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A radio licenses are not "practically" necessary. US and Canada have tacitly=
 agreed not to check for them. This comes from my air tour leader for two tr=
ips to Alaska. With these two trips and two more to Canada, I would advise n=
ot to worry. The bigger worry is if you take a firearm into Canada. Lots of p=
aperwork there and huge penalties if you slip up. Mace or pepper spray is al=
so prohibited. They always refer to it as pepper spray.

Also, when declaring spirits, the correct answer is: for personal consumptio=
n. Customs in Canada are quite simple- a call before takeoff, answer their q=
uestions, fly, land, taxi to the customs area, call the toll free number aga=
in. More often than not, they will verify the previous info and give you a c=
learance number to show you have passed. You probably won't even have to shu=
t down if your cell phone is rigged for Canada.

eAPIS is the most challenging. Setup your account on line and front load the=
 info for the trip. You can declare the person who occupies the right front s=
eat as crew, and that makes it easy to fill in the blanks for the flight cle=
arance. Be sure to do a print screen of the email they send back and also of=
 the final screen of the filing. I know of one case where they screwed up an=
d accused the pilot of not filing. He had copies of the email and filing. Bi=
g fine if you screw up on this bureaucratic caper. Recently, they have put o=
ut the word that they will be enforcing more.

If you are not sure what to put in an ICAO flight plan, call their flight se=
rvice and they will help you fill it in. If you stop for fuel at Ketchikan, A=
K, and then file for an airport in WA, you will not have to worry about CA c=
ustoms or eAPIS. I would file IFR on this leg. Lots of beautiful scenery on t=
his leg, but the airports are but much father apart. File for a higher altit=
ude, like 9 or 10K.

Cheers,
John

On Oct 24, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net> wrote:

> First step is to get through the paper work:
> airplane radio license
> pilot radio license
> eapis registration
> eapis flight plan.
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> ....way less stressful if you start early.
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> then you need charts.   foreflight has a $120 add-on for that.
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> Colyn
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> On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Danny Miller wrote:
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> My wife and I are considering a flight from Manassas, VA to Eagle River, A=
K
> to Portland, OR and back to VA sometime in the next 6-8 weeks in our
> LNC2-360.  I've never flown over Canada and know little or nothing about
> their airspace.  I know a few of you have done this so it seemed like a go=
od
> place to ask for advice as my first step in researching this adventure.
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> Danny Miller
> N 38=C2=B0 43' 25.7"
> W 77=C2=B0 30' 38.6"
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