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I have flown the "northern" route several times.
Following I90 all the way is pretty darn simple. For
most of it you are in a big valley. The only places where there are not
good landing areas along the entire route are for about 70 miles from
Missoula->Couer De Laine via Mullen Pass (6000 feet alt) and again crossing
the cascades at Stevens Pass (4300 feet) or snoqualmie Pass (3700?). If
your plane is comfortable flying at 8000 feet you will be higher then the
surrounding terrain in the tight spots. It's no problem in a
coupe.
Getting across the cascades if there are low ceilings you
can always fly down to the columbia river gorge, where the columbia river cuts
through the mountains. You can fly through the cascades at 1500 on the
gorge, and it's beautiful to boot.
Have fun, it's worth the adventure!
-Tom
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Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] California
to Osh; which route?
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I-80, through Wyoming, crosses the continental divide twice. Both
times, you could land an aircraft on the flat terrain. I think it's at
about 7500 msl. Your real problem is getting across the Sierra
Nevada's. After that, It's a piece of cake.
Larry
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Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] California to
Osh; which route?
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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.
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