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Old 08-31-2018, 11:04 PM
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Thumbs up Congratulations, John!

Welcome home!
Your journey has been a pleasure to follow.
I look forward to reading all about the details.

Dale
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Old 08-31-2018, 11:44 PM
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I registered here to congratulate you after my friend showed me your flight path on flight aware. Awesome achievement, and what a journey! I bet you were really ready to stretch your legs after that flight! Very, very cool.
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Old 09-01-2018, 12:35 AM
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Default RTW trip completed

After two hurricanes and waiting three weeks for a weather window to open, Thursday looked like the best day to fly from Hawaii to California. On Saturday another hurricane would sweep in from the east, disrupting the favorable winds at altitude. The weather forecast predicted tail winds for 70% of the flight. In reality, I encountered 1000 nm of head winds followed by 1000 nm of tail winds towards the California coast.

The 17 hour journey from Hilo to Oakland/Concord was very exhausting, especially since I had difficulty sleeping the night before. Prior to flight, "May" was loaded with 127 gallons of fuel and I was packed in the plane surrounded by fuel tanks up to the canopy top.

Now that I am back home, I will update the blog with entries for all legs from Pakistan back to the USA.

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Thank you all for for your kind words and support on my journey around the world.

John
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Old 09-01-2018, 01:36 AM
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Totally awesome feat John - heartiest congratulations. That?s a horrendously difficult initiation test to join a very exclusive club.

Cheers
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Old 09-01-2018, 04:19 AM
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John is the newest member of a very exclusive club.

A little perspective:

-Number of persons who have summitted Mt. Everest -over 4,000
-Number of persons who have swam the English Channel -1832
-Number of men who have set foot on the moon -12

Number of persons who have flown around the world solo in an aircraft they built themselves:

John Koehler is number 11

List of men in the same club:

-Don Taylor, Thorp T-18 1976
-Jon Johansen, RV-4, 1995, 1996, 2000
-Mike Melville, Long EZ, 1997
-Dick Rutan, Long EZ, 1997
-Ike Bartlett, Mustang II, 1999
-H G Schmidt, Long EZ, 2000
-Bill Randolph, RV-8, 2005
-Bill Harrelson, Lancair IV, 2015
-Hank Chang, RV-8, 2015
-Gordillo Miguel, RV-8, 2016

Notably, 5 of the 11 built and flew RVs.

We are all justifiably proud of John!
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Old 09-01-2018, 09:23 AM
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The 17 hour journey from Hilo to Oakland/Concord was very exhausting, especially since I had difficulty sleeping the night before. Prior to flight, "May" was loaded with 127 gallons of fuel and I was packed in the plane surrounded by fuel tanks up to the canopy top.
I was wondering about the fuel load - I planned on 133 gallons in my plane for the same leg, very close to yours. I can put 67 in the wing tanks and plan on a 66 gallon turtle-pac in the right seat.

When you get a little free time I would love to chat with you about your power settings for the trip.
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Old 09-01-2018, 09:24 AM
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Steve,

You forgot Brian & Sylvia Foster
Maybe not solo, but neither were Melville/Rutan. They were in their homebuilt RV-10

Plus Manuel Queiroz in his RV-6.

None the less, great achievement by John and one less recruit to the flat earth society!
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Old 09-01-2018, 10:15 AM
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Melville and Rutan were solo in their respective Long Exes. Flight of two.
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Old 09-01-2018, 10:22 AM
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Default I hope I am not wrong

Manuel did not build his 6.
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Old 09-02-2018, 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Ashby View Post
John is the newest member of a very exclusive club.

A little perspective:

-Number of persons who have summitted Mt. Everest -over 4,000
-Number of persons who have swam the English Channel -1832
-Number of men who have set foot on the moon -12

Number of persons who have flown around the world solo in an aircraft they built themselves:

John Koehler is number 11

List of men in the same club:

-Don Taylor, Thorp T-18 1976
-Jon Johansen, RV-4, 1995, 1996, 2000
-Mike Melville, Long EZ, 1997
-Dick Rutan, Long EZ, 1997
-Ike Bartlett, Mustang II, 1999
-H G Schmidt, Long EZ, 2000
-Bill Randolph, RV-8, 2005
-Bill Harrelson, Lancair IV, 2015
-Hank Chang, RV-8, 2015
-Gordillo Miguel, RV-8, 2016

Notably, 5 of the 11 built and flew RVs.

We are all justifiably proud of John!
Great info Steve
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