Hello this is my first post here.
Welcome!
We intend to make tracks from our home in Nova Scotia along the eastern seaboard to stay at S n F for the duration. I have a few questions on route ideas. Stops along the way and most importantly I am looking for GA camping tips on site. Any hints and past lessons passed on to me would be appreciated. Is the full monday-Saturday worth staying? Is there better options out there? My Friend and I are flying down in his Cessna 177B. He is IFR and we plan on filing the whole way. Probably do some 3 ish hour legs.
Keeping in mind what others have said - I would do the first leg IFR, and land at KPSM for your first stop - They appear to have reasonably priced fuel, they're about halfway to KSBY, they're an international airport so you can clear customs into the US, and you can request the
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 approach, aka the "Tweety Bird" approach, so named because if you read the fix names on the procedure starting with the western IAF through the MAHP, it sounds an awful lot like this:
On the following leg, I would go VFR, and fly down the Hudson River corridor at NYC - Roughly, head to the JEDIL intersection and proceed southbound down the river to APPLE and then on your way to KSBY.
On day 2, you might consider deviating from the direct path a bit and flying VFR a little bit down the coast and stopping in at KFFA to pay homage to the Wright Brothers. The monument doesn't require a ton of time to tour, but it's worth a stop to see their little shop buildings, the spot where they first took flight, and take a walk up the hill to the monument itself, and admire how good of shape they must have been in by the end of their 1902 flying season, after having dragged a glider up that hill 700 times!
If you continue down the Outer Banks for a bit to KHSE, there is a little sandwich shop within walking distance of the airport there.
I don't have any recommendations of places I've been for the next spot to stop, but KCPC looks to have cheap fuel and courtesy cars.
While I would not stop there as a quick food/fuel stop, if you need to wait out a weather system elsewhere on your trip or want to spend an extra day along the way, Savannah (KSAV) is an interesting place to explore. Starting right at the airport, there are actually
graves under the runway, complete with flush gravestones in the runway. Fort Pulaski, a little ways out toward Tybee Island from the city, is a fascinating and very well-preserved relic of the US Civil War, with some fascinating history and technology of the time. It was thought to be impenetrable when it was built, but new tech allowed it to be taken, and it still has some of the rifled cannon rounds embedded in its walls. There are a LOT of really great restaurants in town, and just tons of other things to see and do. It's a neat city.
@Kejidog do you use ForeFlight or another EFB app?
