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Arty Trost

Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 205
Location: Sandy, Oregon

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: Planning a flight Oregon to Texas and on to MV

Hi Kolbers



Larry Cottrell (Kolb flyer) and I (Drifter flyer) are

planning to fly from Oregon to Texas this May.  We've

gotten lots of good advice, and here is the route that

we're planning as of now.  Larry's wife Karen will be

ground crewing us - we'll probably meet her once a day

for gas and at our final stop every night.  Since both

Larry and I are flying E-LSAs, we're no longer limited

to 5 gallons, and he'll be carrying 20 and I'll have

16 (maybe 20 - I haven't decided if I want that much

extra weight.)



At the end of this message is our proposed route to

Texas with airstrips along the way.  If we don't get

into terrible headwinds, we are figuring on 125-150

mile legs. We're hoping to average 60 mph and stop

every 2+ hours just to stretch our legs...but I've put

in back-up strips just in case we need to land sooner.

 (And of course, there's always fields, dirt/gravel

roads, etc.)  



While I've poured over sectionals and topo maps, I'd

still like to hear from any of you who have actual

knowledge of the route - any advice or warnings you

want to give us?  I know there's a lot of you on this

list who live along the route and who have flown it.



Thanks in advance for any info.  And...if any of you

want to join us in the air for a while or just hang

out in the evening, let us know.



Arty Trost

Maxair Drifter

Sandy, Oregon 



• From Rome, Oregon take Hwy. 95 south to Winnemucca,

NV.  

    132 miles

• Go east on I-80 to Battle Mountain, NV.    60 miles

• Go south on Hwy. 305 to Austen, NV        91 miles

• Take Hwy. 50 east, then Hwy. 377 south to Tonopah,

NV   120 miles

• Link up with Hwy. 95 south again, to Beatty, NV  

110 miles

• Continue south on Hwy. 95 through the Pahrump Valley

(Calvada Meadows Airpart,  64 miles;) to Boulder City,

NV (85 miles;) Needles, CA (82 miles;) Blythe, CA (93

miles.)

• Take I-10 east to San Antonio, TX - with the

following airports as possible stops:  Buckeye, AZ;

Casa Grade, AZ; Marana NW Regional, AZ; Benson

Municipal, AZ ; Wilcox: Cochise Co, AZ; Lordsburg, NM;

 Deming, NM; Las Cruces, NM; El Paso: Horizon, TX;

Culberson County/Van Horn, TX; Ft. Stockton, TX; Ozona

Muncipal, TX; Sonora Municipal, TX; Junction, Kimble

County, TX; Kerrville Municipal, TX;

Kestral/Springbranch, TX; Burnet, TX



Coming back we'll be heading to El Paso and then up to

Monument Valley for the Kolb fly-in in mid-May.  Will

Uribe has sent us helpful suggestions for the route

from El Paso to MV - and hinted that he may join us if

he's able to fly his bird.  And Dennis Kirby - I

believe you're planning to fly up this year, but

you'll be starting from AZ and will probably be taking

a different route.

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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: Planning a flight Oregon to Texas and on to MV

Arty,



   One of the things I would highly recommend is making sure you are 

thoroughly familiar with your GPS.   I would assume you have a GPS.  Get the 

latest update, find the quick instruction pamphlet

and practice a bunch.

   As I told you the last time you asked for advice, I just flew from near 

Sacramento, south to Tahachapi, then west past Las Vegas, on to SW 

Utah....my new home.   I had the luxury of being able to spend a full week, 

day and night, preparing.

   I studied charts (sectionals), the weather, renewed my pilot license, new 

medical, and without a doubt, one of best advantages was practicing night 

after night with my Garmin 296.



   Give me a call.  I guarantee I can give you a couple of "tricks" to make 

your navigating a heckuva lot more easy.       Mike Welch                    

    435-817-1816



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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: Planning a flight Oregon to Texas and on to MV

Arty said:  

<< ... El Paso and then up to Monument Valley for the Kolb fly-in in

mid-May.  Dennis Kirby - I believe you're planning to fly up this year,

but you'll be starting from AZ and will probably be taking a different

route. >>



Arty, Larry, Will U, and MV Kolbers -



I will be flying my Mark-3 to MV from the Albuquerque area.

My plan is to depart Thursday morning (17 May).

Monument Valley is approx 300 air miles from Albuquerque.

It would be great to join up with you guys as you fly up from El Paso.

John Hauck plans to RON at my airport (Sandia East, 1N1) Wednesday

night.  Maybe he could join the gaggle as well, Thursday morning.  Plus,

a friend of mine is also planning to fly his Challenger up to MV to join

our event.



Easiest route for airplanes with 150-mile ranges (like mine) will be

west from Albuquerque (following I-40), refuel at Grants or Gallup, then

northwest via Window Rock to Chinle, AZ.  Here, I plan to land and

transfer 5 gal of fuel from my ferry tank to the main tanks.  (There are

no services at Chinle.)  From Chinle, it is 85 miles to Gouldings.  This

route generally follows roads the whole way.



It would be fun to fly the last 300 miles to Monument Valley as a flight

of six little airplanes!



Looking forward to seeing you all again ...



Dennis Kirby

Cedar Crest, NM

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