Hi Ed, I'm planning to do alot of that trip around September 1. I'm going to leave Morris, IL and fly to the Burningman event in Black Rock, NV it's about 60 mi North of Reno, NV. It's about 2100 mi each way. gene
Ed Burkhead wrote: > How about doing your flight plan for 2,000 miles in the year 2000? > > One of my favorite trips was following loop: > > I-80 west from the Central states. Stayed overnight in Nebraska > > Fuel stop in Rawlins, Wyoming and a thermals stop at Rock Springs, WY. > I'm a tellin YOU, at 10:30 in the high desert, the thermals get going > and I don't want to be in the after that time of day (except for, maybe, > the last couple-or-three hours before sunset). > > >From Rock Springs, a dawn take-off took me over Salt Lake city at 12,400 > (above the traffic pattern for the airliners) and out across the salt > flats to Wendover for a fuel stop. One more leg to Battle Mountain, > Nevada was also done in perfectly smooth air. > > Ambushed by turbulence (take off time for this leg about 10:30), I got > down at the next airport at Winnemucca, NV. An evening leg got me to > Minden, NV for the national convention. > > After the convention, I flew over Reno, northwest to Klamath Falls, > Oregon, for a fuel stop. From there to Crater Lake and toward Eugene and > up to valley to Albany for the night (airport has tie-down spaces at the > motel on the south end of the runway). > > One weather day at Albany. Then west to the Pacific, a few feet over the > water and up the coast 20-30 miles and back, then east of Portland to > the Colombia River Gorge, up the Gorge at 2/3 rds of the way from the > river up to the peaks. (Early in the morning on a low wind day, they > said don't do this if the wind is above a certain value.) On to Yakima, > Washington, for a fuel stop. Then northeast to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, > for an overnight. > > Late start due to valley fog across Idaho, then following I-90 to St. > Regis, Montana, then up the Flathead Valley to Kalispell. Staying at one > of the motels adjacent to the airport (can tie down next to motel), I > spent three days touring Glacier National Park (the best national park > in the U.S. IMHO). > > Dawn take off from Kalispell, took me along highway 2, through through > Marias Pass (the lowest in the Rockies, about 5200 feet). Then along > the park to the Canadian border. From there, southeast to a fuel stop at > (I think) Cutbank. Then a bee-line back toward Iowa. > > Overnight in a Dakota and back to Iowa the next day. > > The green mountains in Wyoming and the Northern states and the brown > ones in the Southwestern states are memorable. > > I was within gliding distance of an Interstate or a major highway in > virtually all the mountain areas. > > When I want to go to sleep happy, I think about that trip. > > If you flight plan your 2,000 mile in 2000 trip today, it may be a great > day's hobby time. > > Ed Burkhead > Peoria, Ill. > Ercoupe N3802H, 415-D > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hello All > > chicagoland looks to be an on the ground day the beautiful weather we had > > just a few days ago is gone > > so I guess that I can build a model plane 1/4 scale cap 20L or do flight > > sim.Or watch Wings on cable or practice my 5 string Banjo .What's your call > > guys and gals.It's 8:30 am here and I'm already bored.It's too early to do > > some of > > listed topics I hope that most of you have better weather than I am having. > > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________________________ > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! > http://www.topica.com/topica20 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! http://www.topica.com/topica20
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