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Post subject: Re: Longest Personal Direct Flight - KAPA - KTOL 970nm Posted: 14 Jul 2019, 13:27 |
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Joined: 08/16/15 Posts: 2895 Post Likes: +3603 Location: Ogden UT
Aircraft: Piper M600
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My longest flight in a piston (PA46 Mirage) was Ogden UT (outside Salt Lake) to Atlanta (1490 nm). With standard tanks. Easier and even faster than flying commercial hub to hub on Delta, counting suboptimal airports for my travel, security and ground transportation. Friends don't let friends fly commercial :-) Attachment: KOGD to KLZU.jpg
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_________________ Chuck Ivester Piper M600 Ogden UT
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Post subject: Re: Longest Personal Direct Flight - KAPA - KTOL 970nm Posted: 14 Jul 2019, 16:59 |
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Joined: 02/21/15 Posts: 109 Post Likes: +78
Aircraft: C182
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Of course, at the extremes of light plane distance flying we all need to admire Bill Harrelson. For a quick introduction to some of his adventures see https://youtu.be/Ko6aNLp0xucI think he is talking at Oshkosh in a few weeks—Tuesday at 10. https://www.eaa.org/eaa/event/Over_Both ... 837692C88CI have heard him speak—he is a tremendous presenter. And a wonderfully nice person. As is his (also a retired airline pilot) Sue. I remember his talking about a coast-to-coast and back again non-stop shake-down flight. Very humorous. And his 38 hour flight Guam to Florida is nothing to sneeze at. So, the best in the world we all just sit back and admire. But even our non-specialized planes serve our more pedestrian needs tremendously well. -Bill
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Post subject: Re: Longest Personal Direct Flight - KAPA - KTOL 970nm Posted: 16 Jul 2019, 01:09 |
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Joined: 12/21/08 Posts: 930 Post Likes: +517 Location: Townsville (YBTL), Australia
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Quote: My longest flight in a piston (PA46 Mirage) was Ogden UT (outside Salt Lake) to Atlanta (1490 nm). With standard tanks. Easier and even faster than flying commercial hub to hub on Delta, counting suboptimal airports for my travel, security and ground transportation. Friends don't let friends fly commercial :-) Indeed! The flight I posted earlier: Townsville to Broome, in Australia was about 9 hrs flying in the V35B, 11 hrs traveling time with 2 x food and fuel stops, and a minimum of 13 hrs with Qantas (if they managed to run on time!).
_________________ Lee Fitzpatrick (aka Forkie!)
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Post subject: Re: Longest Personal Direct Flight - KAPA - KTOL 970nm Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 14:19 |
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Joined: 02/21/17 Posts: 1579 Post Likes: +1830 Location: Arkansas
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I now want a Malibu. Gonna have to go spay some more dogs and cats. Lots more.
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Post subject: Re: Longest Personal Direct Flight - KAPA - KTOL 970nm Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 17:26 |
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Joined: 10/14/09 Posts: 802 Post Likes: +282 Location: Dallas (KADS)
Aircraft: A36
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I just completed my longest last weekend. 870 miles in 4.4 hours. TN A36 was north of 190 ktas at 17,500 burning under 16 GPH. LOP once above the MEAs to save fuel and fuel was a non-factor. I have 104 usable (15 gal BDS tips) and landed with 25 gallons on board. Flight time would have been faster if I didn't have to descend at one point to get past some afternoon buildups then climb back up to 17.5. I also descended way too soon coming back into Dallas concerned about some afternoon clouds. I could have high a lot longer then bomb into DFW instead of flying the last 75 miles at 7500. Overall the flight was a piece of cake. Trout fishing in the morning, made it home for dinner with the kids. Attachment: IMG_1304.jpeg TAS varied from about 191-197 depending on the up drafts / down drafts. 197 ground speed average over 4.4 hours. I'll take it. Username Protected wrote: Don, What type of Pulse Oximeter are you using? Is it wearable? I'm picturing having to keep something clipped to my fingertip while I fly for 6+ hours... John, It's a wrist-worn device with a finger probe that I put on my left pinky finger. Completely out of the way and doesn't interfere with my flying. You can pick one up on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LK ... g=btalk-20
I bought one of these at Don's suggestion. It's a great addition to the cockpit- much more comfortable than one of the finger units, albeit significantly more expensive.
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