Adventure Flight Day One: Colorado to Oklahoma

The four of us pilots met up here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The others (Dan, Marc and Jonathan) flew in commercial from San Francisco. I flew with Jason so he could share in the adventure. I let him fly the whole way here since I'd be flying plenty over the next few days.


We departed Centennial, CO (KAPA) in clear skies and light winds. Jason filed an instrument flight plan, expecting storms as we crossed over into Kansas.









The first two hours were uneventful, cruising along at 11,000 feet. I like spotting unusual shapes in the scenery. This one looks like chaos among extreme order.









As expected, we found a couple of active thunder storms near Wichita, KS. They both looked pretty angry, but there was about a 100 mile path between them which allowed us to fly through in visual conditions.

Once we passed beyond the storm front, our destination, Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr. airport (KRVS) was less than an hour away. We descended and landed in beautiful calm weather. Jason refueled himself and the airplane, then took back off to head home while I went to the hotel to meet the others.

After some food and flight planning, it's time to get some sleep for tomorrow. Dan will sign the final paperwork so we can take the planes and launch the next step of the adventure! Stay tuned...