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I hope you all are proud of yourselves. As a teenager I watched my father get his private pilot license just because it was his dream. 5 days later he took me for a .9 hour flight, and that was the only time he ever flew as pilot in command because he couldn't afford to do it any longer. It...

I haven't spent any time on this forum, but I'd be willing to bet the threads that dissolve into crap, you'll find some familiar names on them... but you won't find mine. Look for the common denominator and it will be no mystery.

Airways are established charted routes between VOR's. MEA's are studied and published altitudes on those airways that assure 2 things... Adequate signal coverage and obstacle clearance. Why would only a VFR pilot not want to use those things? Especially one who is unfamiliar with the terrain.

Tom, I have to honestly question if you're even a pilot. You don't know basic terminology, and that was my first indication. But moreover, in my over 20 years of flying, I have NEVER met a pilot who treats others the way you do.

This was Tuesday morning this week. Awesome scenery near Taos New Mexico. That is the Rio Grande River Gorge just before our final crossing over the highest terrain on the route we chose. We went over this last ridge at 13,000', which saved us about 20 minutes vs flying further south near ABQ.

Here's a screenshot of my logbook the last month... I flew as a Cadet in Civil Air Patrol, Utah wing. Did all my initial flight training in Utah 20 years ago... I tried to count how many times I've crossed the rockies, and I can't think of all of them. I thoroughly enjoyed each time. It's...

Wrong.

And no... it's not about radar coverage. MEA won't be adjusted for radar coverage.

Read the thread. Show me where I suggested she fly IMC. I gave an IFR route she could take which is over lower terrain over the Rockies, and she could fly it on a clear day, she could fly it without filing IFR. It's about obstacle clearance and VOR reception. It's also a route that has good...

Thanks for making me feel welcome.

Thanks so much for the feedback. Unfortunately, I don't feel this forum is for me. We'll be around on Youtube though. See ya there, and maybe at OSH!

And to be clear... to lean toward what Tom-D is saying, you're suggesting to a pilot unfamiliar with the terrain to navigate through mountain passes at low altitude as opposed to flying higher known, studied routes with guaranteed obstacle clearance. Unbelievable to me that suggestion is made...

We can't really have a meaningful conversation about this if people don't understand the difference between IFR and IMC. Surprised at the lack of that understanding, especially from you Martin. I follow your videos and love your content on YouTube. I would have thought you'd know the difference...

Shoot... I read Rockies and thought she meant the Rocky Mountain range. I didn't realize she wrote Rockies but what she really meant was the Cascades. I feel like such an idiot for bringing up the Rockies.

I stand corrected... You can see all the way across the rockies there. I'm guessing that's somewhere in Nebraska you're flying over at 3500'... and indeed, I can make out the Space Needle there if I squint real hard.

I read the title of the thread again a few times to be sure, and it does mention the Rockies. It's the sixth and final word of the thread title, and in context it is asking how to cross them. I relied to the tread with a suggested route that I would take which her plane could handle the...

On what day can you see across the Rockies at 3500'?

Again, please go study what IFR means, and the difference between IFR and IMC. **Here's a hint... IFR has absolutely NOTHING to do with weather.

What in the world does today's weather forecast have to do with what route and altitude she should fly? And how does showing me a weather report with 1.25mi visibility at 4000' make your case for going through the mountains at 3500'?

Yeah... so not a good day to do it. Pick another day, or buy a turbo FIKI. Don't go through mountain passes you're unfamiliar with in a 150...