Poughkeepsie to Martha's Vineyard

ryanbatc · April 9, 2022

Departing in the murk, and landing the murk.... not the best day for flying, but very doable in the well equipped FSW C414. I did hit ice while climbing out but the boots took care of it. I planned for 15,000 ft but there was a layer there which included a very massive crosswind and turbulence...so I elected for 13000.

(Airport by Windhover - freeware)

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(Livery by me - it feels good to say that!)

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(GTN's by TDS)

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Approaching GON vor...and sort of breaking out of this scuddy lower layer...

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Hitting some lower tops while we continue to climb

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I'm picky about the MSFS clouds...they can look poor but these ones are looking fairly realistic (I'm hopefully that someday we'll get more detail up close)

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This is when I decide to drop back down to 13 - slightly better winds anyway

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Looks bumpy over there!

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I believe the strip of land in the distance is Long Island

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Going for the RNAV(GPS) Ry 15 into KMVY

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Bottoms around 3000 or so

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