FLYING THE ROUTE
The route (going west) begins at Port Columbus. The following airfields contain radio beacons to follow, but beginning magnetic headings are supplied for each one until you pick up the radio. Begin the trip leaving Port Columbus and follow the directions below to each airfield:
Set your time to 7:00 am.
FIRST LEG:
Port Columbus to Indianapolis, frequency-220, heading-270, airspeed-90, altitude-3000
Indianapolis to St. Louis, freq-320, hdg-250, ias-90, alt-3000
St. Louis to Kansas City, freq-280, hdg-270, ias-90, alt-3000
Kansas City to Wichita, freq-345, hdg-225, ias-90, alt-3000
Wichita to Waynoka, freq-300, hdg-216, ias-90, alt-4000 You will pick up Waynoka before you leave Kansas City. Waynoka is the last stop on the first leg. You should be there before dark.
NIGHT LEG:
Although TAT did not fly at night between Waynoka and Clovis, they built a route to do so, and so did we. At about the mid-point is Amarillo, Texas. Pick up their radio on 290. Pick up Clovis on 335. The route has red beacons every ten miles. Just steer 240 upon leaving Waynoka until you see the first beacon.
SECOND LEG:
Clovis to Albuquerque, freq-360, hdg-275, ias-90, alt-7000
Albuquerque to Winslow, freq-308, hdg-282, ias-90, alt-8000
Winslow to Kingman, freq-350, hdg-280, ias-90, alt-9000 Weave between mountains. Stay below 10,000.
Kingman to Glendale, freq-295, hdg-260, ias-90, alt-9000 Weave between mountains. Stay below 10,000.
To fly west to east, use the next airport frequency, and subtract 180 from the heading. For instance, flying east from Kingman to Winslow, use frequency 308, heading 100 at 9000 feet.
THE FORD TRIMOTOR:
Bill Lyons has provided a TAT trimotor, with the installation of an older RDF (radio direction finder). Use that when you're flying the route.
CREDITS:
For the Ford Trimotor, Golden Wings, much advice and being a good friend - Bill Lyons, one of the best aircraft builders I've seen!
For the information on TAT - Kevin Breen, without his knowledge this project could not have been done with the accuracy it has.
For the static JN-4, Andrew Hall. This aircraft was a must for the project.
For the static Waco 9, Dennis Wasnich. This aircraft brought some class to the airports.
For Airport 2.05, Pascal Meziat, Brian McWilliams, Tom Hiscox and Manfred Moldenhauer.
For VOD 3, Rafael Sanchez. The project would not be possible without this program.
For putting up with me while I was designing the route, Susi, my wife.
