finding mountain passes for flight planning?

"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message
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Cub Driver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:43:29 GMT, (Ron Lee)

Can a Sport Pilot fly over Independence Pass?

One web source places the altitude at 12095 feet. You tell me if your
aircraft and any possible sport pilot restrictions makes that
realistic.

10,000 feet is Sport Pilot limit.

Yup, I "think" the only way around for a Sport Pilot is El Paso... If
there is another (better) one, I'd like to know about it.... I'm
attempting to plan a sport pilot CC from SNA to OSH....

You may want to check into I-80 route. IIRC you can stay under 10K
the entire way.



The last page in the current March/April "Pilot Getaways" talks about flying
over The Divide... The southern routes: Along I-10 it gets up to 5000msl
and along I-40 the highest elevation is 7000msl - just keep an eye out for
White Sands! The northern routes along I-80 gets up to 6000msl but you have
to cross The Divide twice. I-80 only gets to 6500msl. I-70 or I-50, thru
the middle of Colorado both have passes of over 11000msl!

There are gaps here in North Carolina.

Jerry in NC

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
news
A gap is in Vermont. ......

And Pennsylvania.

vince norris

Right! Be sure to put on your landing lights in the tunnel!

and honk your horn for luck!

Lordy, no, if you are the one that had that Helio Courier that was at OSH,
what, two years ago?

For those who missed it, he had TRAIN horns, with bleed air from the turbine
engine, powering it!

I was spinning like a top, out on the taxiway (flagging planes at an
intersection), trying to locate the crash truck that was surely going to run
me down! g

Can you imagine a set of horns like that, going off in a tunnel??? :-)
--
Jim in NC

Thanks, I think I'm beginning to understand.


On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:11:34 -0500, "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at
wow way d0t com wrote:

"GeorgeC" wrote in message
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To rephrase my question. I was look at the Colorado Pilots Association's
web
site and they have a listing of Colorado passes
http://www.coloradopilots.org/conten...p?menuID=16~16 and
they
have a listing of Colorado gaps
http://www.coloradopilots.org/conten...p?menuID=16~16 . It
made me
wonder what's the difference between a gap and a pass.

E. Explanation of different lists:
a.. The list of gaps came from source 1 which combined passes and non-pass
gaps, listing all as gaps. Those appearing in the List of Gaps are not
passes (saddles on a ridge), but are narrow passages, often of a stream or
road, and were determined by inspection of the 7.5 minute USGS map.

b.. The List of Passes in Colorado without Official names contains passes
I have discovered on maps or in person but could find no label, so have
chosen a name from a nearby topographic feature.

c.. The List of Passes in Colorado without complete information contains
passes which are named, but which I have not yet been able to locate
precisely
d..
--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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GeorgeC

"Jerry" wrote in message
m...
There are gaps here in North Carolina.

Remember, too, the historic "Cumberland Gap"

Oh well, if we're collecting, there's also the Delaware Water Gap.
(That's where I did my mountain flying course


On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:55:44 GMT, "Jerry"
wrote:

There are gaps here in North Carolina.

Jerry in NC

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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A gap is in Vermont. ......

And Pennsylvania.

vince norris



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A flatlander pilot contemplating a trip through Colorado asked his
instructor to provide him with some training in mountain flying. This
included many simulated high density altitude takeoffs and landings.
Upon his return the pilot was heard to comment, "Man, I'm sure glad I
had that additional training. I was sorely tempted to use full power
taking off out of Leadville.
Steve