tc1234c
Well Known Member
The last two weeks we went to Louisiana to visit our son and did some work in another city. Unless weather is very bad I always prefer flying my little RV vs commercial or driving. On some of my long trips VFR was sufficient to make it. However, it is not the case on this trip. An IFR ticket with a well equipped RV made the trip un-eventful. We got to keep our schedule and at the same time had a lot of fun.
Day 1: Destination: Lake Charles, LA, distance: 657 nm.
We took off around 7 am to avoid conflict with the departure of Spruce Creek Saturday morning fly-out. First stop is 48 nm away for the $3.37/g fuel. Weather was good with high overcast and very low scatter clouds.
The next stop is our preferred stop on our way to the west - DeFuniak Springs (54J). The fuel is cheap and it right at the corner of Eglin restricted airspace. Of course to reach there we had to pass several MOAs and west of DeFuniak Springs is also MOAs and restricted airspace. However, V198-241 passes right by and it is a way to go to the west. In Florida if you don't want to fly through MOAs it will be very hard to go anywhere (see sectional). I filed direct and got my direct right through all the MOAs.
There are precipitation at the beginning of the route and the rest is clear. However, there are covered by thick layer of clouds. DeFuniak Spring is clear though.
Day 1: Destination: Lake Charles, LA, distance: 657 nm.
We took off around 7 am to avoid conflict with the departure of Spruce Creek Saturday morning fly-out. First stop is 48 nm away for the $3.37/g fuel. Weather was good with high overcast and very low scatter clouds.
The next stop is our preferred stop on our way to the west - DeFuniak Springs (54J). The fuel is cheap and it right at the corner of Eglin restricted airspace. Of course to reach there we had to pass several MOAs and west of DeFuniak Springs is also MOAs and restricted airspace. However, V198-241 passes right by and it is a way to go to the west. In Florida if you don't want to fly through MOAs it will be very hard to go anywhere (see sectional). I filed direct and got my direct right through all the MOAs.
There are precipitation at the beginning of the route and the rest is clear. However, there are covered by thick layer of clouds. DeFuniak Spring is clear though.