flight planning for Oshkosh 2016

[Keith Smith]

Departing Sunday around 8:30am, N07, KGVQ (213nm), ETE 1hr 11mins. Pick up fuel and then either:
VFR - KGVQ ECK HIC FAH RIPON FISKE KOSH (485nm, 2hr 34mins ETE without winds, and there will almost certainly be headwinds, ~25 gallons), OR

IFR - KGVQ WOZEE T608 HAVOK T781 FNT MKG V510 FAH KOSH (467nm, 2hr 27mins ETE)

The VFR is longer because it includes the RIPON FISKE VFR arrival. If I were to do the IFR routing, cancel near OSH, then do the VFR arrival, the IFR routing would be 493nm total. That's only a 8nm difference between the VFR and IFR routing.

The return trip will be almost VFR direct, non-stop with the prevailing winds. With 15kt tailwind, it'll be 3hr 12mins enroute, 31 gallons. 655nm direct, but my routing is 3nm longer to minimize the over-water time at Lake Erie.

Who else is going and what route/numbers are you planning?

[RyanK]

I'll mostly be following hwy 10, VFR. Should be right around 1hr 10mins. Maybe 3 gallons. Oh, and I'll be driving my car.

[Kyle.Sanders]

I'll mostly be following hwy 10, VFR. Should be right around 1hr 10mins. Maybe 3 gallons. Oh, and I'll be driving my car.

Ha^

[Shawn Goldsworthy]

I'll mostly be following hwy 10, VFR. Should be right around 1hr 10mins. Maybe 3 gallons. Oh, and I'll be driving my car.

This is awesome!

[Keith Smith]

Might stop and get gas at 1G5 instead of KGVQ so I can say hi to Ken Ullery. The new VFR route would look like this: https://skyvector.com/?ll=42.1568883351 ... FAH%20KOSH. It adds about 20nm over the current VFR trip, provides a bit of variety to the normal route, allows me to visit a new airport, say hello to a friend, and also arrive at OSH with more gas in the tank.

[rtataryn]

Departing Sunday around 8:30am, N07

Who else is going and what route/numbers are you planning?

I'm departing Sunday at 5:00am PDT, N229WA. KSFF to KDIK direct at 17,000. IFR. Should get at least a 20k tailwind. Then KDIK to KCWA direct. Staging at CWA for an IFR arrival slot into KOSH reserved for 3:45pm.

Last year I flew 612SR VFR with my stop in Bismark. As fun as it was, the 80-90 knot holding pattern around Green Lake with full flaps for an hour convinced me to go IFR the next time.

[rtataryn]

Safe flight tomorrow Keith!

[Keith Smith]

You too, see you at the show! I'll get something posted when I can to schedule a meetup. One during the week and one on the w/end, I suspect.

[kullery]

PilotEdge "Exec One" on short final to 19 at 1G5.

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Now on to OSH

[Ryan B]

KS caught on camera!