MONDAY MAIL RUN #18: Buffalo to Allegheny

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Coast takes us along mail route AM-46 this week, with a diversion past Niagara Falls, and flying Rapides or Monomails (your choice which).

Week 18: Buffalo, NY to Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA via Erie, PA. Depart: KBUF (Buffalo Niagara International). Intermediate stop: KERI (Erie International). Arrive: KAGC (Allegheny County, Pittsburgh). Aircraft: de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide OR Boeing Monomail only (your choice which). Both aircraft are my OneDrive, in the Vintage hangar. If you use the Chrome browser, and you haven't downloaded either plane before be sure to read the "CHROME HAS BLOCKED IT! HELP" file there first! Recommendation: Remove all Rapide passengers before flight. (Set their weights to zero.) Flight plan and maps here. Altitude: As called by flight lead Coast. Expect low! Speed: As called by flight lead Coast. Expect 135+ mph. Scenery: Default OK. Highly recommended: FSgenesis US landclass. Desirable: FTX Global or other texture improver. Optional: FTX Vector (please set to Global region, non-hybrid, with all airports visited as exceptions) or other line feature improver. Undesirable: Any airport scenery packs that change runway elevation or position.

Future events:

July 21	Coast (AM-46)
July 28	Karl (Kansas City)
August 4	Storm (Front Range)
August 11	Robert Dunn 2 (Washington?)
August 18	TBA
August 25	TBA
September 1	TBA

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From Wikipedia. The Buffalo Municipal Airport (as it was then known) opened in 1926 on former farmland, making it one of the oldest public airports in the country.

Flight plan and maps for Coast's AM-46 mail run. Bring your Dragon Rapide or Boeing Monomail to KBUF at 9pm ET on Monday!

Pick up the .PLN file here

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Reminder! Bring your Rapide or your Monomail to KBUF tonight at 9pm ET for Coast's reenactment of route AM-46. See you there!

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heres a couple of snapshots from tonight!

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In formation with Coast...




Over Pittsburgh in the haze...