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wrxpilot · September 28th, 2006, 08:27

Anyone have some rules of thumb for time involved on these long trips? I'm flying from Colorado to south FL and back in a 172 RG this December for some comm time building. Using AOPA flight planner for some preliminary estimates, it looks like it'll take about 22 hrs R/T. I'm adding on 3-4 hrs just in case.

What I don't want to do is run into a get-there-itis situation. So I want to make sure I allow plenty of time... So far I'm thinking I'll make plans for 3 days travel time each way. The one thing that really concerns me is ice. Don't want to be messing with that stuff, and there will probably be some around in December.

September 28th, 2006, 08:27	#8
wrxpilot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South FL (sometimes) Posts: 391	Re: Flying a 172 from MI to CA Anyone have some rules of thumb for time involved on these long trips? I'm flying from Colorado to south FL and back in a 172 RG this December for some comm time building. Using AOPA flight planner for some preliminary estimates, it looks like it'll take about 22 hrs R/T. I'm adding on 3-4 hrs just in case. What I don't want to do is run into a get-there-itis situation. So I want to make sure I allow plenty of time... So far I'm thinking I'll make plans for 3 days travel time each way. The one thing that really concerns me is ice. Don't want to be messing with that stuff, and there will probably be some around in December.