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Please enjoy details of my flight to Provo at FL450.  We'll do about mach.80 in cruise - it's about 560 nm and takes about 2.5 hours.  Routing KMRY MRY5 SHOEY DUGLE Q134 JULIK (RNAV RY 13 CTL 31) KPVU.  Paint by legendary @C525B

Get off your phone lady...let's go flying already

53442535234_df25218cd5_o.pngUntitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Taxi to RY 28L (scenery by BMW)

53442214761_ac46d3fe8e_o.pngUntitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

53441288202_dbb78228a5_o.pngUntitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Climbing like a homesick angel as we make the turn to the NE

53441288132_7c3b0d3340_o.pngUntitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Flying the friendly skies

53442214606_16951630e6_o.pngUntitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Norcal and the Bay area seems pretty socked in

53442626405_6a8eb6fe72_o.pngUntitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Making the turn eastbound onto Q134

53442353793_7797652c8b_o.pngUntitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Now we're well above any airliner traffic, and we'll make our west east (Yosemite National Park below)

53442353713_3f41962566_o.pngUntitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

The Sierra Nevada range spans a majority of eastern California, the highest peak is Mt Whitney at 14,494 ft

53442353628_f73c18b096_o.pngUntitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Some very beautiful topography below as we approach Mono Lake (I even see a rainbow)

53442353453_048d5968e2_o.pngUntitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Just shy of 500 knots over the ground...not bad in a little Lear 35

53442534619_1abc4f2cd7_o.pngUntitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

53442214026_1321b7b085_o.pngUntitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

I assume this is solar panels but I couldn't find what it is on a map

53442353208_223b14c92f_o.pngUntitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Grabbing the weather as we descend down to Salt Lake City/Provo area

53442353133_a932e37bed_o.pngUntitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Out of the bases around 100 but we'll still fly the approach and circle to land on RY 31

53442625625_581ec57bfb_o.pngUntitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

What a view even in the murk

53441287342_5f5e571ac4_o.pngUntitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

53442625360_7af5f791bb_o.pngUntitled-24 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

53442352798_f5bcd23de6_o.pngUntitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Provo tower is a contract tower (not staffed by govt employees)

53442213461_a428dd6ebe_o.pngUntitled-26 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Finally time to disembark... only 7.65 USD for Jet A haha

53442213471_33fe15a619_o.pngUntitled-27 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

 

 

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Outstanding pics, plane and paint :)

 

Have not picked it up yet....too busy painting a slightly bigger plane :)

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2 hours ago, Steve Dra said:

Outstanding pics, plane and paint 🙂

 

Have not picked it up yet....too busy painting a slightly bigger plane 🙂

Thanks Steve.  It's like those winning numbers on a slot machine

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Marvelous...high-altitude and low-altitude images, Ryan...! This Learjet is looking better every time you fly...🙂 ...

Been once to Monterey (CA) via Road from San Francisco ...and recall just one touchdown into Salt Lake City...Utah region is beautiful to visit...Thanks for sharing this trip...!

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