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This has probably been asked a zillion times already; so here's the zillionth and one time. A friend and I in our Coupes intend to fly from California to Oshkosh. We can go the "Southern" Route from SoCal, to Phoenix, to Albuquerque, or the "Central" Route along I80. Clearly the southern route involves less mountain flying. Is the Central route realistic in Coupes (an Alon with C90+climb prop; and an Ercoupe with O200). We know it *has* been done in Coupes and other low-powered airplanes, but we are not well-experienced mountain flyers and do not want to fly a route that requires a high level of skill. Neither are we complete novices, we know the basics and have some experience and will review Sparky Imeson's book. Ideally we'd like to hear from people who have flown both routes and their experiences and recommendations. Also, on the way back we want to stop in the Seattle area, so want to fly a "Northern" route. Is this realistic in our Coupes? The route we plotted is Rapid City, SD to Billings, Montana, then follow I90 to Butte, MT, then to Missoula, then to Spokane, then (a little north of I90) to Wenatchee, and arrive a little north of Seattle (Arlington or other). Is another route better? The question boils down to, how to cross the continental divide in low-powered aircraft. Comments about routes very appreciated. ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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