While you experienced mountain flyers have your thinking caps on, I need to fly from Harlingen Texas to Winnemucca NV and back, probably several times. I have not sat down and tried to figure out the best route yet, does anybody have some suggestions for me?
--- In [email protected], "bigbrownpi...@..." <bigbrownpi...@...> wrote: > > Dennis, > > No matter what route you plan, it will probably change in real time. That > was my experience bringing mt Ercoupe home from Arlington, WA to Weatherford, > TX. What really helped me was a program called Voyager FreeFlight. The VFR > version is free. I loaded it onto my laptop and was able to plug in multiple > routes and options. It downloads weather real-time, so it takes the > guesswork out of winds aloft and finding areas of VFR throuigh mountainous > areas. The only shortcoming I found was that if I wanted paper flight plans > I needed to hook up to a printer. I use Voyager even for flights across the > DFW Class B. > > By the way, we were able to do most of the flight at 7500' or below, but that > required us to fly through some mountain passes following the major highways > and rivers instead of going direct. At 9500' we were able to take a more > direct routing between airports. If the weather is good, you will be fine > below 8000', but you will be flying through the mountains instead of crossing > them. > > Good luck with your trip-- sounds like fun. >
