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Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator (2017)

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When we visited in-person a couple of years ago, I wanted REALLY BADLY to be able to fly out across the small piece of canyon in front of us, to get up close to Eagle Point. I watched helicopters fly beneath us, from Guano Point. The sense of scale is both wonderous, and also lost on us, because of our fixed vantage points. I think taking to the air can really help you appreciate it better.

So after playing around with an aerobatic biplane in Aerofly FS2, using VR (Oculus Rift), I was looking for interesting places on the map to fly around, and it suddenly ocurred to me that the Grand Canyon was probably modeled in full scale 3D. That also made me wonder if the Skywalk and some of the other interesting places were modeled along the canyon rim. I was not disappointed. The detail level is pretty low for the surrounding buildings and structures, but the canyon itself is beautiful.

During our vacation, we arrived at the Grand Canyon West facility, stayed at the ranch, walked on the Skywalk, and then took a hike through Guano Point. For this video, I flew around these locations in a similar order, but started at the Ranch and headed north.

I'll undoubtedly spend more time flying through the canyon itself. But for now, I wanted to visit the tourist spots that we saw, and record some of the location. I tried to keep the maneuvers somewhat sane, but I couldn't resist doing a few dives into the canyon, and whip around the buildings a few times.

I was already growing to like Aerofly FS2 quite a bit, but this alone started to make me feel like it was $60 well spent!

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