Proposed Trip

[Danb]

Planning on our early summer trip next week. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Initial plan Wilmington De to New Orleans for 3-4 day’s

Albuerque NM 2 days

Las Vegas Henderson Airport 3-4 days

Lake Tahoe 2-3 days....I’m not versed on Mountain flying may skip?

Okc 1 night

St Louis or Memphis 2 day then home.

Any suggestions on FBO’s where not to go all would be appreciated.

Need to be back by 6-11 to go to Dayton

 

[DonMuncy]

What? And skip Dallas ?  

[gsxrpilot]

Don't miss the opportunity to overfly the Grand Canyon on your way to Henderson. 

[Danb]

16 minutes ago, DonMuncy said:

What? And skip Dallas ?  

Oops may stop by Gmax then who knows only have first stop planned, rest will do on the fly. No pun 

[Danb]

14 minutes ago, gsxrpilot said:

Don't miss the opportunity to overfly the Grand Canyon on your way to Henderson. 

Plan on it, last time I flew the southern end of the canyon.

[Oldguy]

Signature at Lakefront in NOLA (KNEW) has always been good to us - not cheap, but you get what you pay for. Love the approach to Rwy 18R over the water.

[thinwing]

Dan ,you have a Bravo...TVL is fine even with afternoon departure...but if still concerned go to Minden Nv  rent a car and drive back to Tahoe.Honestly approach into Tahoe is over a 20 mile Lake with no obstructions...recommend morning arrival for first time in.Just shoot the approach.

[Bob_Belville]

3 hours ago, Danb said:

Planning on our early summer trip next week. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Initial plan Wilmington De to New Orleans for 3-4 day’s

Albuerque NM 2 days

Las Vegas Henderson Airport 3-4 days

Lake Tahoe 2-3 days....I’m not versed on Mountain flying may skip?

Okc 1 night

St Louis or Memphis 2 day then home.

Any suggestions on FBO’s where not to go all would be appreciated.

Need to be back by 6-11 to go to Dayton

 

Have fun. (We could do something like that if we had an airplane. sigh.)

[Danb]

9 minutes ago, Bob_Belville said:

Have fun. (We could do something like that if we had an airplane. sigh.)

Gosh,  when will the beast be ready.

[1964-M20E]

I've used Flight line First at KNEW used to keep my plane based there.  Nice people.

Let me know when you are here maybe we can meet up for a beer.  I can play tour guide for you as well.

[Bob_Belville]

1 hour ago, Danb said:

Gosh,  when will the beast be ready.

??? I've pushed what I thought was a safe date at the avionics shop twice... but I don't want to rush Joe... and the only real drop dead date I have is to have it for Caravan clinic a month from now... 

[mooneyflyfast]

Go to Santa Fe instead of Albuerque. Stay at Drury inn on Peralta or Jet center can get you a great rate at one of the downtown hotels.

[larryb]

I'll 2nd the Drury in Santa Fe. We just stayed there a week ago and had a great time. It's walking distance to everything.

My 2nd home base is KTRK, Truckee Tahoe. With a Turbo airplane, not too much to worry about. The main thing is that the winds tend to come up in the afternoon. So mornings are better. 

And finally, I have found that it best to let the FBO make your hotel reservation, and possibly your car reservation, for you. They get the best rates available and have the best cancellation policy. Just this week we had a flight to Colorado Springs from Corpus Christie Texas. I had the Cutter Aviation in Colorado Springs book both the hotel and car. But on the planned day of travel there were severe thunderstorms that I didn't want to deal with. One call to the FBO asking them to push out hotel and car a day was all it took. No extra cost, no cancellation fee. 

[ilovecornfields]

You might consider spending a couple of hours with a CFI in Tahoe to learn some mountain flying while you are there. I did that and felt it was time and money well spent.

[Rookie]

You may want to stay around crowds when in New Orleans. It's a great city but dangerous. Also some hotel in the city charge you $50 a night to park a car. So if you don't need one call one of us from the area to get a ride or Uber.