Like a lot of people, I've been flying the new Black Square TBM 850 around like crazy.  Most of my flying has been short hops, practice approaches, VFR sightseeing etc.  This afternoon I wanted to stretch my legs and take her up to FL300.  It's a little over a 2 hour flight from KMYL to KMRY in the TBM850.  I didn't have much of a tailwind, (and had a heck of a crosswind).  But she flew at book numbers and I ended up with about 320 kts over the ground for most of the trip.  With a distance of 550+ miles I needed to split my adventure into two parts.  Part 1 is taxi, takeoff, climb/cruise.  Part 2 will be initial descent into the Bay area, and then onto Monterey.  The stunning livery is by Tim-HH.  The lovely scenery is from BMW and Orbx.

Please enjoy!

Fancy looking Mercedes (and C206!) in the background....my ride is nice too

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Initial departure calls for NW winds and light-moderate rain - we'll depart RY 34 - we'll also be maintaining our own terrain and obstruction clearance until reaching Salt Lake Center's minimum IFR altitude around 12,000 or so.

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McCall is a large smokejumper base and home to many aerial firefighting operators

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Using the nexrad on the GNS we do see the precip, but it's dissipating along our route southbound.

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Some much needed rain...

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Mostly on top here

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Rough terrain in this area

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Owyhee Reservoir

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I didn't seem to capture it but there are some lava fields in this area

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Just on the east side of the Hart and Juniper MOAs

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A nice view of the practice areas and restricted airspace of Fallon Naval Air Station (current home of TOPGUN)

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Overhead Reno/Tahoe Int'l

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Massive crosswind

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Truckee Tahoe KTRK

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Lake Tahoe KTVL

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Leaving the weather behind as we approach Top of Descent...

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Great shots of a great livery!

Just a fantastic plane overall.  I wish I had more time to fly her.  All my free time is for testing PMDG stuff right now. 🤔

Amazing pictures Ryan! The TBM is such a beautiful airplane. I‘m already looking forward to part 2 

On 10/11/2023 at 10:29 PM, Steve Dra said:

Great shots of a great livery!

Just a fantastic plane overall.  I wish I had more time to fly her.  All my free time is for testing PMDG stuff right now. 🤔

Thanks Steve!

On 10/14/2023 at 2:32 AM, Tim-HH said:

Amazing pictures Ryan! The TBM is such a beautiful airplane. I‘m already looking forward to part 2 

Thanks Tim!  I almost forgot about part 2.  I was distracted by another new livery haha

Wonderful series of images, Ryan, from your adventure trip ...Part 1...

This beautiful and well-rendered SIM a/c is surely in good hands, here, it looks like ...🙂 ...

Great series Ryan!

Darryl