Flying through Canadian airspace

(We're planning on flying that way this summer, VFR.)

Let me know when you are coming my way.

Roger that. Just remember, our habit is to plan three separate vacations,
in three different directions -- and then, on the morning of our departure,
pick one based on the best weather forecast.

We like to tell people that GA gives them a 33.3% chance of seeing us on any
assigned date...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We like to tell people that GA gives them a 33.3% chance of seeing us
on any
assigned date...

Forewarned is forearmed

denny

I'm going to Cleveland today... Since the the lake is warmer than in
winter (still not survival temperature, but I do fly a twin so the
risks are less) I'm going to go HYX direct Windsor VOR (YQG), direct
Sandusky VOR (SKY), direct Burke Lake Front (BKL) - going past the East
side of the Detroit B and out over the lake... My son wants to fly the
outbound trip and he is not up to handling an IFR flight so I'll try
filing a VFR plan this time over Canada to see if it is different from
doing it IFR and report my findings to the group...
On safety - I have hard and fast rules about not going past gliding
distance to the shore when the water is below survival temperature...
This YQG-SKY-BKL route keeps me within gliding distance of the various
islands or the shoreline - Pelee, Kelly, North, Put-in-bay, etc...

BTW, I was on the phone to FSS yesterday about todays weather... Dunno
if it has changed into private hands or if the federal employees there
can feel change breathing down their necks, but I gotta tell ya the
briefer was so accomodating and over friendly I wondered if they
thought I was somebody in a position of power...

denny

"Denny" wrote in message
ups.com...
BTW, I was on the phone to FSS yesterday about todays weather... Dunno
if it has changed into private hands or if the federal employees there
can feel change breathing down their necks, but I gotta tell ya the
briefer was so accomodating and over friendly I wondered if they
thought I was somebody in a position of power...

denny

Didn't the "Welcome to the Lockheed Martin ........ phone greeting tip you
off? It went private months ago.

Allen

Didn't the "Welcome to the Lockheed Martin ........ phone greeting tip
you
off? It went private months ago.
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Ahhh haaa, I thought something was different, like the government was
getting a sense of humor or something... I live in my own little world
and externals don't intrude much... Actually, the instant that Lansing
center picks up with a click I automatically hit #1, and don't hear the
greeting... The other thing is that the past few years I have been on
a kick of avoiding Big Brother as much as possible... Only filing IFR
when forced to... Otherwise, just getting my own weather and going off
on my own without talking to ATC.. This trip I will save a half hour
of fuel each way and get the scenic ride across the Lake by filing a
flight plan instead of going West of Detroit to avoid Canada., so it's
worth the effort of asking big brother for permission...

Anyway, just filed for the trip VFR... Briefer seemed happy,
presumeably the radar operator at center will be happy because there
will be a squawk next to my blip, so HSA will happy, the military will
be happy, and presumeably the NSA is happy with my phone calling
patterns... A win-win all around...

denny