I got a very early start out of Tulsa, OK since I need to fly all the way back to San Jose, CA and then grab our Bonanza and fly up to South Lake Tahoe and back to get my kids. I battled pretty stiff headwinds across most of New Mexico (over 30kts for much of the time).
I passed just south of Edwards Air Force Base and the famous dry lake bed. There is so much amazing history at this place including all of the X planes that lead to our space program. Coincidentally, I have been reading Chuck Yeager’s autobiography during the trip, and much of his flying career takes place here.
Overall, it was about 9 hours of flight time from Tulsa to San Jose and then another 2.7 hours up to Tahoe and back. I’ve done a number of 12 hr flying days before and they’re always pretty tiring. Over the whole trip, I put just over 30 hours on the RV and it performed flawlessly.