Flight to Alaska by Mustang II

Flight to Alaska by Mustang II - Trip III
and the "Final Five" States
Experimental Airplane N727RH - Summer, 2006

WARNING: Proper flight planning and preparation is required for all flights to and in Alaska.
Attempting to fly this route or duplicate this trip would obviously be AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Updated July 8, 2006

Route Map
Journal / story (To be added)
Alaska 2007 flying

Alaska 2005 flight

Alaska 2002 flight

Flight to Alaska by Mustang II - Trip III

Flight North to Alaska
Day 1 : 26 May, 2006 Olive Branch, MS - Garden City, KS - Cheyenne, WY - Ogden, UT - Wells, NV - Boise, ID
Loading to leave Mississippi (107 KB)	Rick about to start the Mustang's third trip to Alaska (106 KB)	Garden City, Kansas (69 KB)	Cheyenne, Wyoming (103 KB)	Wyoming Enroute to Ogden a very turbulent leg (125 KB)
Ogden, Utah On final to runway 3 (145 KB)	Ogden ramp (84 KB)	Great Salt Lake (74 KB)	GPS view of The Great Salt Lake (123 KB)	The Great Salt Lake Desert (94 KB)
Approaching Wells, Nevada (42 KB)	Wells, Nevada View southwest (81 KB)	Wells, Nevada View east (135 KB)	Departing Wells, NV (79 KB)	Boise, Idaho (116 KB)
Boise, Idaho (139 KB)	Flight Tracking screen prints: "Thank you" to John Nunley and Leslie Henry for capturing these! GCK-CYS CYS-OGD OGD-LWL LWL-BOI
Now that was a full day of Mustang II flying...

Day 2 : 27 May, 2006 and "the 49th State" Boise, ID - Baker City, OR - Spokane, WA - Cranbrook, BC - Whitecourt, AB
Baker City, Oregon (132 KB)	Baker City, Oregon ramp Wind gusting to 30 knots (146 KB)	Icing conditions To be avoided! Climbing to 11,000' didn't clear the tops (94 KB)	Ice This formed very quickly! Seattle Center gave me an immediate descent (86 KB)	Spokane, Washington "49th State" landing just moments away... (221 KB)
Spokane, Washington "49th State" attained (169 KB) EAA Chapter 79 home. Newsletter with article "Hohner's Corner" about my arrival (on pg. 2, column 2)	Rain showers enroute to Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada (127 KB)	Cranbrook British Columbia, Canada. Cleared Customs via cell phone (123 KB)	VFR flight in the mountain passes British Columbia No more fooling with ice today (134 KB)	British Columbia Spectacular scenery! (211 KB)
Terrain display On Garmin GNS 430 Came in quite handy (144 KB)	Snow showers British Columbia, Canada (159 KB)	Mountains British Columbia, Canada (163 KB)	Calgary, Alberta (259 KB)	Rain showers in Alberta. Many hours of deviating (92 KB)
Alberta rainbow (107 KB)	Whitecourt, Alberta Left base for runway 11 (155 KB)	Whitecourt, Alberta A busy firefighting and oil drilling support airport (155 KB)	Flight Tracking screen prints: Again, "Thank you" to John and Leslie! BOI-BKE BKE-SFF

Day 3 : 28 May, 2006 Whitecourt, AB - Ft. St. John, BC - Ft. Nelson, BC - Whitehorse, YT
Dawson Creek, BC British Columbia Mile 0 of The Alaska Highway (185 KB)	Ft. St. John, BC Downwind for runway 11 (186 KB)	Ft. Nelson, BC Starting base turn for runway 25 (144 KB)	IMC at 16,000' Non-radar, no comm in white-out conditions above the snow and ice approaching Liard River (141 KB)	Entering The Yukon Still IMC, no comm, preparing an IFR position report over Watson Lake (192 KB)
Glimpse of Yukon First ground contact in over two hours. Very brief (125 KB)	Sun and snow Now 2 1/2 hours after takeoff the whiteout is tapering off (70 KB)	ILS to 31L Whitehorse, YT Picked up a little ice in the descent (148 KB)	Final to 31L Whitehorse Nice to have the bad weather behind me (130 KB)	Camping at Whitehorse Great weather! 26° F / -3°C overnight Too bad the camping area is now fenced... (photo taken next morning) (186 KB)

Day 4 : 29 May, 2006 Whitehorse, YT - Anchorage, AK
Departing Whitehorse View south, heading west climbing to 10,000' (160 KB)	West of Whitehorse Much of the route along The Highway appeared similar to this (199 KB)	Kluane Lake approaching Burwash. Alaska Highway visible 14 miles south (140 KB)	Entering Alaska 37 NM southeast of Northway. Anchorage exactly 2 hours away 1+30 after takeoff (210 KB)	Alaska Pipeline Running north-south upper right to lower left in photo near Gulkana (140 KB)
Tazlina Lake and glacier 110 NM / :50 northeast of Anchorage (134 KB)	Matanuska glacier 75 NM / :35 northeast of Anchorage (256 KB)	Matanuska glacier (178 KB)	Chugach mountains 55 NM / :25 northeast of Anchorage (268 KB)	Anchorage International Runway 14 (186 KB)
Baggage (186 KB)		Flight Tracking CYXY-PANC (Non-radar)

Summer in Alaska
Lake George Glacier east of Anchorage (162 KB)	Knik Glacier 40 NM / :15 northeast of Anchorage (275 KB)	East Fork Kahiltna Glacier Approaching Mt. McKinley (214 KB)	North Face of Mt. McKinley Looking up from 12,500' (149 KB)	Gennie flying down the Ruth Glacier with my daughter-in-law (170 KB)
Two Mustang IIs Pat Thorall at Palmer, Alaska (134 KB)	Salmon fishing Lake Creek, AK (167 KB)	Tim's King Salmon catch (115 KB)	Parked at Anchorage (139 KB)	Spenard Lake (next to Lake Hood) at 11:15 PM (191 KB)

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