Allegheny & Potomac Highlands

Starting from Greenbrier Valley (KLWB) we make a quick detour to White Sulphur Springs (site of the Greenbrier Resort Hotel), then proceed to Ingalls (KHSP) and the Homestead Resort near Hot Springs.  The route continues north to NRAO Green Bank, then crossing several ridges reaches the upper drainage of the Potomac River at waypoint EVERS.  We follow the Strait Fork north to its junction with the North Fork South Branch of the Potomac River.  The ridge to the left of the track is the Allegheny Front.  We land at Grant County Airport near Petersburg West Virginia.  Turning East Southeast we overfly multiple ridges and Lost River State Park before landing at Sky Bryce.  The route turns Northeast with the Shenandoah Mountains on the left, and the Shenandoah valley and Massanutten mountain to our right.  Two small grass strips and then we turn east to cross the Blue Ridge at Thoroughfare Gap just past Front Royal Virginia.  We land at Upperville (2VG2) in the heart of Virginia horse country.   Following the Blue Ridge to the north to Krens Farm (14VA) airstrip, then continuing past Charles Town with a landing at Needwood Farm (WV21) just above Harpers Ferry which is where the Shenendoah meets the Potomac and pushes through the Blue Ridge.  The route north takes us past Sharpsburg (site of the Antietam Battlefield), Catoctin Mountain Park (site of Camp David – Presidential Retreat) and on to Gettysburg and our final destination.

Flightplan HERE

 

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The route is 244nm long with 11 landings or touch and goes.  Fall colors are appropriate for this sightseeing flight.  I will fly the Cessna Caravan in Highland Air livery.

 

Start Time is 1:00pm Local.

  Particulars:

•             Date and time: Wednesday November 9, 19:00 UTC            
•             Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel
•             Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com
•             MFS Multiplayer: US Eastcoast Server

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MM has provided a NOTAM for the Wednesday Flight.  I will quote him

 

Just a thought about your “Allegheny & Potomac Highlands.” You might consider looking at a bit of scenery Green Bank Radio Observatory by droide at flightsim.to. This puts in place the 100 meter radio dish and adds a few other details. Makes the visitor appreciate what is actually there. (And the political power of two WV senators.)  By the way, thanks for arranging permission for our flight to visit the site which lies within the “National Radio Quiet Zone.”

For those who like to use the GTN750Xi for navigation, here is a functioning gfp flightplan: https://www.dropbox.com/s/evu5fjmgpuq097b/KLWB_W05.zip?dl=0