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Old 18th Aug 2009, 22:10
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B2N2
 
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Keep in mind that in Nov. you will have the prevailing wind against you.
You can expect 20-30 knot head winds all the way from North Florida to New Mexico. It can get old quick if cars are passing you on the highway but..then again it's time building.
Many moons ago it took us 26 hrs to get to Las Vegas from Florida and 20 hrs back. Keep in mind icing over the mountains and slow moving fronts with icing almost down to the ground. Landing at night in New Orleans the temperature on the ground was 4 Celsius.
Assuming that you are VFR only double the time for the round trip...14 days.
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