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hotrod180 wrote:Highway routing might make it not so, but Scappoose & Kelso look just as close to Seaside as Hillsboro. I hear there's a pretty active EAA chapter based at Kelso.
Yes; straight-line distance, Kelso and Scapposse might even be closer than KHIO. But, they are a good 15-20 minutes further on the road. I live right on hwy 26; so it is a straight 60 MPH shot right to Hillsboro, and there is almost never any kind of traffic. I also have other reasons to travel to Hillsboro; I almost never have a reason to go to Kelso/Longview or Scappoose. With a 2+ hour round trip, it's always good to be able to combine reasons for taking the drive!
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Coyote wrote:<snip> If my destination is within a 400 mile radius I now just hop in the plane and go in the direction I think is right and most of the time I am pretty close. Went to Oshkosh once an 800 mile journey. Took off with no flight planning (except the weather) as I knew I would have hours to figure it out and I knew most of the country in a 400 mile radius. Started out on a heading of 090 and sure enough I was dead on. Finding fuel required technology though, but the charts would have worked too. Hopefully you will continue flying enough that you will know where you are in the neighborhood and your hood will get larger and larger as time goes on.<snip some more>
It's funny how that works. My 'hood includes all the area between Seattle and the LA basin along the left coast. I don't know exactly how that happened because I didn't set out to make it so. Again, good for you on the PPL. Get an airplane. A good airplane at a fair price is more important than focusing on a particular brand or type in my opinion. Of course your mission is important but you might be surprised by something local that fulfills most of your needs. No airplane will fulfill ALL of your needs. Of course, if your budget is unlimited then by all means get a Maule......
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