YouTuber Josh Flowers and his Aviation101 crew attended Rotax's open house and forum at Rotech Research in Vernon, British Columbia last September and flew a formation flight through the mountains, lakes and rivers of the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap region from Vernon to Salmon Arm and back.
Flown Military jets, A-6 Intruders and Prowlers in that area out of NUW (Naval Air Station Whidbey Island). Gorgeous views throughout the Pacific NW! Flying in the Cascade Mountain range on prescribed High Speed low altitude training routes was always a treat. With high performance jets you could fly into box canyons that GA wouldn’t be able to escape.
Look up the VR-1355. It was called the Million D
ollar low level for the spectacular views. Several UTube video’s of that route.
This episode brought back great memories of flying the mountains in my under powered Cherokee & meeting with Rotech. To Av101, as a Canadian, I apologize for the lack of ADS-B WX. You probably also found out that the satellite based ADS-B coverage doesn’t work either (worse in Ontario). Check out our CIFIB sites to get honesty back into aviation safety. We shouldn’t have to do this!