Terry
Line Up and Wait
Hi All:
My best friend just gave me the "go ahead" to finish my instrument starting the middle of August. Once I am finished I have three trips that I want to make.
One to Colorado Springs, One to Marshall, Texas, and one to Missoula, Montana.
Colorado Springs: My son lives there and we would fly up and see him and his wife. Approximately 1 1/2 hours one way.
Marshall, Texas: I fly this every year. My Mom, 85 years old, climbs in the plane and away we go to visit her brother and two sisters and eat catfish and hush puppies on Caddoe Lake.
Missoula: My son and his family live there. We were planning to leave Hays, Kansas and fly to Casper and refuel and then up I90 and into Missoula. That appears to be about the "lowest" way concerning mountains and terrains.
Any comments on the Missoula trip? I have about 200 hundred hours, have lived in the mountains for some 20 years, and have read Immeson's book on mountain flying. I am a cautious and safe pilot and am concerned about the distance. I have a nice 172 available or a piper warrior that is available.
Comments welcome, smart remarks also allowed.
Terry
My best friend just gave me the "go ahead" to finish my instrument starting the middle of August. Once I am finished I have three trips that I want to make.
One to Colorado Springs, One to Marshall, Texas, and one to Missoula, Montana.
Colorado Springs: My son lives there and we would fly up and see him and his wife. Approximately 1 1/2 hours one way.
Marshall, Texas: I fly this every year. My Mom, 85 years old, climbs in the plane and away we go to visit her brother and two sisters and eat catfish and hush puppies on Caddoe Lake.
Missoula: My son and his family live there. We were planning to leave Hays, Kansas and fly to Casper and refuel and then up I90 and into Missoula. That appears to be about the "lowest" way concerning mountains and terrains.
Any comments on the Missoula trip? I have about 200 hundred hours, have lived in the mountains for some 20 years, and have read Immeson's book on mountain flying. I am a cautious and safe pilot and am concerned about the distance. I have a nice 172 available or a piper warrior that is available.
Comments welcome, smart remarks also allowed.
Terry