{"id":452,"date":"2019-01-12T02:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/?page_id=452"},"modified":"2019-12-06T06:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T06:18:29","slug":"alaskanada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/alaskanada\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaskanada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N98887, the 1985 Cessna 172P, had served me well, but it had a few deficiencies for long distance adventures. With only 110kts cruise speed, and 40 gallon tanks, you couldn&#8217;t go very far between fill-ups. It was also lacking an IFR approved GPS, and an autopilot. With this in mind, I moved my flying to a 1981 Cessna 182R which would be perfect for adventures. All the details about it can be read on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/aircraft\/\">Aircraft<\/a>&#8221; page of this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"blob:https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/69348222-8ec5-4171-8d5c-3783429eb1bf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180804_223645-02-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>N9953H, my Cessna 182R<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A trip I had long been wanting to do, but hadn&#8217;t yet had the time and aircraft for, was to explore Alaska. Now, however, things fell into place and the plan was set to fly around Alaska and Arctic Canada over a period of about 6 weeks one summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1GLTjXMrgyNHECOYwi_N6tHj6Xv8FKpBh\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The route would take me west across the USA, to attend the AOPA fly-in in Montana, before exploring the northwest a little and crossing into Canada. From there I&#8217;d fly up through British Columbia to explore southeast Alaska. I&#8217;d leave the aircraft in Anchorage for 4 weeks to return to work, then pick up where I left off and explore all around Alaska, before a final run into Canada to try and reach Eureka research station at 80 degrees north, just 600 miles or so from the North Pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P7020509-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Glacier Bay, southeast Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way I&#8217;d meet up with other pilots I&#8217;d met through forums such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotsofamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pilots of America (opens in a new tab)\">Pilots of America<\/a>, and also be joined by friends for sections of the trip; much more enjoyable than 6 weeks solo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/alaskanada-preparation\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to start reading the trip report, or use one of the links below to jump to a section of the write-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Section 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/alaskanada-preparation\/\">Preparation<\/a><\/li><li>Section 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/12\/alaskanada-setting-out\/\">Setting out<\/a><\/li><li>Section 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/13\/alaskanada-pacific-northwest\/\">Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/li><li>Section 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/alaskanada-british-columbia\/\">British Columbia<\/a><\/li><li>Section 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/alaskanada-arrival-in-alaska\/\">Arrival in Alaska<\/a><\/li><li>Section 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/25\/alaskanada-southeast-alaska\/\">Southeast Alaska<\/a><\/li><li>Section 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/25\/alaskanada-anchorage\/\">Anchorage<\/a><\/li><li>Section 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/29\/alaskanada-kodiak-peninsular\/\">Kenai&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kodiak<\/a><\/li><li>Section 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/03\/alaskanada-denali-and-fairbanks\/\">Denali and Fairbanks<\/a><\/li><li>Section 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/03\/alaskanada-the-southwest\/\">The Southwest<\/a><\/li><li>Section 11: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/05\/alaskanada-western-alaska\/\">Western Alaska<\/a><\/li><li>Section 12: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/alaskanada-northwest-alaska\/\">Northwest Alaska<\/a><\/li><li>Section 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/alaskanada-run-to-eureka\/\">The run to Eureka<\/a><\/li><li>Section 14: <a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/alaskanada-final-flights\/\">Final Flights<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N98887, the 1985 Cessna 172P, had served me well, but it had a few deficiencies for long distance adventures. With only 110kts cruise speed, and 40 gallon tanks, you couldn&#8217;t go very far between fill-ups. It was also lacking an IFR approved GPS, and an autopilot. With this in mind, I moved my flying to a 1981 Cessna 182R which would be perfect for adventures. All the details about it can be read on the &#8220;Aircraft&#8221; page of this site&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/alaskanada\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11118,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions\/11118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}