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sundog · January 2nd, 2008, 16:02

The biggest problem you'll have to worry about with a fresh PPL on long trips, is thats a lot of territory and there will be varied weather across it. Thus, you are that much more likely to have a weather cancellation somewhere along your route.

Sometimes it is fun to get stuck for a few days in some small airport along the route, but it was no fun one time that i had to sleep in the back seat of a piper archer in a small desert airport (with no pay phone, in the days before cell phones) because of thunderstorms in one direction and fog in the other.

January 2nd, 2008, 16:02	#9
sundog Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KBFI Posts: 18	Re: Private license, flying long x-countries? The biggest problem you'll have to worry about with a fresh PPL on long trips, is thats a lot of territory and there will be varied weather across it. Thus, you are that much more likely to have a weather cancellation somewhere along your route. Sometimes it is fun to get stuck for a few days in some small airport along the route, but it was no fun one time that i had to sleep in the back seat of a piper archer in a small desert airport (with no pay phone, in the days before cell phones) because of thunderstorms in one direction and fog in the other.