Idaho to DC via El-Paso? My most recent ferry flight

[BenZwebner]

Hi all! I just got back from a 4 day trip during which I ferried a 182 from Lewiston Idaho, to Washington DC.

The town of Lewiston from a scenic stop.

The plane

The next day we were on our way

Thats me

Made a fuel / chart stop in Pasco

הטרמינל

And we are off again

Using Oxygen at 13,000

Final at KELP (Elko, NV)

fueling up

THE GRAND CANYON

We spent the night in north Pheonix and the next day headed east to El-Paso

Over flying PHX

EL-PASO

I always love having an F-18 pull up behind me at an FBO!

Fast forwarding to after landing at KIAD. I dropped off my student/ the owner of the plane. He left his car there so he picked up the car and I continued to KGAI with the plane.

And here is the plane as it sits today with her happy new owner!

An amazing trip for sure! To those wondering why I ended up in El-Paso if I started in Idaho... There was a huge area of cloud cover, precip and Icing Airmets that pretty much kept me from crossing the rockies liked I originally hoped. Unfortunately, by the time we woke up in Pheonix for the second day, that system moved south which made me puch my route as south as I could.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you!

 

[weilke]

Must have been grueling, I'm glad they pay you the big bucks to do this

 

[weilke]

You have to update your map with the about 20 states you accumulated during that trip.

 

[Everskyward]

Fast forwarding to after landing at KIAD.

We all know there is not much to look at in fly-over country anyway.

Nice pics. Sounds like an adventure!

 

[BenZwebner]

We all know there is not much to look at in fly-over country anyway.

Nice pics. Sounds like an adventure!

Even if there was what to see... it was solid cloud cover till west virginia anyway!

 

[BillTIZ]

I'm heading from LAS to AUG in May...
with all of those pictures...

I CAN'T WAIT !!!

and then I get to fly back too..

 

[Ted]

I love flying out west. Great pictures! Also sounds like good working with the weather - I personally still have the policy of no IMC out west.

 

[Ghery]

Great pictures, but I'm trying to understand why you went from Lewiston to Pasco if you were headed east/south. Seems a little out of the way. Weather that bad to the immediate south?

 

[AdamZ]

Ben:

Awesome photos! Sounds like a great trip!! You post has also confirmed that I can still Read Hebrew. Your keyboard switched languages at on point. I was mmm whats that word ?Oh, HA Terminal. LOL

 

[flyersfan31]

Great pictures, but I'm trying to understand why you went from Lewiston to Pasco if you were headed east/south. Seems a little out of the way. Weather that bad to the immediate south?

Cheap fuel?

As an aside? I hate "North Up" on my GPS display. YMMV

 

[BenZwebner]

I cant stand anything BUT north up! LOL


I went to Pasco because Lewiston didnt have any charts that I needed to head south.

 

[Ghery]

I cant stand anything BUT north up! LOL


I went to Pasco because Lewiston didnt have any charts that I needed to head south.

Ah ha! That would do it. And popping north to PUW probably wouldn't have helped too much, either. Looks like a great trip.

 

[rottydaddy]

Great write-up and photos!
Must be satisfying not only to complete the job satisfactorily, but to teach the new owner a few things about such flights.