Back at it, writing up from a few days ago.
Leg 2 - KMEM - KDAL
So after a few days on the ground, I’ve loaded the trusty 414AW up with Memphis rib sauce and some blues albums (vinyl, just because), and we’re ready for the next leg. So, put on my blue suede shoes, and boarded the plane. As Alan Jackson said, we’re leaving Memphis (bonus points for the references).
Cloudy morning in western Tennessee.
Heading towards the Mississippi and downtown. I’m a little bit more than 10’ off of Beale.
And apparently the Pyramid is now a Bass Pro Shop. I’m sure it’s very, very nice.
The clouds look so pretty in MSFS. We’ll do some legs in X-Plane 12 though so we can compare.
The clouds had mostly cleared by the time I got to my first waypoint, Clinton National in Little Rock, AR.
We’re over east Texas now, a bit north of where a lot of my family still have farms and ranches.
And a little bit later, descending over the city of Garland. If you’re ever there, I HIGHLY recommend the barbecue and beers at Intrinsic.
And getting lower still and closer to starting the approach in to Love Field, flying over Richardson. My grandparents’ house is pretty much directly at the leading edge tip of the left winglet, and my aunt’s house is under the trailing edge of the right wing. There are cousins’ houses in this general vicinity as well (my grandmother was one of 12 kids, and most of her siblings ended up also moving to the Richardson-Plano-Dallas area).
On the ground now in Dallas. No plans on dancing with trains or losing legs though (super bonus points for anybody who gets this reference, and there’s a story there). Time to call the aunt and cousins, let them know I’m here.
I’ll be in X-Plane 12 for the next leg, and we’ll see how my cobbled-together scenery files and list (and sideways compatible aircraft) work out. Stay tuned.
its just great to have ortho terrain as out of the box solution and no fiddling needed.
Weather was starting to turn nasty just as I touched down.
