Long Beach to Palm Springs "VFR" Flight report in C172 WBSIM

[vbazillio]

Today the route will be... hum... should be VFR. But the real MSFS weather didn't agree. But it's in the sim and I want to continue testing SayIntentions AI ATC with this expected 45 minutes flight. Should be challenging to depart with this weather and catch Flight Following to finally certainly reach clear-sky at Banning (screen shots from iPad ForeFlight).

At Atlantic FBO with FreakyD freeware LongBeach KLGB v4: https://flightsim.to/file/1499/daugherty-field-long-beach-ca-usa-klgb

I use the FLY chart to navigate in this congested Los Angeles area (screen shots from iPad ForeFlight):

The weather is really not really VFR compatible for my plan, at departure:

At destination, it should be ok 😉and it's not a surprise knowing the area:

Taxiing at Long Beach. SayIntention Artificial Intelligence ATC initialy gave me the 26L. And I made a mistake arguing with the AI that there isn't any 26L at KLGB. Obviously, I can't read a ground chart correctly and my departing briefing had to be revised. Anyway, I weirdly win against the AI 😉 after several exchange.

Here we are at KILO runway 26R and finally cleared for take-off :

It's definitely not going to be a VFR departure.

Obviously, it wasn't legal and I get thru the cloud to be on-top for my VFR FLY route. Los Angeles bassin is fully covered.

As planned ( 😉 ) the SKC is ahead of me. I really love this real MSFS weather:

Approaching the Banning Pass, it's getting clearer and clearer as planned:

It's all clear when I start to "firmly" descend to Palm Springs:

Get (more or less) cleared for a right downwind entry for runway 31R. That finally changed, lately in a straight-in for the 13R:

Atlantic FBO is my favorite (actually, I never went to Signature at KPSP 😉😞...

... because I have the pool in sight! Scenery by iniBuild.

Hope you enjoy this VFR flight report as much as I did flying it!

Edited December 28, 2023 by vbazillio

[John F]

Very interesting weather change depiction. I really liked those 2 Banning Pass shots as the "soup" thinned out.

[Ed_S_Pilot]

Nice shots!!!

[vbazillio]

6 hours ago, John F said:

I really liked those 2 Banning Pass shots as the "soup" thinned out.

 

[P_7878]

It's indeed a real soup...to start with...🙂...but liked that your finish is in crisp and clear weather ...

Beautifully illustrated "VFR" flight scenes in this nice C172...

[Ed_S_Pilot]

18 hours ago, vbazillio said:

 

During the summer months it get bumpy thru there in RL. 

[skully]

Marine Layer!

[vbazillio]

5 hours ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

During the summer months it get bumpy thru there in RL.

Oh yeah, I remembered once flying there and being firmly fastened 😉