rvreynolds(at)macs.net
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 Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: Grand Canyon was Rocky Mountain route: Noob question |
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| Quote: | I plan to return home to Virginia via the Grand Canyon and
Albuquerque, Dodge City, KS, St. Louis, MO and eastbound from
there. My question pertains mostly to getting from Cody to Flagstaff.
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Bill,
To fly the Grand Canyon you will need the NACO chart "Grand Canyon
VFR Aeronautical Chart (General Aviation)". The latest edition and
date of the chart is 3rd Edition April 19, 2001 (yes 2001 is the
latest edition).
This chart tells GA flier (non-commercial tour operators) where they
can fly, general very high and above the rim. There are no fly zones
extending up tp 14,500 ft to protect the birds.
I flew the canyon on a beautifully clear, cloudless, hot, mid
afternoon day in late September 2004. It does not look as good at
10,000 ft as the profession photographers who shot early in the
morning or late afternoon with big puffy clouds.
To fly it, I added about 5 way points to my GPS and created a route
so I could fly with having to do a lot of "navigation" during the
flight. I started at Kingman, AZ (IGM) and flew to Winslow, AZ (INW)
for the night.
There are no good places to land if your engine acts up. Still I
would do it again.
Richard Reynolds
RV-6A, N841RV
Norfolk, VA
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