The hotels in ski areas around Telluride are having serious shortage of beer, wines, and liquors so they asked their chief alcohol distribution center in Las Vegas to have last minute emergency cargo delivery of those stuff.
Presenting last minute emergency cargo hauling from KLAS McCarran International Airport located in Paradise about 5 miles south of Downtown Las Vegas to KMTJ Montrose Regional Airport located on the northwest side of Montrose in southwestern Colorado
Airborne on climb to FL350 with background view of entire city of Las Vegas and the airport of departure visible above the fin on top of the plane
Passing the same places seen below the plane while still climbing to FL350
Passing waters of Las Vegas Bay where you can see Lakeshore Road below the engine
Passing Colorado River while cruising at FL350
Passing waters of Grand Bay Wash Bay
Cruising past above desert of Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument
Yep Colorado River is very long across few states as the plane passes that river
Cruising at FL350 carrying tons tons tons of bottles of beer, wine, and liquor
Passing famed Grand Canyon National Park
Passing waters of Lake Powell
Passing Glen Caynon Dam seen behind right wing's tip and KPGA Page Municipal Airport located mile east of Page in Coconino County, Arizona seen on lower left corner of screenshot
Powell Lake is huge!!!
You can tell from snow that the plane is approaching Colorado
Descending from FL350 to FL200
Making lots of turns toward the airport of destination
Passing Delta suburb of Montrose on way to the airport runway 17
On final runway approach past mountains of Gunnison Gorge National Park
Seconds before touchdown
TOUCHDOWN!!!
Front landing gear lowering down slowly in most graceful manner
Front landing gear making ground contact
Braking down on icy runway is not easy!!!
Exiting from runway into taxiway for very long taxi to cargo apron
KMTJ airport is fun because it is next to city where you can see buildings!!
Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!!
Regards,
Aharon
