the Great American Canadian Adventure

[Paul Beardmore]

Guys
following on from the talk the other night about a flight across the states keeping close to the US Canadian border
i remember Dave saying "cant be done fields too far apart"
well it got me thinking if i could manage to sort that Billy Connolly Route a few years back where he went across the North of Canada following the Northwest Passage
i sure as damn should be able sort one close to the border
dont forget Mike and i sorted two round the world flights
well I gone and done it
we can do it in 14 legs averaging 250miles a leg
New Brunswick to Vancouver island

leg 1
CCN2 Grand Manan 016° 0 0 nm 
KEPM Eastport Mun 338° 13 15 nm 
CCS3 St Stephen 347° 17 20.5 nm 
84ME Cowboys Air Ranch 331° 25 29.5 nm 331° ' 
KHUL Houlton Intl 013° 29 34.4 nm 013° 
CCR3 Florenceville 037° 16 19.3 nm 037° 
ME00 Fort Fairfield 353° 19 22.3 nm 353° 
ME16 Loring Intl 008° 9 11.2 nm 008° 352°
KGOB Fort Kent Airport 315° 27 32.2 nm 315°
ME19 Clayton Lake Strip 244° 44 52.3 nm 244° 

leg 2

ME19 Clayton Lake Strip 016° 0 0 nm 000°
CSU4 Ste-Lucie-De-Beauregard 306° 19 22.3 nm 
CSC5 Lac Etchemin 240° 24 27.9 nm 
CYSG St Georges 221° 17 20.6 nm 
59B Newton Field 160° 29 33.9 nm 
B21 Sugarloaf Rgnl 193° 28 32.9 nm 
8B0 Bean Mun 269° 17 19.8 nm 
KERR Errol 256° 21 24.4 nm 
4C4 Gifford 306° 13 15.7 nm 
CSN5 Stanhope 317° 12 14.4 nm
KEFK Newport State 262° 17 20 nm

leg3

KEFK Newport State 015° 0 0 nm 
CSK4 Mansonville 333° 9 11.1 nm 333° 
KFSO Franklin Co State 275° 25 30 nm 275° 2
CSH3 Covey Hill 294° 22 25.5 nm 294° 
CYCC Cornwall Regl 291° 32 37.5 nm 291° 
CNS8 Morrisburg 262° 20 23.5 nm 262° 
KOGS Ogdensburg Intl 239° 19 22.8 nm 239°
CNL3 Brockville-Thousand Isl Reg 271° 11 12.5 nm 271° 
CNN8 Gananoque 249° 22 25.5 nm 249°
KART Watertown Intl 171° 22 26.4 nm 171°
1NY3 Richland Airpark 195° 21 25.2 nm 195° 


leg4


1NY3 Richland Airpark 012° 0 0 nm 000° 000° 71 Kts. 0 N43° 34' 22.22" W76° 2' 25.71"
KFZY Oswego Co 241° 17 20.2 nm 241° 229° 71 Kts. 1100 N43° 21' 02.81" W76° 23' 16.99"
KSDC Williamson-Sodus 270° 28 32.7 nm 270° 258° 71 Kts. 1100 N43° 14' 04.55" W77° 7' 10.03"
3NK0 McKinney 279° 29 34.3 nm 279° 267° 71 Kts. 900 N43° 12' 08.31" W77° 54' 10.83"
9G5 Royalton 279° 24 28.7 nm 279° 268° 71 Kts. 1000 N43° 10' 55.21" W78° 33' 28.08"
CNJ3 Ft Erie 239° 20 23.6 nm 239° 228° 71 Kts. 2000 N42° 54' 59.99" W78° 57' 20.01"
CDU9 Dunnville 276° 24 28.3 nm 276° 265° 71 Kts. 2000 N42° 52' 25.25" W79° 35' 51.56"
CDH6 Delhi 281° 30 35.6 nm 281° 271° 71 Kts. 900 N42° 53' 04.61" W80° 24' 22.20"
CYQS St Thomas Mun 267° 27 31.7 nm 267° 258° 71 Kts. 1100 N42° 46' 11.85" W81° 6' 34.63"


leg5

CYQS St Thomas Mun 009° 0 0 nm 000° 000° 71 Kts. 0 N42° 46' 11.85" W81° 6' 34.63"
CNA2 Highgate 256° 28 33.2 nm 256° 247° 71 Kts. 1000 N42° 33' 16.00" W81° 48' 11.02"
CYCK Chatham-Kent 228° 16 19.3 nm 228° 220° 71 Kts. 900 N42° 18' 22.45" W82° 4' 54.30"
CLM2 Leamington 238° 22 26 nm 238° 230° 71 Kts. 800 N42° 1' 29.21" W82° 31' 30.12"
KONZ Grosse Ile Muni 287° 24 28.7 nm 287° 279° 71 Kts. 1000 N42° 5' 56.68" W83° 9' 41.29"
KMTC Selfridge Angb 032° 29 34.1 nm 032° 025° 71 Kts. 1000 N42° 36' 50.02" W82° 50' 12.89"
KPHN St Clair Co Intl 045° 19 22.4 nm 045° 037° 71 Kts. 900 N42° 54' 39.45" W82° 31' 43.85"
CPL4 Grand Bend 066° 36 42.2 nm 066° 057° 71 Kts. 1000 N43° 17' 12.99" W81° 42' 51.02"
CYGD Goderich 009° 24 28.9 nm 009° 000° 71 Kts. 1100 N43° 46' 04.31" W81° 42' 38.50"


leg6

CYGD Goderich 009° 0 0 nm 000° 000° 71 Kts. 0 N43° 46' 04.31" W81° 42' 38.50"
CYKM Kincardine 019° 22 26.4 nm 019° 010° 71 Kts. 1100 N44° 12' 05.07" W81° 36' 20.48"
CYVV Wiarton 042° 33 38.9 nm 042° 033° 71 Kts. 1200 N44° 44' 38.54" W81° 6' 30.89"
CNR4 Tobermory 332° 31 36.2 nm 332° 323° 71 Kts. 1100 N45° 13' 18.40" W81° 37' 43.21"
CYEM Manitoulin East Muni. 355° 33 38.5 nm 355° 346° 71 Kts. 1100 N45° 50' 32.89" W81° 51' 27.27"
CYZE Gore Bay-Manitoulin 284° 25 29.8 nm 284° 275° 71 Kts. 1200 N45° 53' 03.23" W82° 34' 05.79"
KDRM Drummond I 288° 42 49.6 nm 288° 279° 71 Kts. 1300 N46° 0' 33.52" W83° 44' 38.14"
CYAM Sault Ste Marie 320° 36 42.7 nm 320° 312° 71 Kts. 1300 N46° 29' 06.25" W84° 30' 34.39"



leg7


CYAM Sault Ste Marie 008° 0 0 nm 000° 000° 71 Kts. 0 N46° 29' 06.25" W84° 30' 34.39"
KERY Luce Co 263° 34 40.6 nm 263° 255° 71 Kts. 1100 N46° 18' 39.60" W85° 27' 25.78"
5Y7 Hanley 280° 41 48.3 nm 280° 273° 71 Kts. 1100 N46° 21' 14.81" W86° 37' 15.58"
KSAW Sawyer Intl 276° 27 32.1 nm 276° 270° 71 Kts. 1500 N46° 20' 56.97" W87° 23' 46.93"
50D Iron Co 246° 35 41.8 nm 246° 241° 71 Kts. 2000 N46° 0' 32.68" W88° 16' 26.49"
KLNL Kings Land O'Lakes 287° 34 40 nm 287° 283° 71 Kts. 2000 N46° 9' 14.82" W89° 12' 43.08"
D25 Manitowish Waters 270° 24 27.9 nm 270° 266° 71 Kts. 1900 N46° 7' 12.82" W89° 52' 55.93"
2WI5 Blair Lake 267° 10 11.8 nm 267° 263° 71 Kts. 1900 N46° 5' 50.81" W90° 9' 47.58"





TO BE CONTINUED ON NEW POST

[SteveG]

WOW Paul, that is impressive. Now to find the time to do this. Based on ICAO codes I see we jump in and out of both countries.

[Paul Beardmore]

steve
you are correct bouncing across the border in places
i was trying to keep as close as possible

word of warning though i have not visited all the airfields so have no idea as to runway length or conditions
they were done using Plan G in 2020 mode using 2020 database

now its up to Uncle Moly to copy and the put on as Sunday flights
if not i intend flying the route anyway

Paul

[Paul Beardmore]

Dave
I have just checked the numbers and unless i missed one all hops are under 50 NM
a couple are close at 48nm
so therefore all legs are doable for Sunday Flights

Paul

[Coop]

Personally, when flying in msfs i find doing touch and goes every 20 or 30 miles a bit tiring, msfs requires a bit more management and 50 mile hops let you get set up in cruise and enjoy the view before reconfiguring for a touch and go , hell on Thursday night 75 to 100 mile hops are the norm

[SteveG]

Hi Coop. I have an idea...... there are those in our group that prefer less navigating and more flying and get bored if all hops were 50 to 100 miles long. Just as there are "pilots" like you that like to navigate with the plethora of available instruments/approaches/departures, etc..

My idea...? Since Sunday afternoon/evening, are basically T&G flight plans just fly over every other airport ( except for the full stop ) I also know that you and other MSfS pilots like to explore and post pics of POI's and other great terrain/scenery. I would prefer that we can fly together happy for the company of either tyoe of pilot. I also understand that there are a variety of aircraft, some of which do better on the long legs and some on the shorter legs.

Since Dave and others have been printing the flight plan it ought to be easy enough to create a plan in your sim, ignoring or adding some airports, or installing the original zipped flight plan into MSFS, remove the unwanted airports and add aditional/alternate miles.

Just a few ideas for any needing some variety

Cheers

[Coop]

it's all good Steve i,m just pointing out that its okay to have a long leg here and there as a changeup, i already do whatever, flying by the seat of my pants and just follow along, glad for the company. As far as leg lengths it also depends on the speed of the aircraft. i,ve always liked to fly slow 100mph planes and tour a smaller area as well as our 100-mile jet hops on Thursday nights. Variety is the spice of life. cheers

[allanl]

I'm pretty sure that we followed the rail tracks across Canada at one point - maybe 10 years ago! The full route is a hoplist on Bluegrass at:

bluegrassairlines.com/operations/hoplists/2013/canada_by_rail_hop_list.html

[Paul Beardmore]

Allan,
have just printed off the trans Canada rail route looks good
also the Aussie Charter flights
and while I was at it also printed off the Caribbean Bahama flights and the Shuttle flights
all look good and the mileages aint bad either

Paul

Allan those routes are brill interesting with real weather
might get a few more of the Aussie ones printed off

[molyned]

Just a mention - I've converted the last batch of airfields into a flight this Sunday.
I'm working from West to East for some reason so this flight will start from CAT4.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[Paul Beardmore]

Not Happy
Not the way it was planned
and you missed two out if you doing it backwards
i will fly it the way i planned so will miss a few flights
Yes im pissed off Dave