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From: blais@dcdwest.UUCP (Phil Blais)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: crossing the rockies
Message-ID: <195@dcdwest.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 18:18:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 18:18:02 1985
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Organization: ITT Defense Communications (San Diego)
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*** for the line eater ***

I'm in the initial planning stages for a round robin cross country
from San Diego to Michigan sometime in late spring '86 in a C177RG.
Would greatly appreciate mail from anyone who has crossed the
rocky mountains in a light plane as regards the best places to
cross (read lowest MEA's), where the safest (read widest) VFR
passes are etc. I'm very flexible as to routing etc. (thats why
I'm planning this far in advance) and am primarily concerned
with getting there in one piece. The west coast OSHKOSH fans do it
every year so I'm sure there must be some places to cross with
MEA's less than 16000 feet! Any and all info will be welcome
including good FBO's, cautions, advice (not too many "don't do
its") I hope.

mail addresses :
west coast       ucbvax!sdcsvax!dcdwest!blais
east coast       decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!blais

Thanks in advance,

Phil Blais