"Fly the Rockies" is a tour of Colorado Mountain Airports. The goal for "Fly the Rockies" is to make mountain flying fun and safer. This is not a mountain-flying course. If you need to attend a mountain flying ground school, then contact the Colorado Pilots Association (CPA) at, 303-367-0670, TBBarbo@cs.com or www.coloradopilots.org. Their course is offered June 21 or August 16.

"Fly the Rockies" will be conducted from the Gunnison/Crested Butte Regional Airport / Gunnison Valley Aviation FBO. The dates are June 13-15 and September 19-21. Pilots signing up for "Fly the Rockies" need to arrive on Friday and plan to depart after 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Flying will be conducted on both Saturday and Sunday morning. The FBO will provide lunch both days for those participating in the tour.

"Fly the Rockies" is for those pilots that have a logbook endorsement or those wanting to see what it is like before they take the CPA Mountain Flying -High Elevation Airport Operations Ground School. Those with a logbook endorsement (bring your logbook) can fly without an instructor if they desire. Those without an endorsement will require an instructor. The FBO will have highly qualified instructors to include some of those teaching the CPA Mountain Flying Course. A C-172, C-182 and C-206 is available for rental. Contact the FBO for availability and rates.

"Fly the Rockies and touring the Colorado Mountain Airports will be conducted this way. Pilots are to arrive on Friday so as to be ready to brief early Saturday and Sunday morning. During this briefing the first destination mountain airport will be briefed in detail concerning weather/winds, navigation, passes, arrival and landing procedures, and safety issues specific to that destination. All aircraft will land and park at the first destination. The flight and arrival will be debriefed and experiences will be shared with each other. The second destination will be briefed in the same manor and the tour will depart for the next mountain airport. These procedures will be repeated until we return back to the Gunnison/Crested Butte Regional Airport. After the final debriefing at Gunnison, everyone will be provided lunch.

There will be a fly-in breakfast on the two Saturdays for "Fly the Rockies" from 7-10:30. The breakfast will be offered to anyone flying or driving in and the Gunnison/Crested Butte Community for $5 per person.

For questions or additional information, contact the FBO / Gunnison Valley Aviation
Pat Lazerus: 970-641-0526, FAX 970-641-4089 or plazerus@gunnisonvalleyaviation.com

For rooms, rental cars and aircraft rentals Michele Dodane: 970-641-0526, FAX 970-641-4089
An instructor Matt Messner: 970-641-0526, FAX 970-641-4089 or mmessner@gunnisonvalleyaviation.com

FBO / Gunnison Valley Aviation web site: www.gunnisonvalleyaviation.com

Project Person:
Ed Huber (Former Publisher and Editor for Mountain Pilot Magazine)
Office: 303-662-5284
E-mail: huber1942@msn.com

COME JOIN US FOR SOME GREAT FLYING AND BECOME A SAFER MOUNTAIN PILOT!

JUNE 14 AND SEPTEMBER 20 (Saturday): FLY-IN BREAKFAST FROM 7-10:30!

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE CPA MOUNTAIN FLYING COURSE! www.coloradopilots.org

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