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Old 8th Apr 2008, 22:12
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mcgoo
 
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Hi, I flew Ormond beach to the Keys early last year as part of my commercial, I stopped and refuelled at Marathon rather than Key West as it was a lot cheaper, as you say I went down the coast as well, I had called wxbrief and got the weather and was advised to go, I had planned and filed for the proper VFR route which takes you down to the West of Miami but on the way down ATC gave me a choice of continuing down the VFR route (over the swamps) or heading for the coast North of Palm Beach and following the coast all the way down below 1000ft, I chose the latter, you do get busy though as there are a lot of airfields down the East coast and you will constantly be transferring between the various approach and tower frequencies, once past Miami the opposite is true, it gets very quiet, an excellent flight though, lots to see and do, the scenery is stunning and if you get the same clearance, most of the time you are flying lower than most of the hotels. Pm me if you want any info.
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