Alaska

Robert Young said:
Hello
I did make the trip. The weather was not great but overall a great experience!
I took off from Maine cross country above the Great Lakes to Bellingham WA. Then up the coast to Ketchikan , Sitka and then to Merrill Field in Anchorage.
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Congrats! Pictures please!
 
Robert Young said:
Hello
I did make the trip. The weather was not great but overall a great experience!
I took off from Maine cross country above the Great Lakes to Bellingham WA. Then up the coast to Ketchikan , Sitka and then to Merrill Field in Anchorage.
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Did you see the bears on the ground? Very cool. We didn’t see much wildlife in Alaska, was kind of hoping to and not hoping to. Awesome pics
 
mandm said:
Did you see the bears on the ground? Very cool. We didn’t see much wildlife in Alaska, was kind of hoping to and not hoping to. Awesome pics
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Yes! In Barrow. Guy with an Excursion drove a group of us just out of town.
 
dans2992 said:
Flew the plane. Seattle -> Juneau -> Fairbanks -> Barrow. Down through the Bering strait on the way back (saw Russia) then Nome and back to Anchorage.
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How did the electronics work?
 
Robert Young said:
Sorry, specifically the navigation. I never got a definitive response from Garmin
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I experienced no issues. The lat/lon range we were in is shown to “work” in the G3000 manual.

We went as far north as 71 deg.
 
Robert Young said:
Hello
I am planning to fly my 182 from Maine to Alaska in July of this year. I need to fly the coast because as I understand it Canada does not accept special issuance for medical. Any tips would be appreciated
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Nice!
 
dans2992 said:
I experienced no issues. The lat/lon range we were in is shown to “work” in the G3000 manual.

We went as far north as 71 deg.
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One other thing I’d add - it seems like (outside of Anchorage) Alaska has one controller that works half of the state with a myriad of frequencies at once. I often got “here are a couple frequencies to try if/when I lose you…” and “this frequency has been down for a couple months, try me on xxx.xxx after another 100 miles”.

It’s always comforting to be “no comms” in northern Alaska at FL250!
 
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