On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:38:43 GMT, john smith wrote:

One of the things I do when planning a long trip is to plug in the start
and end points into the flight planning software.
In the route portion I place an intermediate airport if the route has to
take a jog left or right for weather or obstacles.
This then gives me the leg distances and times accounting for winds
aloft along the route.
From this information I can set my fuel stops based along with fuel
price information from various sources.


Same thing I do too...almost exactly...I thought everyone did

I usually use duats for the plan and Airnav for the info....you?

--Don Byrer
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