A while ago, I'd purchased several airport sceneries from the Xbox/Marketplace (on SALE for $1.99 each), one of which was KCRQ (McClellan–Palomar Airport); see my first shot below. KCRQ is located just inland of California's Pacific coastline, and about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Beginning just northwest of this airport, extend the Santa Ana Mountains, northward for about 60 miles, towards Los Angeles. Today, while wishing to fly out of (and into) this (KCRQ) airport, my thoughts somehow wandered to the California based novels of Nobel Laureate, John Steinbeck, one of my most favorite authors. The legacy of Stenbeck's literature centered around the valleys, country sides and mountains of California. He was born and brought up a couple of hundred miles north of where I am flying today, and his stories (unlike those of the Globetrotter, Hemingway...🙂...) are almost entirely set in the Central California region, just north of my small California excursion here. 

I've been also meaning to fly the (PMDG) 737-600 Boeing demonstrator for some time. Demonstrators play a significant role in research and validations, whenever a new type of product is envisioned (e.g., here the 737 NG Series). Note the prints "EXPERIMENTAL" and "BuildingOnSuccess" on the front fuselage images of this Demonstrator...the former expression refers to the fact that it was the -600 variant that had heralded the 737NG Series (i.e., first member of it), and the latter expression refers to the (earlier success) of the predecessor 737 Classic Series.

The registration of this a/c that you see in my images below is appropriately numbered "N7376". Now, usually, on my Xbox, I am unable to trace the repainters of the livery packs that I typically purchase in bundles (as opposed to via freeware contributors). Nonetheless, I'm always grateful to those (unknown) repainters (the Braniff (Blue) A320Neo of my previous post was one example). In this PMDG case, however, it was easy to find the repainter, on Flightsim.to. In fact, I found that this repainter has done many other PMDG 737 liveries, including some for Alaska Airlines. So, I wasn't surprised to see, in the comments section over there, a note of thanks from our "Alaska738" here...🙂...addressed to this repainter...for an Alaska livery...🙂...

Please find a set of pictures, here, of the Boeing 736 Demonstrator, flying out from KCRQ airport, headed directly towards the highest summit of California's Santa Ana Mountains, Santiago Peak (shot #s 7-10). Santiago Peak (Lat/Long) is denoted by the (custom waypoint) "WPT01" on the (accompanying) Navigational Display of my flightdeck shot. After overflying past the Santiago Peak, I've circled back to KCRQ airport for my touchdown.

This (nameless) Boeing Demonstrator 737-600 "N7376" (RW) a/c, built in 1998 at the Renton Factory, would be originally delivered to SAS as "SE-DNR", then to be christened as a proud Viking, with the name "Ragnfast Viking". It would then go on to serve with SAS (airline) for over 21 years, re-registered as "LN-RRX". SAS was the launch customer for the 737-600 variant and was also the world's largest operator of it. 

Hope you enjoy this collection of pictures.  Thanks for viewing...!

Great set of shots! 😉 

Beautiful work!

Love the -600 🙂

Fine set of shots, i also like to fly the 736..

cheers 😉

Will, UrgentSiesta, pmplayer:

Much appreciated the comments ...! And, yes, it's easy to fall in love with this baby Boeing...🙂...