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Today is Saturday, day 3 of our 4 day adventure. Today you will continue your weekend plans by flying from Glenwood Springs to Leadville, the highest airport in the US. To get there, you will fly over the Hagerman Pass. Before doing so, however, a fun detour is planned to land at the world famous ski resort in Aspen. As usual, it’s best to fly in the morning time in the mountains, so let’s get started. Your flight instructor will help you navigate and handle all the radio communications. But it’s up to you to arrive safely at your destination. You are the Pilot in Command!
Good morning! I hope you had a nice rest. The hot springs were so nice. I feel like I slept for months. OK, I see you did the preflight already. Thanks for that. I know it’s still a bit dark, but getting started early in the day will really help our performance. We’ll need every bit of it to make it over the Hagerman Pass. When you’re ready, go ahead and start the engine.
I’ve programmed our route into the GPS so you can have a quick look if you want. As usual it’s best to keep your eyes outside the aircraft though. The GPS is good just to make sure we’re heading down the right valley. The flight to Aspen is fairly short, about 15 minutes. You can aim for that big mountain straight ahead of us. That’ll be good for now. Keep climbing up to 9,500 feet.
Aspen Tower, good morning. This is Cessna 733CP, a Cessna 172 inbound from Glenwood Springs about 10 miles out, request full-stop landing.
OK, here’s 12000 feet. Go ahead and level off here. I mentioned earlier that the Hagerman Pass is at 12,000 feet so we will need to climb higher, but we are not allowed to be above 12,500 feet for more than 30 minutes without oxygen. That’s the FAA rule. Besides, I tend to get headaches above 12,000 feet. For now, 12,000 feet is good.
So, the Hagerman Pass up ahead is named after James Hagerman. He built the railroad that goes over the pass. Actually, it doesn’t go over the pass. There’s a tunnel just below the top. There’s only a dirt road that goes over the pass itself and you would need a 4×4 to go over it.
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