Go West Trip
August, 2005

Here's a map giving an overview of the whole trip.

I created this overview map using www.aeroplanner.com (need a membership, but it's free with EAA membership). Aeroplanner is GREAT, if a little slow.

I created the individual maps on the linked pages using AOPA's "Real Time Flight Planner" (need a membership in AOPA to use).

Plans For Each Day (Click on "Proposed Route" or "Actual Route" links for day maps and more detailed descriptions of each day's travails):
	Day	Proposed Route	Proposed Itinerary	Actual Route	Actual Itinerary
	8/23/2005	None	Prolog	None	--
	8/24/2005	KFIT-KSYR	Get rental car, Get rid of Mazda, Supervise Movers, Clean up, Fly to Syracuse	None	Everything BUT fly to Syracuse
	8/25/2005	SYR-7B2-CDW	Move Zach in, Fly Deanie to Northampton, Stay with Parents in NJ overnight	FIT - SYR - 7B2 - CDW	Get to Syracuse, then as planned
	8/26/2005	CDW-BMG-ALN	Get to St. Louis - stay with Curt Smith overnight	CDW-S24-TAZ-ALN	Get to St. Louis, although not by planned route
	8/27/2005	ALN-GXY	Get to Greeley, CO non-stop	ALN-GXY	Exactly as planned
	8/28/2005	None	BBQ at Greeley airport	None	Exactly as planned - 9 canard showed up!
	8/29/2005	GXY-SKX-DRO-FFZ	Visit Taos, Durango, on to Mesa, AZ	GXY-SKX-DRO-FFZ	Exactly as planned (except for being a bit late)
	8/30/2005	None	Hang out in Gilbert, AZ	None	As planned
	8/31/2005	None	Hang out in Gilbert, AZ	None	As planned
	9/1/2005	FFZ-WJF	Get to Lancaster, CA from AZ - rent car, go to apartment	FFZ-WJF	As planned

Here's an overview map showing the actual route flown.

A little more convoluted than the plan, but not substantially so. The trip took a total of 19.4 flyng hours, at an average fuel burn of about 9 gallons/hr. The total distance covered was about 2916 NM, with an average ground speed of 150 Kt. Remember, that includes going west, into a headwind most of the way, 11 takeoff and landings, and not running at full throttle (even above 8500 ft).

At an average fuel cost of about $3.75/gal, I spent about $650 on gas for the flight.

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Go West Trip
August, 2005

Here's a map giving an overview of the whole trip.

Plans For Each Day
(Click on "Proposed Route" or "Actual Route" links for day maps and more detailed descriptions of each day's travails):

Day

Proposed Route

Proposed Itinerary

Actual Route

Actual Itinerary

Here's an overview map showing the actual route flown.

Last Updated: - November 02, 2005

Go West Trip August, 2005

Here's a map giving an overview of the whole trip.

Plans For Each Day (Click on "Proposed Route" or "Actual Route" links for day maps and more detailed descriptions of each day's travails):

Day

Proposed Route

Proposed Itinerary

Actual Route

Actual Itinerary

Here's an overview map showing the actual route flown.

Last Updated: - November 02, 2005

Go West Trip
August, 2005

Plans For Each Day
(Click on "Proposed Route" or "Actual Route" links for day maps and more detailed descriptions of each day's travails):