Summary
[From Wikipedia..]
Lake Sakakawea is a reservoir in the north central United States, located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Sakakawea, it is the largest man-made lake in North Dakota and the third largest in the United States, after Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The lake lies in parts of six counties in western North Dakota: Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, and Williams. A map centered on the Van Hook Arm 47°53′00″N 102°21′14″W of the lake perhaps better shows its westward extent from its origin at the Garrison Dam.
It is located about 80 km (50 mi) from Bismarck; the distance by the river is about 120 km (75 mi). The lake averages between 2 and 3 miles (3 and 5 km) in width and is 14 miles (23 km) wide at its widest point (Van Hook Arm). Lake Sakakawea marks the maximum southwest extent of glaciation during the ice age. The reservoir was created with the completion of Garrison Dam in 1956, the second (and largest) of six main-stem dams on the Missouri River built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, hydroelectric power, navigation, and irrigation.
During a training flight in 1969, a U.S. Air Force F-106A Delta Dart (59-0014) from Minot AFB, about sixty (100 km) miles north of the dam, crashed into the western portion of the lake on March 10. The pilot ejected safely to land and the plane sank below the frozen surface. It was not located until over 35 years later, in September 2004, after an extended search by a local surveyors' group.
Time-zone BreakDown: Friday, June 26th, 2015 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
Flight Plan:
Starting Airport: KISN (Sloulin Field International)
Stops: 05D, D05, KHZE
Ending Airport: KHZE (Mercer County Regional)
Target Airspeed: [110kias -130kias]
Average Cruising Altitude: 2,500 FT - 3,500 FT AGL
Preferred Aircraft: GA-Single Engines! Examples would be the Cessna line. Cherokee's, Comanche's (perfect test flight for a2a's new Comanche), Bonzanza's and Mooneys.
[From Wikipedia..]
Lake Sakakawea is a reservoir in the north central United States, located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Sakakawea, it is the largest man-made lake in North Dakota and the third largest in the United States, after Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The lake lies in parts of six counties in western North Dakota: Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, and Williams. A map centered on the Van Hook Arm 47°53′00″N 102°21′14″W of the lake perhaps better shows its westward extent from its origin at the Garrison Dam.
It is located about 80 km (50 mi) from Bismarck; the distance by the river is about 120 km (75 mi). The lake averages between 2 and 3 miles (3 and 5 km) in width and is 14 miles (23 km) wide at its widest point (Van Hook Arm). Lake Sakakawea marks the maximum southwest extent of glaciation during the ice age. The reservoir was created with the completion of Garrison Dam in 1956, the second (and largest) of six main-stem dams on the Missouri River built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, hydroelectric power, navigation, and irrigation.
During a training flight in 1969, a U.S. Air Force F-106A Delta Dart (59-0014) from Minot AFB, about sixty (100 km) miles north of the dam, crashed into the western portion of the lake on March 10. The pilot ejected safely to land and the plane sank below the frozen surface. It was not located until over 35 years later, in September 2004, after an extended search by a local surveyors' group.
Time-zone BreakDown: Friday, June 26th, 2015 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
Flight Plan:
Starting Airport: KISN (Sloulin Field International)
Stops: 05D, D05, KHZE
Ending Airport: KHZE (Mercer County Regional)
Target Airspeed: [110kias -130kias]
Average Cruising Altitude: 2,500 FT - 3,500 FT AGL
Preferred Aircraft: GA-Single Engines! Examples would be the Cessna line. Cherokee's, Comanche's (perfect test flight for a2a's new Comanche), Bonzanza's and Mooneys.
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