a country just north of scotland, in the atlantic, it's an archipelago of 18 islands, called the faroe islands, there's an airport there coded FAE, the decent/approach is incredible, and done with a320's everyday, I'd love to see you fly there from Edinborough or perhaps Oslo, not only is the approach beautiful, but also it's between mountains so makes for interesting turbulance as well, not only that, but there's scottish weather v.2 there as well :)
Microsoft has literally made my year! I’ve been waiting for scenery like this, for years!
From what ive seen so far the natural landscapes, mountains, trees, rivers etc all look jawdropping. Cities are a mixed bag but still impressive. I can live with this.
I just checked on Google Earth, the road over water actually really exists lol.
Yep. That would be the ''Cinta Costera 3''.
It's actually a really cool viaduct and you can enjoy an incredible view of the city skyline.
Doublechecking bing maps eh
@@Canalero09 Cha este juego es lo mas impresionante que he visto en años
@@becerra5872 cha x2 brother
I love it. There is a path for runners and bikes. Every time i can, i run there or in Causeway, Amador.
Hi Nutty lol, they have pre set channels to proceed through when they leave the locks due to the clearance for the draught of the ship. The canal needs continuously dredging to stop silt up situation. A cruise ship will normally go through from 6 in the morning and take about 10 hours to transit Atlantic to Pacific or v. versa. They will always take on a pilot and a Park Ranger who will provide running commentary during the transit over the ships tannoy and in passenger cabins
I went through JOTC (Jungle operation training center) in November 1993. Panama's jungle is intense. Very high trees. Triple canopy. Parts of the jungle have so much vegetation that it's very dark on a sunny day. Great time there with lots of scuba diving too.
i love how you are still making videos for this game and each video you are still impressed with the visuals. I cannot wait to get my hands on it
I am Panamanian and more than half of the buildings are missing. I wonder if in the future there will be addons for fs2020. Greetings from Panama
Trees are huge in the jungle specially in Panamá
Aj, Tocumen intl is missing from the SIM!!!!!!!!! HOW????
You're blue balling me here Squirrel. This is going to be the longest week wait in my life!
The terrain and the weather absolutely makes this. Cracking vid. As you said; no reason to go there but amazing to do this in a sim and feel involved.
As someone who has visited Panama, I cant believe how real this looks!
my only complaint that I have seen really is the 300ft tall trees everywhere... hehehe Maybe someone can mod those to more real trees where they need to be or maybe different types of trees?
Jump back, what's that sound
Here she comes, full blast and top down
I am completely stunned at how well the weather has been implemented in this. Just amazing!
ahhh! 👌the satisfying sound that we get when the touchdown is absolutely perfect. great flying. loved the Panama canal...
Any chance of doing a 747 flight with the ingame ATC? Any plane works but seeing a full ATC flight would be cool
the reason you weren't climbing after takeoff is because you didn't include takeoff flaps. I have over 250 hrs in the da40ng.
I have flown this plane in closed beta as well and using t/o flaps and no flaps the climb is still not great in this aircraft, Possibly performance issues similar to a320 but not a strong climber. Even at cruise, its not too close to advertised 125kn
Thank you for flying this awesome plane! And having the plane audio!
Love the way you and we are going to say things like "love to see boats come down this little bit of river" or similar things, only to remember this games map is the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!! none of us really can comprehend how big that is, especially in a game devlopers mind, it's mind boggling, then we go back to think "id love to see a ship down here" and think that this little bit of river is the tiniest spec of sand in the biggest beach known to man, the very tiniest spec!!! Time is now going even slower the close we get to release, my excitement is now in overload!
How am I possibly this early I just searched up Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 in the search bar. Never been this early ever to a video before. Is it possible that you could do a flight in Poland and explore both farmland, cities and castles and maybe some mountains? It's unrealistic to cover all the scenery in one flight in a GA aircraft but I would really like to see if at least some of Poland looks good!
I plan on visiting Poland!
@@jakieboiZ94 Yeah, if Poland looks as amazing as in real life, that would be one of the best countries to fly VFR!
@@fsadam7473 You'll see every city, town, village, barn, shed, stream, etc. What you don't see is castles, except as abstracted squared-off versions I don't think. Unless they're hand-crafted they won't look like anything but just a larger building. Nevertheless, it's absolutely magical, and guaranteed landmark object creation is going to be a major market in the beginning.
And fly over Auschwitz would be interesting.
hey squirrel! you should do a flight in south east Australia with live weather! it will be quite interesting and fun as the weather patterns can change quickly (in real life) and it would be cool to check out how FS20 will cope with it.
(like so he can see) :)
Would love to see more Australia!
the scenery is absolutely amazing
Many thanks, Paul! Things are looking so good.
So the city known as the Latin American Dubai only has like 10 buildings in the sim? My city is going to have like maybe one if Im lucky then 🤣🤣
The building he mention at 37:40 is actually the trump tower lmao also yeah, missing A LOT of skyscrapers
@@tito1049 Yep, its the former Trump Tower, now the JW Marriot if Im not mistaken. Thats also the third tallest building in all Latin America, it surprised me how short it is in the sim.
I think that is missing more building in the center of the city webhave more than 20 ir 30 biggest building en the city and the image of Panamá canal its look so old because today the New expansión has 5 year of Operations
The world map is so blurry when you zoom in. I hope they could fix it.
sadly no because it's microsoft, which means they are using Bings map and not Google maps. Some parts are very high definition, like major landmarks, big american cities, etc. The rest of the world is really less good than Google Earth.
Laura Dourire the difference is really kind of big. It is a shame. If you look to Eureka, Nunavut, Canada, they is an airport on google earth/ google map. There is nothing on bing map. I know it a place nowhere in the world, but still...
Thanks! This is definitely the plane with which I am going to check all the details of Adriatic Coast.
You landed at what used to be Albrook AFB (USAF), I used to go to the swimming pool there in the 60's, as a child. Now, AFAIK they turned the base into a shopping mall, visible to the east of the runway in the simulator, but kept the airport.
Thanks for the fond memories.
The tower is real. It's the Panama city old Trump Tower.
The road that circled is also real. It is called Cinta Costera or coastal beltway.
Flight simmers: wow this game is so amazing cannot wait
Gamers who have never done flight simming: this game looks terrible I would at least expect 8K houses!
I'm from Panama and I'm glad you did this video, now I know for sure that I'll buy the game.
Thank you for choosing a unique location to show off!
Large body of water just after the locks is Gatun Lake - There are channel markers (and lights) for navigation to get you through that part. We use to have what they call a 'Bohio" where we would go out and spend weekends fishing and watching the ships pass through. Was a great experience. - The airport you landed at was formerly known as Albrook AFB (Family was stationed there in the 70's). It's so fantastic that they even have the Thatcher Ferry Bridge modeled and not a 'default'. Wonder if my house is still there that was on the right side of the runway near where you landed. Can't wait!
Really enjoyed that, thanks. I am due to sail down it in a couple of years so had planned to check it out. Your specs are better than mine so I saw it better here than I will on mine. I love how calm and positive you are on your flights. So refreshing compared to lots of FB posts. I started watching your flights when you x-planed around parts of the U.K. Please keep it up
I live in Panama and this is amazing!!! thank you so much Squirrel !!!
Loving all the flight sim content. Keep up the great work on these videos.
1 week to go! Cannot wait. Enjoying the videos in the meantime.
Good video, thanks for doing this for us that live here in Panama!
Thanks man you literally increase my frames by 15 and made the sim look incredible by just turning off depth of field. I can even bump up other graphic settings now. Cheers
Hey, thanks for this video.
I'm far from my country and this video had made so happy
Love the pre-release content. All of your videos have been showcasing places I probably wouldn't think to check out on my own. I know in another video you asked if we would prefer ultra-wide or 16:9. I am in the 16:9 camp if you are still taking suggestions, but nevertheless, great work, keep it up.
Thank you so much for this - so great to see Panama. I love to see the places in the tropical south, all around the world; there really is some spectacular scenery in the southern hemisphere. It would be nice to see actual boats on the water going about their business (maybe a future update?) as well as translucency in the water to show corals below (the colours in waters of the tropics are stunning and I haven't really seen very much of that yet in any of these previews) Cannot wait to go exploring myself in this sim. Roll on Aug 18th!
There is one main channel across the Gatun lake. In the old days ships would rise through the locks at both ends in the morning, cross the lake in the afternoon in both directions then descend to the oceans through the locks in the evening. It may be different since the new locks were built. Pilots are in command for the whole canal transit.
What a nice flight!! I enjoy flying with you!
Al fin puedo ver mi país, el canal y aeropuertos antes de que salga el F2020. Muchas Gracias!
I am from Panama and I can confirm there are many, MANY more buildings now, the weird road you saw is indeed a real thing and the airport you landed on is not the main city airport, thats just a national-flight based airport that is next to a shopping mall.
Edit: also, the "mess" you see there is the expanded canal being constructed, that was more than 3 years ago and its well finised now.
The old locks are the ones with the vessels going through which are the the Gatun locks. They have basically electric trains called mules that attach wires to the vessels on the bow and stern. They then heave the vessels through into each lock. The new lock was obviously being constructed when the image was taken. Sure someone will clean it up in the future. The second set of locks on the Pacific side are called the Miraflores Locks. I've sailed through the Panama a few times and its so nice. The Sim has done a really good job of it. Basically before you get to the locks you board a pilot who assists the Captain in navigating the vessel through the system. Within the lakes there are buoys or channel markers and like a road the vessels stick to one side of the channel. Certain parts of the canal, the really tight/narrow parts are one way only so the pilot will speak to the other vessels heading in the opposite direction and they decide between them who has priority. I was a Deck Officer in the Merchant and I was lucky enough to do part of my steering certificate coming through the canal. Another part was going into Melbourne and I finally past going into Iran. Best instruction I ever received was by a Panama Pilot "See that ship ahead? Follow it". :-)
P.S. There's Crocodiles in there so if you survive the landing you may not survive to be rescued.
Another GREAT video. I really enjoyed that. This will be the longest week ever!!
I check my Facebook memories and then pop onto CZcams to watch the daily video from midnight, life is good!
That software just truly is a masterpiece. Simply art what they did there...
I have personally gone through the Panama Canal 4x. Believe me when I tell you the entrance and exit have hundreds of ships waiting to pass through. I will again be transversing her in Jan 2022 on our 4th World Cruise. It is spectacular each and every time.
I've done 13 transits back in the late 80's. Fascinating isnt it. The humidity is something else. But what an experience. I was a Hotel Officer onboard.
Quite an enjoyable series this :)
Cant wait for the game to release so we can see what improvements have been made.
Anyone else following the route on Google Earth while watching the video? You have to try it, this Sim is way better than anything else. Cheers from Romania!
Incredible detail. Notice the reflection of the taxi lines on the DG at 10:10 - 10:25. Must be reflecting off the canopy, and the DG.
Awesome view of the canal! I agree. They need to put some ships in there. Thanks for the flight.
The window reflections are soo good
Thank you I just love watching your flight videos thank you.
An amazing and true showcase of this next Flight Sim I'm eager to put my hands on by next August 18. Thank you very much to help me out on my decision to get this new FS 2020.
That wonky road across the sea dodging a neighbourhood is actually as real as the one out of place looking skyscraper you saw in the distance.
The few tesselation errors are due to the actual height differences on the canal system. Must be pretty hard to random generate these correctly.
To sum up: Amazing stuff going on.
I just did this route in X-Plane 11 three months ago. Its night and day different. I can't wait to get it.
I did not realize how wrong I was doing everything in flight sims over the years. I only now understand trim because of your videos. Thanks for the good work sir. Very cool area thanks for the fly over!. Great Wall of China next?! :D
We all can't wait!!
Thank you for the spec list sir!!!
I went through the Panama Canal years ago on a Royal Navy ship, it was absolutely spectacular! I will definately try this area out in the new sim :)
Awesome flight !
The graphics are amazing, it looks real, this is how real panama looks like.👍🏻
very good landing and glide slope
I lived in Panama City from 2015 to 2018, and I'm truly amazed by this.
Of course it lacks a LOT of buildings, but compared to what I've had in XPlane, it's years ahead.
35:44, yeah it's a road, called Cinta Costera. 37:40, it's a hotel (former Trump Tower). 37:52, it's correct, but it's not just one building, it's a whole neighbourhood of high rises.
BTW, the usual approach to MPMG is from the sea on 01(there's no instrument approach to 19, in fact).
Nice video, thanks a lot!
Fun fact, the hotel now is called JW Marriot and before that it was called bahia grand Panamá, there was a dispute with trump and the other commercial partners and i think he sold his shares or something like that.
I'd love to see Alice Springs to Uluru! That'd be so cool seeing the red outback.
Hi squirrel, i live in Panama. The road you see at 36:00 looping around its called the Cinta Costera 3, its a highway the gov made for people to walk, ride the bike, skate and drive. Like a little detour from the city.
A pleasant flight down in south america great video now i think i will go for a flight around cape town
Ships have rules of the road in the lake. The new big canal (locks) need a lot of work as you saw. I did this a few years ago in a cruise ship. Just the Colon locks (the north side) then a turn around. Cruise ships and smaller freighters still go through the old canal. The new (much wider locks) are for the super-containers that do not fit in the old one.The locks system is completely different and very ingenious. Fun flight to do.I'll try it when I get FS2020.
Awesome video! Im from Panamá City, Panamá and its looks pretty authentic but in reality is even better I guess they havent done most buildings and skycrapers and new locks still seem on constructivo when they were finished in 2016 but Daaam actually impressive. Greetings from Panama I recommend coming here when corona is over 🐼👍🇵🇦.
Thanks for this video ❤
Yes the scenary is very close to authentic. Great Sim.
Awesome video! I live pretty much right next to Marcos Gelabert airport (MPMG) :)
Loving these videos, really👌
Really enjoy watching these MSFS videos and cant wait til next Tuesday to find out hoiw much Im going to have to spend on upgrading to get anywhere near this quality.
great video. Enjoyed it not least because I lived in Panama City as a kid (Airline family).. the canal zone was US controlled then. We had a very memorable flight in the opposite direction.. from Panama (probably Tocumen, the international airport over to the east of the city).. in an BN Islander.. we flew over the hills to the north (v bumpy) and landed on a tiny strip on an island in the San Blas islands just off the north coast. Those lakes by the way - pretty sure the ships have strict channels to follow. Remember fishing on one of those and hearing the howling monkeys in the trees around the lake!
Was stationed in Panama, CZ from 1976 to 1979, plus voyaged through the Canal on the Gen W. O. Darby
On my way to Vietnam In 1965