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X-Plane (1995)

Duration: 37:27

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Per friends request - this is a flight that takes us from EPPI (Piła) former base for 6th Fighter-Bomber regiment operating Su-22 Fitters, across Pojezierze Wałeckie - Wałcz, Zdbice, Nadarzyce Training Range and up to former "Soviet Town" - Borne Sulinowo - Soviet base for Northern Group of Forces (part of Warsaw Pact forces during Cold War).

Game: X-Plane 11.20
Aircraft: newly added Ultralight - Aerolite 103
Free X-Plane Addons used:
Poland Pro (VFR Overlay) by antwob
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/38511-poland-pro-vfr-overlay/
Ortho4XP by Oscar Pilote
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/29120-ortho4xp/

This ortho tile was created with base 16ZL and up to 19ZL for specific places.

I used time compression in later parts of the video to limit time and size of the clip which even after that weighs almost 13 GB.

Time stamps:
0:00 Starting from EPPI
3:38 - Zalew Koszycki, Piła
6:48 - Stara Łubianka
9:05 - Nowa Łubianka
10:37 - Witankowo
12:10 - Dobino seen between 2 lakes
12:35 - 3 wind turbines near Wałcz Drugi
13:04 - Wałcz Drugi
13:26 - Approaching Wałćz
14:02 - parts of the Pomeranian Wall fortifications from WWII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa%C5%82cz#/media/File:Walcz_bunkier.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeranian_Wall
14:34 - Jezioro Zamkowe (Castle Lake)
16:09 - 100th Communications Battalion and 104th Logistics Batallion base (near right wingtip)
16:51 - 107th Military Hospital
18:50 - Bukowina - Olympic Preparations Centre (mostly water sports)
19:00 - Suspension bridge over Raduń Lake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa%C5%82cz#/media/File:Walcz_most.jpg
20:30 - Strączno
20:52 - "Magical Hill" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gravity_hills
23:44 - Kłębowiec
24:00 - Wałcz panorama from 4000+ ft
24:36 - Ostrowiec
24:24 - Szwecja
25:40 - rapid descent over Zdbiczno Lake ;)
27:00 - Zdbice Folwark
27:45 - Zdbice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdbice
28:47 - Breeding ponds
29:09 - More remnants of the Pomeranian Wall fortifications
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdbice#/media/File:Zdbice_WW2_skansen.JPG - This T-34 has dismounted turret rotary mechanism so the turret moves freely - you can accelerate the turret rotation by pushing the main gun after which just grab it and ride it just like on carousel - great fun ;)
29:27 - 21st Air Training Range - biggest one in Europe (total area of 8000ha, with 1500ha for practice targets of decomissioned military hardware - aircrafts, tanks and other vehicles). Besides Polish Air Force this range is used by units from other NATO countries.(Italy, GB, Belguim, Germany, Canada and USA).
31:56 - Borne Sulinowo - between 1945 and 1992 it was a secret Soviet military base, erased from all maps and it was not transferred to Polish jurisdiction until October 1992
.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borne_Sulinowo