Jonathan Bailey Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 The Colorado Rockies stand in the way, of course, or do they? I suppose following the Colorado River and the highway over the continental divide would keep altitude to a minimum. In MS FSX, I followed the Amtrak (California Zephyr) train line to from GJ to Granby then 40 south to I70 at Empire then crossed the divide eastward into Denver and stayed below 12,000 feet during the whole trip. Most of the trip was below 10,000 feet. Highways and railroads through mountain country are constructed to remain at the lowest possible altitude as it is cost-effective to build them and being that helis are happier at lower altitudes, they do best to follow the trains, rivers and the cars except through tunnels, of course. Railroads and highways try to use mountain passes, canyons and valleys as much as possible and that is what I did in flight sim. In the real world, I actually did ride the Amtrak from Grand Junction to Denver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroscout Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 You will be a good pilot knowing all about flying IFR...R&R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bailey Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 You will be a good pilot knowing all about flying IFR...R&R.IFR = I Follow (Rivers, Roadways or Railroads) here is my twi-night Grand Junction to Granby, CO flight shot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans Lift Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Do you just sit around and write stupid sh*t to annoy us or is this for real? We follow the highway like anyone else does. How else do we see the signs? We normally stay at around 50-100ft to avoid the flow of fixed wing traffic and then ascend, keeping that height off the ground, as we reach the rockies. It pretty easy until you miss a highway sign, then we gotta land at a gas station, refuel with 87 octane that we can only burn for a few hours and do our best to make it there before they are only serving breakfast at Mickey D's!!! Edited March 20, 2014 by Trans Lift 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer Pylot Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yeah, but you need to watch out for tunnels. It's really tough to fly through them without hitting something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 You can't land at the 'Redneck Heaven' in MS FSX. Some things are way better for real... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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