June 19, 20241 yr First: a huge thank to you my friend TimHH, who graciously bought me a FlightBeam gift card this morning so I was able to get a free SFO. Naturally I had to do a screenshot post 🙂 Please enjoy this trip from San Diego to San Francisco in the amazing FSW Learjet 35. A marine layer kind of day at Lindbergh Intl Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I kindly asked for an opposite direction departure, and ATC had a gap in their arrivals for me - we blast off RY 27 on the PADRZ2 sid Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Just as soon as we're in the layer, we're out Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The flight is about 400 nm and will take us around 2 hours block to block Untitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The hills of Palomar and the Palomar observatory in the distance Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Passed the LA Basin and looking ESE at the Burbank/Hollywood area Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The marine layer is pretty thick passing Santa Barbara as well... Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Looking a bit nicer as we fly over Vandenburg Space Force Base (KVBG) and the areas of Santa Maria (KSMX) San Luis Obispo (KSBP) Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Wow this stuff is thick again as we head over KMRY, approaching TOD on the SERFR4 star. Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr San Jose airport just off my nose here as we approach the Bay area Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I always enjoy the colors of the Cargill salt facility (also on this side of the bay is the airport Palo Alto KPAO) Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr An iconic view as we're about to land on SFO's RY28R Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A pretty nice day to fly overall, ground speeds from 400 to 440 kts at FL400. Here are some bonus airport pics Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Signature FBO from the tower 🙂 Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Looking ESE Untitled-24 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Animated monorail Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr E gates Untitled-26 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Absolutely stunning texturing here (and terminal interior) Untitled-30 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Hope you enjoyed! Untitled-27 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr        | 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 |  Â
June 20, 20241 yr Lovely set…(Gift Cards for such…being always nice…🙂…)… FSW Lear 35 is a wonderful plane, love the cockpit… A classic up-the-coast trip, all the airport shots look great including the (free) FlightBeam SFO…🙂… (Have driven the California coastal Highway 1, once, in the reverse direction, from San Francisco to Los Angeles…)
June 23, 20241 yr Incredible pictures as always! FB KSFO and the Learjet are really two excellent addons. And of course the TDS GTNXi Greetings Tim My files on Flightsim.to i5 12600K | 32Gb | RTX 4080
June 24, 20241 yr Nice done Ryan, a great pictorial once again. Btw, I see your loving the Flightbeam SFO, how are your framerates? Darryl
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