finding mountain passes for flight planning?

"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message
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Cub Driver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:43:29 GMT, (Ron Lee)

Can a Sport Pilot fly over Independence Pass?

One web source places the altitude at 12095 feet. You tell me if your
aircraft and any possible sport pilot restrictions makes that
realistic.

10,000 feet is Sport Pilot limit.

Yup, I "think" the only way around for a Sport Pilot is El Paso... If
there is another (better) one, I'd like to know about it.... I'm
attempting to plan a sport pilot CC from SNA to OSH....

You may want to check into I-80 route. IIRC you can stay under 10K
the entire way.



The last page in the current March/April "Pilot Getaways" talks about flying
over The Divide... The southern routes: Along I-10 it gets up to 5000msl
and along I-40 the highest elevation is 7000msl - just keep an eye out for
White Sands! The northern routes along I-80 gets up to 6000msl but you have
to cross The Divide twice. I-80 only gets to 6500msl. I-70 or I-50, thru
the middle of Colorado both have passes of over 11000msl!