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Go around where? I-80 goes to Salt Lake. Are you saying just go down to SLC and then continue northwest to Boise from there?

Very much appreciate the suggestion! I looked up Butterfly Cafe at Renner Field and it says it's "temporarily closed" on Google Maps. Did you know if that's accurate? Have they closed down? If you know they're open, any chance you know the hours? Is it just open for breakfast or for lunch as well?

Any idea what the radar coverage is like out there? I'm planning on picking up flight following for the second half of the journey from Cheyenne to Seattle so that just in case I have a problem I'm already in contact with someone and can provide my position.

That's pretty much my plan to follow I-80 west from Cheyenne, but then break off and follow the 30 north through the Georgetown pass to Pocatello.

I'm not worried about structural icing since I won't be in the clouds. But I am worried about carb icing! The Cessna 162 I'll be flying has an O-200-D, aka, carb icemaker. I know of at least a couple of 162s that have made off airport landings because of very sudden and unanticipated carb ice...

Finally some positive friendly cheerful encouragement on here! :D Thank you!

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Legally won't be needed, but I'll be bringing a small bottle with just as a precaution in case I'm feeling the effects. But I've gone through hypoxia training and already know I do just fine much higher than 12.5 without oxygen.

Probably end of this month. I would check the TAF the day before and morning of and would delay my departure from Kansas until the winds at Cheyenne were expected to be within my limits at ETA.

Cessna 162. Yes, I've had it up to 13.5 before. The 162 climbs better than most think it does. On my own, I get 1000 fpm at sea level, which is above book. At 9000' density altitude, however, like I'm expecting at Cheyenne Airport, I'll probably see around 350 fpm. It's just me and I'll be light.

Combination of least amount of time and safest route, as well as good hotel options. I don't want to go 500 miles out of my way to have slightly lower terrain, for instance. And I don't want to overnight in tiny cities with only motel options.

Hi guys, I'll be flying an LSA from Florida up to Seattle and since I've never made this journey before I wanted to see if any pilots on here might recommend any changes to my route. I plan to cruise at 12.5 on Day 4 and 10.5 on Day 5, while navigating VFR around the highest peaks. What I have...

The 162 service ceiling is 15,500. I've personally been in one up to 13,500. I've never landed one at an airport higher than 1,000' however.

Increase/richen the mixture by how much is the question. After coming down from higher altitude where was leaned at cruise, just richen the mixture until RPM peaks?

Anyone aware of any charts that track which cities have most winds calm days of the year? Winds calm day meaning any METAR issued with winds as calm during daylight hours.

It’s a Cessna 162 and it’s listed as C162, which is the correct code. So it has me baffled.

ForeFlight keeps telling me I can't plan a flight above FL120 because that's my aircraft's ceiling, except it's not. On the Aircraft page, I go to the aircraft, then under Altitudes > Maximum Ceiling I have 15,500 entered. Is there somewhere else I need to enter 15,500 so that ForeFlight will...

How would I utilize the EGT for that? On the Cessna 162, there is only one EGT, not one for each cylinder.

As thorough as Cessna's POHs are, they don't seem to have a checklist for landing at a high altitude airport, at least not for the Cessna 162. It says to lean for max RPM above 3000' pressure altitude, so I'm assuming if you're landing at an airport above 3000', you should not go full rich in...

Thanks! Good info!