Flying to Alaska info

Doug wrote:
: I've flown to Alaska twice and Canada twice in my Husky. Nice trip. One
: thing I will point out. The tradewinds south to north along the coast,
: and west to east inland (usually). I have flown the Alaska Highway, the
: Cassiar Highway, and up and down the coast. The route you are
: describing is doable, like they say, all depends on the weather. You
: might consider going to Seattle and up the coast, I don't know how much
: further it would be. I'd fly inland on the return trip. I used the
: Milepost, this is the first I've heard of the Alaska Airmens book.
: Where do you get IT?

Interesting though... I may look into it. I didn't think there would be much
of a difference in the prevailing winds between the coastal and inland routes. I
didn't consider the coastal route due to the longer distance and longer distance with
the gloopy weather. We're not going to be on a "retirement" timeframe, so the
more direct inland route is more likely. Looks like it's about 350 nm further to go
via SEA than a direct route.

I was thinking of taking the Cassiar either up or down. Get a change of
scenery on the interesting (i.e. non-plains) part of the trip. I'd like to hear about
the differences between the routes. Cassiar's definately more desolate and probably
higher terrain?


-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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