Denver is seeing seventeen inches of snow forecast for today and tomorrow. 
Time to get out of Dodge (or perhaps fly over it)!
 

0 Dark-Thirty.  Overcast at 400 agl at KBJC, Denver Rocky Mountain Metro (ORBX freeware) , but no precip yet. 
A Learjet climbing away in the distance off of 29R as I wait.
 

Breaking out on top with the sunrise coloring the morning sky. I can see the beacon light from an inbound to KDEN below and left. The TDv2 is an absolute joy.
Every single switch, button, knob, and systems fully modeled and functioning, nicely complemented by the pair of reliable and fully functional RXP GTNs.
 

Almost time to pull out the Ray Ban RB3025s as the sun gets higher and the early morning color begins to fade
 

Seeing my first convective clouds of the year over western Kansas as an A320 passes by overhead leaving a long contrail on its way west.
 

The day begins to brighten up. Those altocumulus castellanos clouds mark an early birth for the spring season as more traffic streams west high above me.
Megascenery Earth Kansas v3 farmland being gobbled up below as I cruise at 322 knots GS, aided by a real-world accurate 60 knot tailwind.
 

Soon I find myself dodging thunderstorms, rare for early March even in Kansas, my TDv2 illuminated by the lightening.
 

A look at real-world live weather and live moving map via the FltPlan Go app on my iPad.  Active Sky 16 presenting it accurately in the simulator.  Winds aloft also spot on. 
 

A nice vignette of N710DS cruising at 23,000, a RealAir Turbine Duke v2.  Cloud textures from REX.

Edited March 13, 20215 yr by fppilot

Very nice series, Frank...!!...."17" inches snow, this weekend, wow...!!

I recall my one visit to Denver, where, after a ~(7-8) inches of snow, during the ensuing "quiet", I'd taken the scenic auto-route up the Rockies, at Rocky Mountain National Park, they had (nicely) cleared the roads up, and it was such an enthralling experience, at those higher elevations...with nothing but a wonderland of fresh snow, on either side...

[BTW, Frank, I wish to ask you, how do you feel about this RXP GTN on "FSX/SE" (looks like you're making good use of it, here), I've been meaning to get it for quite sometime, but have been dilly-dallying...]

3 minutes ago, P_7878 said:

[BTW, Frank, I wish to ask you, how do you feel about this RXP GTN on "FSX/SE" (looks like you're making good use of it, here), I've been meaning to get it for quite sometime, but have been dilly-dallying...]

It is excellent.  I have done some right seat ride-alongs in a GTN 750 equipped C310 and have been granted permission to "help out".  The pilot I have been up with has been astounded at my proficiency with it.  The RXP GTN uses the actual Garmin Trainer as it's foundation.  Garmin also routinely updates the trainer, and that has brought updated nav data to the trainer, and thus to the RXP gauge.  I do not fly without either an RXP GTN or GNS.

Ahhhh the turbine duke.  Another great addon for its day.  When I worked in Duluth as a controller we had a "Duke Convention" and it was like my lucky day haha....tons of dukes lined the ramp and I got to check them out.  Really nice pics too - miss those dual GTNs 🙂

(photo is mine)

20130914_IMG_4029 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

2 hours ago, fppilot said:

It is excellent.  I have done some right seat ride-alongs in a GTN 750 equipped C310 and have been granted permission to "help out".  The pilot I have been up with has been astounded at my proficiency with it.  The RXP GTN uses the actual Garmin Trainer as it's foundation.  Garmin also routinely updates the trainer, and that has brought updated nav data to the trainer, and thus to the RXP gauge.  I do not fly without either an RXP GTN or GNS.

That sounds great, Frank,...been granted permission to "help out"....🙂...

So, you have installed "two" GTN 750s in this aircraft, but, if I wish to just get my feet wet, 🙂....with "one" unit, for "FSX-SE", should I just get the GTN 750 (please see below)? These appear to be equally priced, though....(And, due to some reason, I'd thought, these worked in P3D only...while I see FS9 listed too...🙂....)

Thanks...!!

GTN 750 Touch Flt Sim - (For "FSX-SE/Acc/Sp2/FS9")

GTN 650 Touch Flt Sim - (For "FSX-SE/Acc/Sp2/FS9")

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Edited March 13, 20215 yr by P_7878

48 minutes ago, P_7878 said:

So, you have installed "two" GTN 750s in this aircraft, but, if I wish to just get my feet wet, 🙂....with "one" unit, for "FSX-SE", should I just get the GTN 750 (please see below)? These appear to be equally priced, though....(And, due to some reason, I'd thought, these worked in P3D only...while I see FS9 listed too...🙂....)

Best to move your interest over to the dedicated RXP FSX/P3D GTN specific forum here on Avsim.  You will likely need some help configuring for particular aircraft and there is a lot of history and member-helpers there.

3 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Miss those dual GTNs

Just cannot put myself in that position.  Appears it will be a while...

3 hours ago, fppilot said:

Best to move your interest over to the dedicated RXP FSX/P3D GTN specific forum here on Avsim.  You will likely need some help configuring for particular aircraft and there is a lot of history and member-helpers there.

Right, Frank, I've been eyeing the abundance of information...🙂...in the various Forums...

For starters, I'll focus on just one of my (many) Carenado aircraft that will accept the RXP GTN750...Installation first...and learning curve to follow...I'll take it slow...but, it should be fun...I can tell...! BTW, I've spotted your posts in the GTN Forum...🙂...thanks... again...! Cheers..!

11 hours ago, P_7878 said:

Right, Frank, I've been eyeing the abundance of information...🙂...in the various Forums...

For starters, I'll focus on just one of my (many) Carenado aircraft that will accept the RXP GTN750...Installation first...and learning curve to follow...I'll take it slow...but, it should be fun...I can tell...! BTW, I've spotted your posts in the GTN Forum...🙂...thanks... again...! Cheers..!

Will watch for your posts over there.

Frank:

Without knowing what's up ahead....🙂...I got the RXP GTN750 (one unit), with their 30% off SALE. The E-Commerce purchase interface was a breeze...since I'd already an F1 Account before (had got F1's iFly 744V2, exactly the same way, just a couple of months ago)...

The (installed) Garmin Trainer Module itself is probably worth the price...

Thanks for the offer to help...will try to catch up in bits and pieces, though, no hurry, should be quite different an experience from learning PMDG CDU...🙂...but, I know, now, why (some of you) folks are so excited about it...🙂...Take care.

[BTW, I was checking Denver weather a bit, just now, Winter Storm Warning, and already 1-2 feet of snow across some of the mountains and foothills...therefore, glad you got to beat the storm (virtually)...]

Edited March 14, 20215 yr by P_7878

On 3/14/2021 at 12:13 PM, P_7878 said:

[BTW, I was checking Denver weather a bit, just now, Winter Storm Warning, and already 1-2 feet of snow across some of the mountains and foothills...therefore, glad you got to beat the storm (virtually)...]

They certainly got hammered.  Got a photo from a friend who lives on the west edge of the Denver metro.  It showed what looked like two feet of snow on top a picnic table, and the snow on the ground was almost up to the table top.  The snow on the table made it easier to see the depth than looking at the snow on the ground.

Follow up......  I got out of Denver at a good time it seems....

Edited March 16, 20215 yr by fppilot

Hmm...Frank..."The King's plane couldn't leave after their 4-1 loss to the Colorado "Avalanche" because of a blizzard...."...must have been tough.....

3 hours ago, P_7878 said:

Hmm...Frank..."The King's plane couldn't leave after their 4-1 loss to the Colorado "Avalanche" because of a blizzard...."...must have been tough.....

I got out before then.  Traveling to stay up with the Blues.... Though this trip instead of my commemorative Stanley Cup championship HondaJet I was in my RealAir TDv2.

Edited March 17, 20215 yr by fppilot