GLPalinkas
Well Known Member
Short story. 16 States - FL-NM-GA-OH-FL - 34 Flight Hours.
Long story below. Continue at your own risk?.
PART 1
I didn't plan it this way but this is how it happened. (Or, How about that weather!!)
Late July 2012 - Ok, so we had our grand-daughter and 2 of our grand-sons in Venice over the summer school vacation (great fun) but now we had to get them home for school near Albuquerque, NM .
What to do? Well, I say to my lovely wife "Why don't you take the kids home via commercial air and I'll fly the RV-6 out to get you". She bought it and left 2 Aug. with the kids. We planned on being gone 12-14 days. Yeah, right.
The culprits ?. Kayla, Charlie, Sean and JJ
I left Venice, FL the next morning, Friday, 3 Aug at approx. 0720. Flight following out of Tampa cleared me thru the Class B over Clearwater and North I went until I hit Georgia. From there I went West to Newton, MS just West of Meridian for some cheap fuel (Cheapest of the trip at $4.60/gal). Short break and then West to KCWC Kickapoo Airport in Wichita Falls, TX. It was 108F on the ground when I got there late afternoon. I took another long break and went the final 2.5 hours to Moriarty, NM near where my daughters/grand-kids live. (They are moving to San Antonio which makes it ONLY a two tank trip from Venice )
Map of Routes
Leaving Venice
Overtop and The Mighty Mississippi River
I landed Moriarty Airport at approx. 1900 hrs between rainstorms. The wind was blowing 25mph right down the runway, which locals say is very unusual. Weather enroute was great and no diversions were required.
Total flight time first day 9.7 hours, which is exactly why every RV builder/now flyer says "These things are MAGIC CARPETS".
Note: somewhere over Texas an approach controller following me says "198RV say type". I say "RV-6" and he replies "I thought something was wrong, you are indicating 165kts and they have you down as a Cessna 172". Then he says "I want to build an RV-8. I'm flying a Cessna now". I say "Come join the party".
Near Amarillo, TX - Palo Duro Canyon (Visited there on a ground trip to New Mexico)
Long story below. Continue at your own risk?.
PART 1
I didn't plan it this way but this is how it happened. (Or, How about that weather!!)
Late July 2012 - Ok, so we had our grand-daughter and 2 of our grand-sons in Venice over the summer school vacation (great fun) but now we had to get them home for school near Albuquerque, NM .
What to do? Well, I say to my lovely wife "Why don't you take the kids home via commercial air and I'll fly the RV-6 out to get you". She bought it and left 2 Aug. with the kids. We planned on being gone 12-14 days. Yeah, right.
The culprits ?. Kayla, Charlie, Sean and JJ
I left Venice, FL the next morning, Friday, 3 Aug at approx. 0720. Flight following out of Tampa cleared me thru the Class B over Clearwater and North I went until I hit Georgia. From there I went West to Newton, MS just West of Meridian for some cheap fuel (Cheapest of the trip at $4.60/gal). Short break and then West to KCWC Kickapoo Airport in Wichita Falls, TX. It was 108F on the ground when I got there late afternoon. I took another long break and went the final 2.5 hours to Moriarty, NM near where my daughters/grand-kids live. (They are moving to San Antonio which makes it ONLY a two tank trip from Venice )
Map of Routes
Leaving Venice
Overtop and The Mighty Mississippi River
I landed Moriarty Airport at approx. 1900 hrs between rainstorms. The wind was blowing 25mph right down the runway, which locals say is very unusual. Weather enroute was great and no diversions were required.
Total flight time first day 9.7 hours, which is exactly why every RV builder/now flyer says "These things are MAGIC CARPETS".
Note: somewhere over Texas an approach controller following me says "198RV say type". I say "RV-6" and he replies "I thought something was wrong, you are indicating 165kts and they have you down as a Cessna 172". Then he says "I want to build an RV-8. I'm flying a Cessna now". I say "Come join the party".
Near Amarillo, TX - Palo Duro Canyon (Visited there on a ground trip to New Mexico)