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VFR from San Diego to Las Cruces
Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to
LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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I would go direct.
best time to go would be almost any time, the weather is seldome bad here "Steve F." wrote: Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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IFR is not very much an issue in the Southwest, but it can get rather
windy in Spring and you may have the usual thunderstorms in the afternoon during Summer.And watch out for the zillion MOAs and restricted areas on the way. Chris Steve F. wrote: Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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Hi Steve,
You don't have to worry much about IFR conditions in the southwest much but remember that CRQ is on the coast. Socal does have a May/Gray and June/Gloom and the coast is often overcast. It's kinda random and mostly gone in the mid-late summer but it still can pop up occasionally. If CRQ is socked-in land at RNM (Ramona, CA) to get a IFR/CFI ferry and at L80 (Temecula-French Valley, CA) if you want to spend the night. There are some nice vinyards near L80. Note that in the summertime the desert heats up. No big deal but it will cause some light turbulence. What kind of plane are you going to be in? Passengers? The best route is direct. Check the route ahead of time, sometimes the restricted areas open up on the weekends and cutting across them will save you buku time. ATC is usually quite helpful (and nice) about this too. -lance smith (Steve F.) wrote in message . com... Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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Having been to LRU many times, I have never seen IFR conditions there.
If you are flying in the spring, you can expect high winds. (Steve F.) wrote in message . com... Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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Hi Lance,
I'll be flying a Diamond DA-20-C1, not the 85hp Katana, but the 125hp fuel injected continental. Burns about 5.6 gph @ 75% power (~122kts). -s Hi Steve, You don't have to worry much about IFR conditions in the southwest much but remember that CRQ is on the coast. Socal does have a May/Gray and June/Gloom and the coast is often overcast. It's kinda random and mostly gone in the mid-late summer but it still can pop up occasionally. If CRQ is socked-in land at RNM (Ramona, CA) to get a IFR/CFI ferry and at L80 (Temecula-French Valley, CA) if you want to spend the night. There are some nice vinyards near L80. Note that in the summertime the desert heats up. No big deal but it will cause some light turbulence. What kind of plane are you going to be in? Passengers? The best route is direct. Check the route ahead of time, sometimes the restricted areas open up on the weekends and cutting across them will save you buku time. ATC is usually quite helpful (and nice) about this too. -lance smith (Steve F.) wrote in message . com... Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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MOA's are not much of an issue, I blow through them everytime I fly.
there is a restricted area near oceanside thats active 24/7 (from what I was told when I wanted to fly through it) Thunderstorms in nevada and arizona during the summer...not an issue. We get about 6 inches of rain a year. "..." wrote: IFR is not very much an issue in the Southwest, but it can get rather windy in Spring and you may have the usual thunderstorms in the afternoon during Summer.And watch out for the zillion MOAs and restricted areas on the way. Chris Steve F. wrote: Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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If your flying during the summer, only fly before noon, after that time it can get really bad due to the
thermals, Density Altitude will also be an issue for you during the summer. "Steve F." wrote: Hi Lance, I'll be flying a Diamond DA-20-C1, not the 85hp Katana, but the 125hp fuel injected continental. Burns about 5.6 gph @ 75% power (~122kts). -s Hi Steve, You don't have to worry much about IFR conditions in the southwest much but remember that CRQ is on the coast. Socal does have a May/Gray and June/Gloom and the coast is often overcast. It's kinda random and mostly gone in the mid-late summer but it still can pop up occasionally. If CRQ is socked-in land at RNM (Ramona, CA) to get a IFR/CFI ferry and at L80 (Temecula-French Valley, CA) if you want to spend the night. There are some nice vinyards near L80. Note that in the summertime the desert heats up. No big deal but it will cause some light turbulence. What kind of plane are you going to be in? Passengers? The best route is direct. Check the route ahead of time, sometimes the restricted areas open up on the weekends and cutting across them will save you buku time. ATC is usually quite helpful (and nice) about this too. -lance smith (Steve F.) wrote in message . com... Two questions about VFR x-country from CRQ (Palomar, Carlsbad CA) to LRU (Las Cruces, NM): 1) What's the best VFR route for a low time pilot. 2) What's the best time of year so that stranded in LRU by bad or IFR conditions. Thanks, Steve |
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Hi Steve,
I didn't know there was a new version of the Katana. Nice! You'll have to climb to 9500 leaving CRQ -left- downwind to clear the mtns east of San Diego. It can get kindy windy in those mtns, the glider folks love it. (apologies if you fly out of CRQ) Once in the desert you will want to stay up high if you want flight following, radar can't pick you up down low because of the mtns everywhere. -lance smith (Steve F.) wrote in message . com... Hi Lance, I'll be flying a Diamond DA-20-C1, not the 85hp Katana, but the 125hp fuel injected continental. Burns about 5.6 gph @ 75% power (~122kts). -s |
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