In February of 2009 I took the whole family on a trip to Las Vegas for my daughter’s wedding. Of course this joyous event was the peak of my vacation that year but it also afforded me some great opportunities to further my hobby as well. We rented a house in the eastern hills of the city that overlooked the whole area looking westward. We were also just a couple of miles south of Nellis AFB and that created some great plane spotting chances especially in the morning. Heck, I even saw an F-111 attack bomber flying out of there one day. I was shocked since I thought that plane had been long retired.

   Of course once you are that close you must see the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. Even though it is expensive the best way to get the the canyon was to fly there. This inspired me to create my Vision Air repaints and flight plans, a project that is still in progress (see the downloads section).

   Now KLAS is a whole story in itself. This was one of my favorite airports even before I ever went there. I was using the old payware scenery that came with Just Flight’s World Airports II. A nice piece of work to be sure but quite dated. After the trip I purchase the new KLAS from FS Dreamteam. They are a little touchy over there attitude wise but they make some terrific scenery. So why am I blathering away here in the screen shots section? It’s my website so I can do what I want, but besides that, check out the images below. I think you will find it interesting.