"David Rind" wrote in message ...
1) What do people like to use for flight planning for something
like this? Laying multiple sectionals on the floor next to each
other seems a bit painful. Is Aeroplanner a good choice? If so,
is the basic Aeroplanner the right level for this kind of thing?

If you want to do it with paper charts, the easiest way is to get
the FAA planning chart. It's essentially about the size of a sectional
unfolded but covers the entire US. It has VOR's and Airports (larger
ones at least) on it. You draw your line on this and then you have
the basis to go plot it out on your sectionals if you want.

Frankly, I use Aeroplanner and/or the DUAT planner to pick me a
route.


2) I'm thinking of flying to Tipton (FME) to get near Bethesda.
Anyone have opinions on this airport? GAI seems to have gotten
a lot of negative comments on AirNav, though if the weather is
bad I'll probably go there instead. (I miss being able to fly
into College Park!)

There's nothing wrong with GAI. FME is a long ways away from
Bethesda ground distance wise. GAI is a nice straight shot down
270 or 355.

3) If I fly into the Washington ADIZ IFR, can I cancel in the air
when I have the airport, or do I need to cancel on the ground? How
does switching over to the CTAF work if I'm supposed to be maintaining
communications with ATC while in the ADIZ?

You need to continue on the squawk to the ground. They will switch you
over to the CTAF, but you need to continue to squawk until you are down.