East Coast Fly in planning

[arb65912]

Brent, it was a pleasure to "meet" you. I will keep my fingers crossed for fixing the problems you had/have. can not wait for Alex to post new fly-ins or for letting me do it. Cheers, AJ

[Jeff N]

Fun/challenging fly-in. VFR under 2700' ovc out of Van Nuys, vectors around traffic near KBUR, hand flying an ill-handling Mooney while constantly referring to the TAC chart to figure out where I was (I never use GPS or any live maps). It was cool to see Reece's (?) Piper just ahead and above as I got close to L65. I was a bit late to the party so I didn't get to chat with you guys on arrival but I hope to next time.

[TexFly]

I will be creating all the posts this week end. You guys start coming up with flight suggestions!!!

I will do the same as soon as I have a few minutes and...a map on my screen . Then we pick what we like best and I will add the full itinerary to the scheduled events!

Thanks All, this is fun.

[TexFly]

Ok, before I open the relative threads...here are a few ideas:

1) Inverted flight: Perris Valley/Van Nuys http://skyvector.com/?ll=34.01669644893 ... :A.K2.KVNY

2) KLAX/KHMT http://skyvector.com/?ll=33.82421747020 ... :A.K2.KHMT

3) KSAN/KNUC http://skyvector.com/?ll=32.88610018415 ... :A.K2.KNUC NOTE: I couldn't find the CTAF for KNUC. Docs indicate presence of Tower. Not 100% sure if PE controlls this ATP.

4) KPSP/19CL http://skyvector.com/?ll=34.28291654915 ... :A.K2.19CL

5) KSNA/0CA5 http://skyvector.com/?ll=33.39031624291 ... :A.K2.0CA5

6) KSNA/L35 http://skyvector.com/?ll=33.90647245507 ... V:A.K2.L35

Let's add more and select what we like!

[kullery]

FYI - KNUC is a military field (USN). Tower frequency is 126.75. My understanding of PE policy is that military fields are treated as non-towered fields with tower frequency used as CTAF.

Link to airport diagram is : http://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/1301/05126AD.PDF

Link to current A/FD is: http://aeronav.faa.gov/pdfs/sw_181_10JAN2013.pdf (check the caution note about missile bombardment in the vicinity!!)


I am working on a project to add frequencies and A/FD links to http://findflight.web44.net so I had these handy

[TexFly]

Thanks Ken!

Your tool is really helpful in finding flights for the EAST COAST FLY IN!

[kullery]

Appreciate the feedback. Glad it is of some value. Let me know if you see any issues or have suggestions to enhance functionaltiy. It is still very much a "work in progress".

[arb65912]

Alex, why don't you post the corresponding threads and we can discuss each fly-in in it's thread. What do you think?
Since we agree on the route , we will edit initial thread and we can also discuss things related to a particular one.

My favorite from your suggestions: Inverted flight: KLAX/KHMT KSNA/0CA5 KSNA/L35

When we decide on what we fly for each fly-in, we will check if there is a TEC route of course and we will have IFR and VFR plans ready so we can pick depending on the weather and preferences.

Boy, I am excited now ..


Ken, you r application is great, I sure love it, now it is like few applications at once.

Checking TEC routes, planning on Skyvector and filling on PE, fantastic.

When I have a chance, I will write down if I see any way to improve functionality, outstanding job, really.

Adding military fields frequencies will be great, they are just like non towered fields seen by PE.

I know that couple of military fields are controlled , I need to ask Keith.

I will make a new post on that.

Cheers, AJ

[Keith Smith]

It's simple, if a field is military-only or "prior permission required", then it's non-towered on PE. If it's joint use (like March ARB or Yuma), then it's towered on PE.

[TexFly]

AJ, I can do that.

I was waiting to have the flights selected first, but I guess I can open the threads now...

Keith thanks for the info.

EDIT: Threads created. We just need to select the flights!

COOL STUFF!