On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:10:38 -0800, Sam Spade
wrote:

I misunderstood you earlier (my bad). You're talking about VFR (Day VFR
I hope ;-)

Oh, absolutely! A group of four airplanes went on those two trips,
and I was the only guy (out of seven pilots) with an instrument
rating. Besides, we wanted to see the scenery.

As an aside, one other guy had been flying since 1946; he actually
soloed a J-3 about six months before I did); and one other had flown
almost that long, but neither ever got ifr ratings. I don't
understand why some pilots are reluctant to get one.

Yes, you could fly VFR at 7,000 over southern WY although the altiude
would get a bit skinny in places.

I hope I said, meant to say, that we didn't have to get over 8,000.
Seven would be a bit below ground level at Rock Springs.

vince norris