April 24, 20242 yr We're back to your regularly scheduled program with a gorgeous flight from Sutton on Rogue (0OR8 new from Orbx), a private strip with lovely surrounds, to the far southwest corner of Oregon at Brookings (KBOK). Bullfrogsim has done a stunning freeware rendition I hope everyone will pick up: https://flightsim.to/file/73283/kbok-brookings-state-airport Drone view reveals all - Sutton is a 2500 x 75 ft grass strip situated just north of Medford Rogue Valley (nearest large airport KMFR) Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Basically one direction for takeoffs and one for landing with the grading... Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We'll head west to the Pacific Shoreline... Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr PNW people have all the views... Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Skirting the MFR class Delta Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Leaving the Rogue Valley behind Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Initially I planned 6500 for cruise but I was getting tossed around like a rag doll. Climbed to 8500 and the ride was almost smooth.... Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I swear I'm not following the magenta this time haha Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The flight is only around 70 miles or so... we'll begin descent Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr View of Crescent City, CA (KCEC) in the distance Untitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr One can drive the Pacific Coast Highway (hwy 101) for beautiful views of the ragged cliffs and rock outcroppings along the shoreline Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Airport in sight as I enter the downwind Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A little high and hot as usual Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr But there's plenty of runway (2901 x 60 ft)... and we've parked and are ready to grab that 100 dollar hamburger! Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr (Some bonus "drone" views of the field... airport is also served by an RNAV approach with circling mins) Untitled-21a by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Brookings, OR, population near seven thousand, is a lovely place on the Oregon coast! I hope you all can visit! Untitled-24 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Edited April 24, 20242 yr by ryanbatc | 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 |
April 25, 20242 yr Nice set, I like #2 and #3 on that grasstrip. PC: Ryzen 7 3700x AM4, 16 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Storage SSD 3TB, HDD 8TB, USB 8TB, 2 Screens, Win10-64 SIMs: FSX SE, P3d 3.4/4.5/6.1, Xplane 10/11/12, MSFS 2020/24, Aerofly FS 4
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