Visiting Santa

Taking a break from my world tour, I’m no longer a retiree journeying around the world- just a geeky virtual flight reviewer.

I arrived at the airport early, at around 7PM. After check-in, I headed straight to the Oneworld lounge and had a delicious dinner of bibimbap at the buffet and got slightly drunk at the bar. Don’t worry, I’m fine. :zany_face: :beer_mug:

To sober up I went to take a shower, then sat down and read a bit before grabbing an Americano. I must say the chairs are very comfortable, and there is a great selection of reading material.

Boarding AY42. First impression: Seat is very spacious, really like the clean blue aesthetic. The IFE screen is massive, and the legroom is very generous.

Taxiing to 34R

Very windy takeoff. Any tips for crosswinds?

Banking over the islands near Seoul.

My replay file got corrupted so the pics of Japan are gone :enraged_face:

Anyway, for dinner I had the herb grilled chicken, and the spicy pork rice, and a very nice cheese platter. One of the best meals I’ve had on a plane :+1:

Hi Santa!

Cruising near Svalbard.

Dawn breaking over Finland. Now the crew have begun their breakfast service. Last night I slept very soundly, except for deliberately waking up over the pole. The seat and blanket were very soft and comfortable. 10/10.

For breakfast I had the grilled trout with eggs, salad, pastries and a coffee. The salad and steamed trout was very refreshing after a long night flight, and complemented the richness of the sauce and eggs very nicely

Butter!

Parked at the gate. Excellent flight today. I would 100% recommend Finnair Biz class, service, seat and food is great. Now, let the holiday begin! (irl my school holidays are over on Jan 2 :wilted_flower: welp at least virtual me can eternally travel ig :victory_hand: :mending_heart: )

THANK YOU FOR READING, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

15 Likes

I would say to take off at a slower speed, make sure a finger is on the rudder pedal over 100 knots of speed. To immediately counter the wind. Use the wind widget in bottom bar or in HUD view and it will tell you the direction of the wind so you know which way to turn the rudder.

Of course merry Christmas !

1 Like

Good photos

2 Likes

Nice pictures :smiley:!

On my recent flight I haven’t been able to open my replays at all either :frowning:

1 Like