tabrina
Filing Flight Plan
Hey,
I just got my PPL, and I'm planning a flight from Cedar Rapids, IA to Mancelona, MI here in a couple of weeks in a Piper Cherokee 180. I'm debating whether I should fly over the lake or just to go down south around Chicago. If I were to fly up north across the lake, I would take the thinnest part (about 52 miles by my calculation) - but even from 10,000 feet I won't be able to glide to land if my engine quits in the middle of the lake (it turns out the Cherokee doesn't make a very good glider
That and I'm not even sure I can legally fly over the lake without the proper life boats and such. According to FAR 91.509 I can, but I've been told by other pilots that it's not allowed unless I can glide to land.
Any advice from the wiser, more experienced pilots of POA?
I just got my PPL, and I'm planning a flight from Cedar Rapids, IA to Mancelona, MI here in a couple of weeks in a Piper Cherokee 180. I'm debating whether I should fly over the lake or just to go down south around Chicago. If I were to fly up north across the lake, I would take the thinnest part (about 52 miles by my calculation) - but even from 10,000 feet I won't be able to glide to land if my engine quits in the middle of the lake (it turns out the Cherokee doesn't make a very good glider
That and I'm not even sure I can legally fly over the lake without the proper life boats and such. According to FAR 91.509 I can, but I've been told by other pilots that it's not allowed unless I can glide to land.
Any advice from the wiser, more experienced pilots of POA?