Yippie! Maine to Arizona in a Bonanza
- Thread starter Acadia
- Start date
Acadia
Well-Known Member
AOPA Flight Planner
I was just doing a little flight planning for the trip. Has anyone else checked out the new program AOPA has for members? Its a little program (full of updated Jepps data) for flight planning that you download for on & offline use. Like WSI if you are online it gets all current TFRS and displays them graphically and the program is integrated with a your DUAT account so it can get route weather and overlay radar data onto a planned route.
Im just playing around with it now, but it is pretty nice for home use! (not sure how good it is with a dial up connection, but it rocks with high-speed).
I was just doing a little flight planning for the trip. Has anyone else checked out the new program AOPA has for members? Its a little program (full of updated Jepps data) for flight planning that you download for on & offline use. Like WSI if you are online it gets all current TFRS and displays them graphically and the program is integrated with a your DUAT account so it can get route weather and overlay radar data onto a planned route.
Im just playing around with it now, but it is pretty nice for home use! (not sure how good it is with a dial up connection, but it rocks with high-speed).
montana
New Member
Re: AOPA Flight Planner
[ QUOTE ]
I was just doing a little flight planning for the trip. Has anyone else checked out the new program AOPA has for members? Its a little program (full of updated Jepps data) for flight planning that you download for on & offline use. Like WSI if you are online it gets all current TFRS and displays them graphically and the program is integrated with a your DUAT account so it can get route weather and overlay radar data onto a planned route.
Im just playing around with it now, but it is pretty nice for home use! (not sure how good it is with a dial up connection, but it rocks with high-speed).
[/ QUOTE ]
I downloaded it a few days ago and it seems to be a pretty powerful tool for a free download. I don't think it has DP's or STARS in it though, does it? The graphical overlays of weather and TFR's are really cool.
[ QUOTE ]
I was just doing a little flight planning for the trip. Has anyone else checked out the new program AOPA has for members? Its a little program (full of updated Jepps data) for flight planning that you download for on & offline use. Like WSI if you are online it gets all current TFRS and displays them graphically and the program is integrated with a your DUAT account so it can get route weather and overlay radar data onto a planned route.
Im just playing around with it now, but it is pretty nice for home use! (not sure how good it is with a dial up connection, but it rocks with high-speed).
[/ QUOTE ]
I downloaded it a few days ago and it seems to be a pretty powerful tool for a free download. I don't think it has DP's or STARS in it though, does it? The graphical overlays of weather and TFR's are really cool.
Center_Mid
Well-Known Member
Damn, that sounds like quite the adventure! Any stops along the way?
FL270
New Member
I sincerely hope so! If you tried to do BHB-SDL nonstop in the Bonanza you'd be making an unscheduled stop probably somewhere in West Virginia! Even with tip tanks, a Bonanza will go six hours max on full fuel, at 160 knots TAS, that is 900-1000nm, no wind, not accounting for IFR fuel requirements, alternates, or (most importantly) PIC bladder endurance!
When I did NC to AZ, I stopped four times en route ... three were planned, one was a quick hop to the next airport down the road to buy some charts I needed. I did the trip over two days ... Greensboro to Houston day one, and Houston to Phoenix day two. I was solo the whole time, but it was absolutely fantastic. Some of the most fun I've had flying.
Plus, some of the hotties I saw in PHX made me want to move!!!
FL270
When I did NC to AZ, I stopped four times en route ... three were planned, one was a quick hop to the next airport down the road to buy some charts I needed. I did the trip over two days ... Greensboro to Houston day one, and Houston to Phoenix day two. I was solo the whole time, but it was absolutely fantastic. Some of the most fun I've had flying.
Plus, some of the hotties I saw in PHX made me want to move!!!
FL270
Center_Mid
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I should've been more clear.
Any overnights or "tourist" stops?
Similar threads
