Jessie
I stopped by X35(dunellon) yesterday to say hi. I'll see you at sebring
"Every once in a while the tailwinds on the return trip are as strong as the headwinds on the way out."
Even when they are a perfect match it still takes longer to make the trip!!!
Along the way we heard radio chatter from a Citation theorizing that there were cars passing him on the freeway below and an eastbound TBM who wanted an altitude block while trying to top 500kts.
I don't have a pic, but my slowest flight was -3kts. I was "hovering" at crown point on the Columbia river gorge, headed east, of course, and saw 3 kts@270?. crown point sticks out into the gorge winds, and a sort of Bernoulli effect will significantly raise the winds speeds there. very strange feeling to be flying and see the horizon go away from you.
Lets try again! Extra points for anyone who knows where this is.
I predict an outbreak of 200kt claims by Monday.
Why is that Dan? Strong jet stream and a lot of people headed to Florida?
I stand corrected. (and updated my post).... BTW, the 210 mph Vne is actually north of 182 ktas.
Enjoy your RV9/180----we have certainly enjoyed ours---for the last 8 yrs.
Cheers,
db