wrote:
Hey all... awhile back I posted about my proposed flight from
Virginia to
southeast Alaska (specifically, Juneau). I used to live there so I'm
aware of the
weather potential. I'm thinking of staging from the interior of BC
(Atlin, perhaps)
and coming down Taku inlet or White pass if the weather's too low to
go over the
icefield but not too low to safely come down the pass. Thoughts?

I think the weather will make your decision for you. I flew the
White Pass route several times when I was there and when the weather
was good, it was a piece of cake. When the weather was marginal, there
weren't a whole lot of options. Any coastal WX system tends to fill up
the passes with low hanging clouds. If you know for sure there are
breaks ahead, you can go over the top. Otherwise, you're done for the
day (assuming you're VFR).

Also, I just recently heard about the "Alaska Airmen's Association
Logbook."
Apparently the Milepost for pilots. Is this really the indispensible
guide like the
Milepost is for driving? I saw (after some searching) that the '94
edition was the
latest as of '99. New ones available and comments?

That '99 reference was probably from me wasn't it? Thanks to a
rec.aviation* poster, I was able to borrow the old version of the
Logbook for my trip. Since then, I've pestered a few people at the
Alaska Airmen's Assoc. without success. Initially, they told me the
were working on an updated version for release in 2001, then 2002, and
so on...

If you do locate an updated version please post details here. I'd
like to get one. It was one of the more valuable resources that I took
on my trip.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)