This tour will take place in Colorado after when i saw some screenshots from Colorado.


We will start at Lake County Airport (KLXV), passover CMRS AIRDROME 2CO2, land midway at Braun Airport (32CO) and land at Fat Chance (36CO)

This tour will start at 12:00 P.M. Pacific
GMT: 8:00 P.M.
Central: 2:00 P.M.
Eastern: 3:00 P.M.

Saturday March 10 2007

The Cessna will be used on this tour.

IP: 85.10.244.109

Flight Plan
GPS heading, Speed 180-200 knots ETE 1hr+

Looks like a job for my trusty default Beech Baron 58D again, (cruising on reduced power......).

From previous experience in the Rockies, I found I needed it to be able to climb very quickly, (2,000+ FPM), to clear the mountains after leaving the Airstrips, also, because of high altitudes* and thin air, lots of excess power, (turbo-charged?), was required... ...!

Looking interesting though......!

Paul...Home in the Rockies... ...!

FS Navigator Flight Plan on the go......!

* have you noticed: 17,500 feet ASL...Carburettors freezing cold and gasping for air... ...LOL...!

Blimey Paul, you're right. Better put some warm water bottles next to the carbs and some extra socks on my feet then.......

Crash

luke wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 12:48pm:


My FS Navigator Flight Plan is based on a1's ICAO airport list as follows, which now appears to be identical to Luke's:

Start.
KLXV Lake Co.
2CO2 Cmrs Airdrome.
32CO Braun.
36CO Fat Chance.
End.

Note: KLXV Lake Co is at 11,000 feet ASL, so don't forget to weaken the Mixture to just before weak cut-off to obtain the maximum power... ...!!

Worked fine with the Baron.....!

Paul... ...!

Note: I have both VOZ (Northern Region), and FS Global installed in FS 2004.

luke wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 1:51pm:


The original one was under the heading:

"A Wild Goose Chase"

A favourite past-time of the Locals in the Rocky Mountains....apparently... ...!

Paul...Warming his Carburettor in front of the fire... ...!

Here's a low-res look at the Denver sectional, showing the route:







Couldn't even find Cmr's there; maybe it's closed now(the defunct unpaved strip shown?)... but it's close enough to Alexander to use that as a waypoint.
Don't be fooled by the relatively flat terrain... note the quadrant MEA numbers... they don't call it the High Plains for nothin' !

Fozzer wrote on Mar 10^th, 2007 at 1:03pm:



No, you're right... need the turbocharger. Maybe I'll use the Cessna 310, but it's not the best choice for short grass strips high in the mountains... hmmm...

Excellent Trip, Lads... ...!

Good crowd...all went well... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF... ...!