Race to Escape Dulles! LevelUp Boeing 737 v2 First Look IAD-RSW (X-Plane 12)

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Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to the 2nd annual hunger gam- I mean New Year's Sunrise Flight! This year, we'll be starting the year by taking our first flight in the newly released LevelUp Boeing 737 V2 in X-Plane 12, on an early morning trip from Washington Dulles in Virginia (KIAD) to Ft. Myers, Florida (KRSW) as United 1406. A 15-minute delay due to an aircraft swap has resulted in an estimated departure time right as a snow squall begins to move through the Washington DC area. Racing to escape Dulles before being hit by the weather, let's load this 737-800 up and depart into a New Year! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!


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FLIGHT INFO:
Departure: Washington Dulles International (KIAD) - Dulles, Virginia (basically Washington DC)
Destination: Southwest Florida International (KRSW) - Ft. Myers, Florida
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Tail Number: N34222
Operator: United Airlines (UAL)
Aircraft Developer: LevelUp
Livery Developer: tomcanfly - https://forum.thresholdx.net/files/fi...
Simulator: X-Plane 12 by Laminar Research


Music Used:
Better Days by LAKEY INSPIRED
By the Fireplace by TrackTribe
Above Planets by Patrick Patrikios
Momentum by Emil Rottmayer
Sweden by C418 (Remix by astrophysics) -    • Sweden (C418 synthwave/80s)  
Manhattan by Dyalla

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro & Flight Overview
1:10 - Aircraft Power-Up
2:18 - Weather Overview
3:03 - Loading Fuel & Payload
4:03 - SID/Departure Overview
5:38 - IAD METAR (The Storm Begins)
5:56 - Before Start Checks
7:20 - Pushback & Startup
8:55 - After Start & Taxi Checks
10:15 - Departure Briefing
11:00 - IAD Taxi
12:26 - IAD Takeoff
14:28 - IAD Climb out
16:50 - Cruise Montage
18:32 - Notes on Soaring into 2026
23:20 - Arrival Overview
24:10 - Thoughts on LevelUp V2
26:05 - RSW ILS RWY6 Approach Briefing
27:58 - 10,000' Checks
29:12 - RSW Approach ILS RWY6
32:50 - RSW Landing
34:51 - Landing Replay
36:10 - Parking & Shutdown
36:55 - Debrief & Outro

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#WinterOperations #BadWeatherTakeoff #SunriseFlight
#KIAD #KRSW #FlightSimulation