GREAT 48! Grand tour of US states. Week #02: New Hampshire

[Storm]

Onto New Hampshire, across the White Mountains and finally over the border to next week's state, Vermont.

Week 02: New Hampshire KPSM > KCON > 5M3 > KHIE > KMPV FLIGHT PLAN Leg #1: KPSM > CO (NDB) > KCON Leg #2: KCON > KLCI > 5M3 Leg #3: 5M3 > KHIE Leg #4: KHIE > KMPV Download the PLN flight plan file here. Flight maps here. CRUISE Speed: 100 knots Altitudes for each leg: (leg #1) 1500 ft, (leg #2) 2000 ft, (leg #3) 6000 ft, (leg #4) 4000 ft. AIRCRAFT Fixed wing and helicopters OK, capable of steady 100 knots, straight and level, at 6000 feet. RESTRICTIONS No jets except the PZL M-15 Belphegor (the world's slowest production jet). No aircraft capable of more than 140 knots indicated, straight and level. OK FIXED WING Default: Cessna 172 and Grumman Goose (though not the AussieX HP variants). Storm's OneDrive: Belphegor, Ercoupe retractable, Monomail, Optica, PT-23A, Rapide. msFlights Vault: none. Various: Corby Starlet, Piper L-21, and others. OK ROTARY WING Default: Bell 206. Storm's OneDrive: none. msFlights Vault: Bell 47 floats. Various: Bell 47 skids, Hughes OH-6A, Piasecki H21-C Shawnee, and others. SCENERY Default OK. Highly recommended: FSgenesis US landclass (inexpensive payware). RECOMMENDED SCENERY ADDITIONS FOR FTX GLOBAL USERS Download and install the following, which are free to FTX Global users: FTX Global Freeware Airports NA Pack 8 which greatly improves our departure airport of KPSM, Pease Intl Tradeport, Portsmouth. FTX Global Freeware Airports NA Pack 15 which greatly improves our first stop at KCON, Concord Municipal. FTX Global Freeware Airports NA Pack 4 which greatly improves KCLI, Laconia Municipal, which we overly as a waypoint on leg #2. FTX Global Freeware Airports NA Pack 13 which greatly improves our third stop at KHIE, Mount Washington Regional.

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Download the PLN flight plan file here.

Flight plan in tabular form, with runways and NAV frequencies:




Flight maps:

[Storm]

Three trivia questions... answers please during the flight!
1. Which two presidents were "upset" by a surveyor?
2. Where is the "gold standard" of hotels?
3. What has this picture to do with our flight?

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Airport diagrams for tonight's flight:

[ROBERT DUNN 2]

I confirm that Karl's RedBox primary FSX host has been appropriately reconfigured to non-standard "Fair Weather" theme. Additionally, our standard in-game voice is disabled once again. KJFK is host airport and server time is minus 7 hours offset from real time.

I confirm that I have NO idea what the answers to any of the three trivia questions might be but I'll try to find out by flight time. Remember that the CSS Virginia started out as the hull of the frigate USS Merrimack. Could the surveyors Jeremiah Dixon and/or Charles Mason be relevant to trivia question one ? I'll dress in my finest attire for Great 48 flight, really puttin' on the ...

Storm, your trivia is too hard. Not only must we research the answers to your trivia questions, we must then make those correct answers relevant to the state over which we fly. Knowledgeable and participating pilots, please prove me wrong here.

[Storm]

Thank you Bob. As for the trivia questions, they're not supposed to be easy! But a modicum of research, coupled with no more cunning than you use for the average crossword puzzle, is all you need. Plus you're already close with the ironclad. I'm sure that at least two of those three will be solved tonight.

[Storm]

Reminder! Not sure what to fly for tonight's flight? Try one of these and bring it to KPSM by 9pm ET!

[Storm]

Two shots posted on behalf of Doug (Idleline86) from his Bell 212 while flying over the White Mountains. (Please click for full-size/clarity.)

[Lazerbolt]

Great flight tonight! Loved the fall colors! Here's a video of the fun!