I'm planning a trip for mid-May from WHite Plains, NY (KHPN) to Santa
Fe, NM (KSF). I'm wondering if anyone here has made a similar flight
and has any advice for me.

I will be single-pilot IFR, will be flying a Beech Debonair and am
planning to file for a TAS of 165kts at 10,000'. I've broken the route
up into three legs of approximately 3.5 to 4 hours each.

Leg 1: HPN to Findlay, OH (KFDY) via SAX V188 FQM V226 CIP V30 DJB V14
FDY

Leg 2: FDY to Olathe, KS (KOJC) via FDY V38 MAPPS V233 CAP V50 UIN V116
MCM V424 ANX V10 OJC

Leg 3: OJC to Santa Fe via OJC V10 HUT V234 DHT V190 LVS V60 TAFOY SAF

I could fly lower for the first two legs, but the MEA after DHT on leg
3 requires 10,000'. I would like not to have to carry oxygen if I can
avoid it. Assuming decent weather is it ridiculous to think that this
trip can be made in one long day? I'm not at all adverse to stopping
for an overnight at OJC, but would like to try and do it in one day if
possible.

I'd appreciate any feedback on this. Do any of you who fly regularly
along this route see any "gotcha's" with this plan?

Thanks in advance...

I don't think I'd try in in one day with the chance you'll end up at
SFE in the dark. An early departure out of OJC will hopefully put you
in the SFE area before the winds come up and you'll have lots of
daylight to see what is around you. Always good chance that you'll be
bucking headwinds and delay your arrivals westbound.
Keep it uppermost in your mind how to figure the DA and how it will
affect your aircraft performance. Most pilots just don't really grasp
it until they see how the DA affects their particular flight with take
offs above 10,000 DA.
I don't see anything particularly unusual about the flight and the fact
that you seem to be planning it well indicates you will find most
problem areas anyway! Lots of tall hills around the area and
spectacular scenery. I often went there for ski trips while flying a
corporate Merlin.
Have fun and enjoy yourself.

Have fun, Tom . . . I want to make a long one like that myself . . .
farthest I have done was to Mt Rushmore and back . . . I'm hoping to
do a coast to coast soon . . . if only I could stay away from my work
for a couple of weeks!

Thanks for all the good advise. I'll be making this a 2 day trip,
stopping in KS for an overnight, then a short morning flight to SAF to
arrive early in the day.

Can't wait!


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> Have fun, Tom . . . I want to make a long one like that myself . . .
> farthest I have done was to Mt Rushmore and back . . . I'm hoping to
> do a coast to coast soon . . . if only I could stay away from my work
> for a couple of weeks!
>

Tom Fleischman wrote:

>Thanks for all the good advise. I'll be making this a 2 day trip,
>stopping in KS for an overnight, then a short morning flight to SAF to
>arrive early in the day.
>
>Can't wait!
>
>
>In article m>,
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>>Have fun, Tom . . . I want to make a long one like that myself . . .
>>farthest I have done was to Mt Rushmore and back . . . I'm hoping to
>>do a coast to coast soon . . . if only I could stay away from my work
>>for a couple of weeks!
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I received my commerical at KOJC when I lived in KC, MO. Have someone
take you to Sneeds BBQ or Jes and Jim's Steakhouse. both good places to
eat (at least the last time I was there). The Bendix King and Garmin
folks are in Olatha, KS, also.

Ross

1992. The restaurant is Maria's, the waitress was Belanca, and the
entree was Carnes Adovada.(The hottest dish on the menu.) Belanca was
kind enough to get the recipe from the chef for me, though, I was never
able to duplicate it.

Wished I was going to Santa Fe.

G. Lee