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What's your most familiar route?
What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How
far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? With 12 gal gas, the Cub has an effectived radius of one hour without refueling. I most often fly from Hampton NH up to Lake Winnipesaukee, touring Alton Bay and if the flight has gone quickly Wolfeboro also. (There's an airport at Wolfeboro, but no gas.) If I have the plane for more than two hours, I'll land and refuel at Moultonboro. The Big Lake is one of the loveliest places I know. A couple years ago I wrote a story about this route for the Wall Street Journal: www.pipercubforum.com/biglake.htm all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! blog www.vivabush.org |
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"Ben Jackson" wrote:
What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? I assume you're also excluding, GPS, VOR, etc. I suppose I could make it ok from Mobile to Houston without a map or a compass or even without following I-10 the whole way. After a couple dozen trips I probably have it wired - might be interesting to try it next time if the weather's nice. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Ben Jackson wrote: How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? I could make it from Old Bridge, NJ to Atlanta, GA without a map or compass. It certainly wouldn't be a direct flight, and I wouldn't know *all* the airports, but it's pretty easy to do. My usual runs would be more like 60 miles from Old Bridge and return (Pocono Mountains). George Patterson This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind". |
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I can think of several places out of Tacoma Narrows I could get to without
map or compass -- given good visibility. Hoquiam, Kelso, Port Angeles, even Friday Harbor (though I might not be able to find my way back). |
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I had along distance relationship in which I flew the 200 miles edach
way from Springfield, MO to Alton, IL at least every other weekend for 10 months. It got real familiar. -- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one. (Ben Jackson) wrote in message news:EMNec.26772$xn4.47816@attbi_s51... What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? |
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In article EMNec.26772$xn4.47816@attbi_s51, Ben Jackson wrote:
What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? My entire nation. It's only 30nm long by about 14nm wide, so it's hardly difficult :-) -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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In article ,
Dylan Smith wrote: My entire nation. It's only 30nm long by about 14nm wide, so it's hardly difficult :-) -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man I bet there's not a lot of hangar talk about how fast you can fly! -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
... My entire nation. It's only 30nm long by about 14nm wide, so it's hardly difficult :-) How many airports are there in the nation? How many pilots? Airplanes? -------------------- Richard Kaplan, CFII www.flyimc.com |
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Durham NC to Lake Norman NC - only 108 miles.
From my glider days I could still fly Blairstown NJ to Cumberland MD as the hawks fly. No map or compass required once you get to know the ridges (Kittatinny ridge, Delaware Water Gap, Hawk Mountain, jump up to the perfect Mahatango ridge , over the Susquehanna and jump to the Tusquawarra(sp) ridge, jump someplace before Burnt Cabins up to the 'main ridge', Altoona gap, ___ gap, Cumberland, then return. Never made the entire flight without stopping but know it all, something like Twain's Missippi river boat captains. "Ben Jackson" wrote in message news:EMNec.26772$xn4.47816@attbi_s51... What route do you fly most often or feel most comfortable with? How far could you wander from your home base without needing a map or even a compass to find all the cities and airports? -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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