3000nm in a cruisair!

leadsledfan

leadsledfan

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Well, after a wonderful week spent completing the annual on my cruisair with Scott Thomas in Hillsville, VA, I embarked on my coast to coast adventure.
I made dallas the first day, then was storm delayed before escaping west to Phoenix on the second flight day, then made sacramento on day 3, before winding up in San Francisco.
Total was about 24 flight hours, at an average ground speed of about 120 knots.
I had an absolute blast, and would not hesitate to do it again!
 
Welcome to California... your timing was good - just missed a big storm. Your trip sounds like a great adventure. Did you have any mechanical problems or was it smooth sailing (flying)? That's a lot of time in the left seat each day. You've earned the endurance award for the month for sure.
 
Rob,
I did about 7 hour flying days, but stopped in dallas and phoenix to relax with friends, so it wasn't all bad.
I skirted into San francisco last Thursday right as the storm was getting bad. Another couple of hours and I would have been out of luck.
The only mechanical problem I had is that my outer door handle came off while doing some airport familiarization once I had arrived.
So all is well minus the door handle.
-Adam
 
Glad you made it safely. So Adam, are you relocating to the west coast? Will you be in California for a while? Hope you have some time to see the sights - weather should be great for the next few days! --Rob
 
Rob,
I am permanently based in San Francisco now, should be getting a hangar at Hayward Executive sometime this summer.

Larry,
is that your phone number?
 
Here are my numbers that I calculated for the entire trip:

165 franklin with a McCauley fixed metal prop.

I cruised primarily at 6500-8500 feet
2700-2725 rpm
leaned almost to peak using an edm 700 engine monitor
133-137 mph IAS (at altitude)
120 ish knots Ground speed (GPS)
Burned in between 9.1-9.4 GPH total including the climb for roughly 3 hour legs
I am adding fuel flow to my edm 700 when I go IFR this fall
 
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