Alaska Trip Planning and Information
ALASKA TRIP PLANNING AND INFORMATION
VIC PRESENTED A SEMINAR AT AIRVENTURE ON FLYING TO ALASKA
Flying to Alaska in Your Own Aircraft
AS PROMISED, HERE ARE THE SLIDES FROM THAT PRESENTATION
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We Flew to Alaska…and You Can too! A Private Pilot’s Guide to Flying to Alaska by well-known aviation author Vic Syracuse and his wife, Carol. It includes a wealth of information gathered from 5 flights to alaska in an RV-10. It has detailed routes, along with flight planning, and links to customs and border crossing requirements. There are photos comparing EFIS/GPS displays to cockpit views, along with primary and alternate routes. The hardcopy book includes a free digital download so routes can be copied and pasted into ForeFlight . This book is 84 pages with lots of photos and charts. It includes routes in Alaska to see glaciers and icepacks. The book also shares suggestions for lodging, booking hotels, and parking at airports.
We are happy to announce Aircraft Spruce is carrying our new Pilot’s Guide for flying to Alaska.Price:$69.95.
The link is:
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/bvpages/alaskaflyingbook.php
You can also order directly from the publisher-LULU.
Price 69.65
Also, for those of you who prefer digital downloads, they are available at ejunkie.com for $59.95: :Please note the copy/paste editing functions are enabled, but no other editing options are available. The routes can be copied and pasted into ForeFlight.
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- Front cover
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- Back cover
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- Table of Contents
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- Page from Planning
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- Costal route hazardstal
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- Route sample
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- Moving map, terrain window views
REVIEWS FOR WE FLEW TO ALASKA…AND YOU CAN TOO
The book is an amazing resource! Thanks to both of you for sharing your knowledge!!! Brandi U
30 days
10,131 Nautical Miles
Thanks in large part to you two, Margaret and I had the trip of a lifetime. Thanks for all your mentoring. See you in Oshkosh. Margaret and Larry B
This afternoon Ralph B and I landed PAMR in Anchorage. We followed the flight path included in your book including Ketchikan and Yukatat and PAMR utilizing the coastal route. Our trip from Madison Wi was successful in many ways due to your excellent advice and route planning.
We had dinner tonight at the Lakefront. Life is good. Thank you and happy 4th of July! Peter A
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A good overview to add to my research list. Nice pictures to supplement the text. Digital supplement (provided with an email to the authors) will be helpful for on-trip reference. Joe W __________________________________________________________________
We both love the Alaska book, very much appreciated! Mark and Vicki __________________________________________________________________
Your Alaska book arrived today. It contains so much important and helpful information. Thank you! Pete
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Great book. Thank you for putting this out there, nice work.
Thanks
EAA webinar by Vic Syracuse
Vic presented a webinar for EAA on April 23, 2025: Vic and Carol Syracuse have flown their RV-10 to Alaska 5 times. In this presentation Vic will walk through the preparations, routing, and recommendations to help you have a safe and memorable trip to Alaska. For those in the lower 48, flying to Alaska is one of the most memorable flights you can make, and seeing Alaska from the air takes you places inaccessible by any other means.
Here is a link to watch the recorded webinar:
Vic presented a seminar at Airventure on Flying Your Own Aircraft to Alaska. We had many requests for the slides from that presentation. Here is the presentation in pdf form: Please note these slides are under copyright protection. You may not use them for other than personal use and may not duplicate or share them.
https://baselegaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Flying-to-Alaska-AV-2024.pdf
We mention using hotel engine to reserve hotel rooms with the flex option.
Assuming you are an EAA member, here is a link to create a Hotel Engine account:
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/eaa-membership/eaa-member-benefits/discount-programs/eaa-travel-choices
As mentioned on one of the slides, if you choose the flex option when booking your room you can cancel up to the day of the reservation as well as leave early if needed. Please read all the rules as it is easy to miss the flex option.