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Old 09-25-2015, 12:44 PM
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Default Very doable....

An RV-12 will do fine through the Rockies if you use good planning.

I have made numerous round trips from Oregon to OSH in an RV-12. Most with two people and bags aboard.

Having said that... From southern CA it is possible to avoid the Rockies altogether with very little increase in trip length. You would head east to PHX, then to LasVegas NM (just a bit NE of Albuquerque). LasVegas is basically at the southern tip of the Rockies. Turn towards the NE from there. From there it is mostly all flat all the way to OSH.
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Old 09-25-2015, 12:46 PM
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No but he could only take two lane roads and had to go through the Smokes.

All he had so say, after collecting on his bet, was, "There are a lot of trucks between here and there."
Reminds me of what a friend said after flying his J-3 Cub to Oshkosh and back from Alabama with a lot of scuzzy weather.

"Everybody should have the opportunity to fly a Cub to Oshkosh...but nobody should have to do it more than once!"
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Old 09-25-2015, 12:52 PM
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No problem - and you will be amazed at how quickly you can cover some Ground. I just did that flight in my -9A last winter, well actually from Ramona to Minnesota but close enough. The southerly route through Phoenix, el paso, Clovis and up the gut avoids high terrain.
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Old 09-25-2015, 12:54 PM
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I bought my new RV-12 SLSA from Vans at Aurora OR and flew it back to SC over 5 summer days. Tried to fly until noon when the thermals and heat got brutal.

Flew to Redding, Merced, Bakersfield, Blythe, Tucson, El Paso, Sweetwater, Tyler, Greenwood, Colunbus GA and home.

Te airplane performed phenomenally well. People are amazed that this little plane is so versatile but it's a good cross country airplane.
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Old 09-25-2015, 01:15 PM
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True.

I guess if Buck Rinker and his brother can fly a J3 from NJ to Los Angeles, an RV-12 should have no problem.
Its Rinker Buck and his brother Kern Buck, but otherwise I agree.
In the early days of EAA West Coast to Rockford Il was routinely done in airplanes such as 65 hp Baby Ace, couple years ago there was even a Pietenpol from Southwest at Oshkosh. I saw it take off from Tuccumcari NM.
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Old 09-25-2015, 01:18 PM
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True.

I guess if Buck Rinker and his brother can fly a J3 from NJ to Los Angeles, an RV-12 should have no problem.
Also not a J3 but a PA11, a slightly refined version of the J3. Some PA11's were built with either 85 or 90 hp Continental, can't remember which for sure. PA11 had a full cowl and some other refinements and was a bit faster than a J3.
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Old 09-25-2015, 04:39 PM
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Good to hear from those that have made long cross country trips in the 12. It appears that San Diego to Oshkosh to Kill Devil Hills and back is a non-issue with some good planning and adequate time.

Thanks everyone.
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Old 09-25-2015, 05:58 PM
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Its Rinker Buck and his brother Kern Buck, but otherwise I agree.
In the early days of EAA West Coast to Rockford Il was routinely done in airplanes such as 65 hp Baby Ace, couple years ago there was even a Pietenpol from Southwest at Oshkosh. I saw it take off from Tuccumcari NM.
On my trip home from icing up the RV-12 I stopped at Blythe CA. On the txi out there was a guy in a Pietenpol who said he was on his way to OSH!

Compared to him my RV-12 felt like a Gulfstream GV
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Old 09-25-2015, 10:40 PM
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The former owners of my old Cherokee 140 flew it back and forth between Waterloo Iowa and Salt Lake City a couple times. If a Cherokee 140 can make it across the Rockies with careful planning, an RV12 can do it too.
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Old 09-25-2015, 11:23 PM
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In 2000, I flew my Wolf Boredom Fighter from San Francisco to OSH and back on 65 HP (at sea level), no GPS, paper charts, a plotter, and a watch, for about 40 hours enroute time (and with the top down, I had the worst tan on my face from leather helmet and goggles)! I knew a couple guys who did the same from Los Angles, so a -12 would be no problem.
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