October 4, 20232 yr Please enjoy this sunrise flight from Palo Alto, CA to Mammoth/Yosemite. Featuring payware Dreamflight KPAO and freeware KMMH airports. Also a fine livery by Whiskey Throttle for the FSW C414! Getting all packed up for our trip. I like morning departures as the air is smooth and there's not always as much traffic...we can get more direct and climb higher right away Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The 414 feels a little large for this airport but the runway is long enough Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Initial ATC vector brings us away from SFO towards the SE Untitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr 28L/R in the distance Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr These colored areas are 'salt ponds' owned by Cargil. The pinker the color the closer it is to completion. Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We'll climb to 17k for our cruise to MMH - mostly direct though I did file T259 to NIKOL, the IAF for the RNAV 27. Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Modesto, Merced area Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Foothills of Yosemite National Park Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Not so sure about the weather - that's our destination area over there Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We got LNAV mins so not the best - but we'll attempt the approach Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Mono Lake. There's no outlets so the water is very salty or alkaline. Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Making the turn at NIKOL for the approach Untitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A nice morning glow of our 414 Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We'll have to descend into this thick haze as we commence the approach Untitled-24 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Ominous Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Breaking out a little above mins sets us up for a smooth landing Untitled-26 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-27 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr They'll be plenty to do while we stay here...let's unpack! Untitled-28 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 7, 20232 yr Excellent flight, Ryan! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
October 7, 20232 yr Great shots from a great flight! My System: Intel 9700K 4.7Gz, ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200MHZ, Evga 3070TI 8GB, Noctua NH-D15S, Gigabyte 27" Monitor, Windows 10 64bit, 2xSamsung 500GB SSD, 1x Samsung 120GB, 1x Samsung 970, 1TB, 1TB H/D for Storage. Helmut Berger
October 8, 20232 yr Great shots! Intel core i5-12600KF, ASRock B760-H2/M2, Kingston DDR5-4800 32 GB, Asus Geforce RTX 4060 TI 16GB, Samsung SSD 980 1 TB M.2 SSD, Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB
October 8, 20232 yr Fantastic series with this a/c, Ryan, and yes, that landing weather looks ominous ...! Thanks for this competently executed and guided tour of your trip... BTW, Ryan, it appears you're now getting to really enjoy the GA offerings of MSFS ... seems like plenty of choices with exceptional quality being around and shortly upcoming... (e.g., Piper M500 and TBM 850, surely you must be looking forward to getting into them ...with some custom paintings of your own ...🙂 ...)
October 8, 20232 yr I really enjoyed this superb trip report! It reminds me that I should fly the C414 again too Greetings Tim My files on Flightsim.to i5 12600K | 32Gb | RTX 4080
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