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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 14:28 |
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Joined: 09/21/13 Posts: 1991 Post Likes: +1210 Location: Wausau WI - KAUW
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Username Protected wrote: Based on trajectory, this was my guess prior to today's flight.... Wait, what? You show him coming up to Seattle. Why would he be coming here? I thought the rumor mill had it going to California.
Rumor mill was CA, but he only ever really said "west coast" from what I recall.
Where he's going, anyone knows...but if I was headed to CA and unable to clear terrain, heading NW wouldn't be my plan, I'd be cutting straight west. Apparently he has/had a hangar at his latest stop, so that could also just be the destination for all we know.
Time will tell.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 15:01 |
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Joined: 05/11/18 Posts: 59 Post Likes: +10 Location: SBA
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A northern route would have him avoiding the high terrain of the southwest, and the 100-120 degree temperatures. The desert southwest doesn’t cool down very much in the evenings.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 15:43 |
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Joined: 11/03/08 Posts: 14567 Post Likes: +22924 Location: Peachtree City GA / Stoke-On-Trent UK
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does he have replacement junkyard audi engines pre-positioned in iowa and montana ?
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 16:55 |
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Username Protected wrote: does he have replacement junkyard audi engines pre-positioned in iowa and montana ? "With this one weird trick, you can eliminate oil changes forever."
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 18:03 |
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Joined: 02/28/17 Posts: 1213 Post Likes: +1191 Location: Panama City, FL
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Username Protected wrote: Based on trajectory, this was my guess prior to today's flight...I'm wagering on an up-and-around to avoid what terrain he can. I guessed KAOV, seems like 2A2...I was off by 80NM to the north. Seems like flying only in the AM, so looking like an 8-10 day trip. 4 day drive if you pull 10 hour days. Attachment: Screen Shot 2021-06-18 at 11.59.47 AM.png I don't know that route very well, but how could he have gotten to the west coast without climbing higher than 6,000' by going north? Once I say him flying NW, I knew he wasn't trying to the west coast. I still want to know how he was able to fly outside of his test area.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 02:24 |
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Man, those speeds were something special. #groundbreaking #revolutionary
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 07:58 |
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Username Protected wrote: Man, those speeds were something special. #groundbreaking #revolutionary The word you are looking for is #innovative.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 10:36 |
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Joined: 09/11/09 Posts: 5288 Post Likes: +4199 Company: Looking Location: Tulsa, Ok
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Username Protected wrote: Man, those speeds were something special. #groundbreaking #revolutionary The word you are looking for is #innovative.
The password is….POLAR……..
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 20:06 |
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Joined: 09/11/09 Posts: 5288 Post Likes: +4199 Company: Looking Location: Tulsa, Ok
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Username Protected wrote: OMG, I had forgotten about that movie........on the re-watch list, just for nostalgia purposes....... It's a gem but it's hard to explain to anyone who haven't seen it. "Trust me, just watch it all the way through. Make sure you pay close attention to all the subtle stuff." I have a Yoyodyne patch somewhere.
15 minutes in, and I gotta turn it off.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 22 Jun 2021, 10:16 |
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Joined: 02/28/17 Posts: 1213 Post Likes: +1191 Location: Panama City, FL
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Username Protected wrote: Im not sure he ever intends to fly it again. That runway can’t be long enough for the raptor. http://www.airnav.com/airport/2A2Airnav shows the runway is 4,700'. On the last video posted he took off on runway 35 and was off the ground at about 2,400'. So even with a 1,200' elevation, I would think that he could get that thing off the ground and clear any obstacles.
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