flying.230: North to Alaska

flying.230.38: "Bush" Battuello (bb)  Mon 11 Sep 95 10:35

 The complete itinerary:
 
 8/13   HWD  ARC  2.2  Arcata, for fuel, out
 8/13   ARC  EKA   .3  Murrey Field, Eureka, for fuel
 8/13   EKA  SLE  2.3  Salem, for lunch
 8/13   SLE  OLM  2.1  Olympia, Westwater Inn
                  6.9
 
 8/14   OLM CYXX  1.1  Abbottsford, BC for Customs/Airshow
 8/14  CYXX CYXX  1.1  Unsuccessful Hope Canyon attempt.  Rio Motel
                  2.2
 
 8/15  CYXX CYWL  2.0  Successful Hope Canyon, Williams Lake for fuel
 8/15  CYXX CYXJ  3.0  Fort St. John, Pioneer Inn
                  5.0
 
 8/16  Rain Day        Rental Car to Hudson's Hope, BC
 8/17  Rain Day        Rental Car to Dawson Creek, BC
 
 8/18  CYXJ CYXJ  1.9  Unsuccessful Fort Nelson attempt
                  1.9
 
 8/19  CYXJ CYYE  2.2  Fort Nelson via highway, fuel
 8/19  CYYE CYQH  2.3  Watson Lake, fuel
 8/19  CYQH CYXY  2.4  Whitehorse, Gold Rush Inn
                  6.9
 
 8/20  CYXY  ORT  2.4  Northway, Alaska, Customs, fuel
 8/20   ORT  MRI  3.0  Merrill Field, Anchorage, fuel, Merrill Field Inn
                  5.4
 
 8/21  Tour day        Turnagain Arm, Alyeska resort
 8/22  Tour day        Whittier by train, 26 glacier boat tour
 
 8/23   MRI  FAI  2.3  Fairbanks, Chena Bed & Breakfast, University tour
                  2.3
 
 8/24  Rain day        Gold dredge tour
 
 8/25   FAI  ORT  2.2  Northway, fuel
 8/25   ORT CYXY  2.4  Whitehorse, Customs, Gold Rush Inn
                  4.6
 
 8/26  CYXY CYQH  2.2  Watson Lake, fuel
 8/26  CYQH CYXJ  3.5  Fort St. John, Pioneer Inn
                  5.7
 
 8/27  CYXJ CYWL  3.1  Williams Lake, Fraiser Inn
                  3.1
 
 8/28  CYWL  BLI  2.7  Bellingham, Washington, Customs, fuel
 8/28   BLI  OLM  1.0  Olympia, Westwater Inn
                  3.7
 
 8/29   OLM  SLE  1.0  Salem, OR, fuel
 8/29   SLE  4S1  2.5  Gold Beach, OR, visit beach
 8/29   4S1  ARC  1.0  Arcata, fuel
 8/29   ARC  HWD  1.8  Hayward, home
                  6.3
 
 Logged hours    54.0
 Tach hours      52.8
 
 Trip days               17
 Flying days             12
 Successful flying days  10
 Planned tour days        2
 Unplanned rain days      3
 Unsuccessful flying days 2
 
 Total landings           26
 Total refuelings         24
 Hotel nights             16 (5 in Ft. St. John)
 
 Fuel (est)              448 gallons
 Most expensive fuel     2.80/gallon at Northway
 Average fuel            2.10 - 2.30/gallon
 Least fuel remaining    7 gallons, Ft. St. John on return trip
 
 Nautical miles (est)   5670
 Statute miles (est)    6520
 KPH                     105
 MPH                     122
 Milage NM/Gallon       12.7
 Milage ST/Gallon       14.6
 
 Costs:
 
 I'm not going to work out the total bill, but you can make your own
 estimates from the above data, plus the navigation and survival lists
 earlier.  Add in 3 quarts of oil, $6 per tach hour for engine reserve,
 and $160 for the 50-hour in Anchorage.  I also picked up the full fixed
 costs for the airplane partnership for the half month.