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Post by penzoil3 on Mar 30, 2017 18:33:54 GMT -5
I've been flying a lot in the Pacific Northwest, in the Rockies. ( and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies ) I've gotten used to flight planning around mountains, and through valleys. I just planned a flight from York Pennsylvania to Smith Lake West Virginia, in the Appalachians. I automatically routed around that mountain chain on the map. Then I jumped in the Apache and flew the route. I started laughing my butt off. The Appalachians aren't mountains, they're hills with delusions of grandeur. Hills, I was dodging hills !
ROFLMAO !
Sue
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 10:46:48 GMT -5
They are hills only as long as you are flying over them but they are still mountains when you hike through them.
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Post by pivo11 on Mar 31, 2017 14:30:33 GMT -5
Have you tried the Swiss Alps? In a sling wing? Oy vay!  |
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Post by Bushpounder on Mar 31, 2017 17:36:22 GMT -5
I am surrounded by those smaller mountains. They are big enough for me, though I do like the ones out west better!
BP;)
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Post by olderndirt on Mar 31, 2017 21:32:04 GMT -5
Regardless of height, if cloud bases force you below the peaks, visibility becomes your primary concern. If you can't see you can't maneuver - an instrument rating has its least value in a box canyon.
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