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| Starting from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, where I left off last week (albeit this time in a Learjet 60) | Joe is already enroute to KVNY in a Falcon 7X, while I'm still making my flight plan there and preparing to start the engines | Engines now running, taxiing to runway 17R |
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| Talking to Joe over the radio while I taxi | ||
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| Starting takeoff run | ||
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| Departing KDFW | Turning on course west | |
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| Passing the airport again during departure, now at 7000 feet and climbing | ||
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| Climbing through the clouds... | ...and speeding up after passing 10000 feet | The Learjet is capable of some quite impressive performance, climbing at well over 5000 fpm here |
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| Finally departing the Dallas metropolitan area | ||
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| 35000 feet and climbing, contrails forming behind the Learjet | ||