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Old 06-08-2011, 09:51 PM
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Default Home Sweet Home

Can you travel as fast as the airlines in your RV?

Here is my flight route today, coming back from the Bahamas.

Right at 1900 statute miles in a little over ten hours flight time.



Started this morning at 9:30 a.m., with engine fire up in Exuma.
Landed this evening at 8:10 p.m. in Goodland, Kansas. Had an hour lunch and Customs clearing in Fort Pearce. Fueled in Fort Pearce, Kennet, Missouri, and home. Only two stops.

Burnt 68 gallons of fuel, and had 10.2 hours of flight time! Twenty eight miles per gallon!

I think that says it all. We all had such a great time this year! Can't believe it is over.....

Jimmyb & Vicki 2
Goodland, Ks.
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:25 AM
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Burnt 68 gallons of fuel, and had 10.2 hours of flight time! Twenty eight miles per gallon!
Pretty impressive. Those are long legs. My initial thought is that you have great seat cushions or you have an iron butt.

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Old 06-09-2011, 07:07 AM
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Default Inspiring and Impressive

Leave to you Rosie, what a great adventure. Helps me realize that a trip from home base in south Florida to Abaco can be accomplished and darn it, get the plane finished.

Headed your way (Edwards) this weekend for second flight of X51 Scramjet, if all goes as planned, we'll be celebrating next week.
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Old 06-09-2011, 07:14 AM
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Default Moody Blue and crew are home.

Janet and I slept in our own bed last night. The weather cooporated, so we came on home. I don't have a technical accounting like JimmyB, but we had kinda tired butts on the last leg. Our route and aprox times.
MYEF - KFPR 2.6 hr
FPR -EUF 2.6
EUF - TKX 2.4
TKX - AIO 2.9
A long day, but a testement to what you can do in even a slow RV. We arrived at Atlantic, IA at 10:15 PM in the dark. We used flight following from FRP- EUF(busy airspace) and from TKX to AIO(darkness).
Mark and Deb were right behind us at Eufala, AL and they, also landed Kennet, MO just as we were getting back from Subway. They stayed the night in Kennet and will get home to Goodland, KS today.
One flying observation: The controllers throughout the country were great. We were never denied service and were welcomed into the airspaces. A few commented on the RV and/or asked about the plane or the trip. (Didn't get any commets from airliners, like we did in Grand Cayman 2 yrs ago though, remember Rosie)
Weather change: Just looked at the thermometer...58 degrees in Walnut this morning, just thought I would rub it in for those flying in the heat down south. Everybody, fly safe and see you as soon as possible. Gene and Janet
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Old 06-09-2011, 12:55 PM
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Looks like Rosie is on the move again.
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Old 06-09-2011, 03:26 PM
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The Cards, including Watson retrieved from San Antonio, are home. I just pulled up my chair and a beer before hitting the shower. What an adventure. 22C performed flawlessly. It only used about .25qt. of oil the whole trip. It will get a thorough bath this weekend, with "actual" water (Rosie), to try to knock off some of the salt. Do you mind if I say it again? What an ADVENTURE!!
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Old 06-09-2011, 03:46 PM
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I have a question about the flights. Why do you call them Alpha Flight, Bravo Flight, etc, etc? I have seen posts by other RVers that refer to these flights. Is this a special meaning? what happens if you don't name the flight and/or all fly over in a big gaggle?

Sounds like a great trip and a lot of fun. I've enjoyed reading the narration and seeing the photos.
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:12 PM
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Default Day 20: We have landed Addison (ADS), TX

Hi All! Tuppergal and I landed Addison, TX a bit after 1700 local time. I'm currently in the Landmark Aviation FBO (these folks LOVE RVers!) waiting for our friend to pick us up. As you can see from the ground track link, we had to do some zigging and zagging to stay away from the big thunder bumpers. It was a clear shot after fueling at Joyce (0R5), LA. I'll get some pics up later tonight ;-) Also just heard from Mike "Keys" Brewton who made it from Pensacola to Sedona (SEZ): Now that is a LONG DAY of flying! Rosie & Tuppergal
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:16 PM
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I have a question about the flights. Why do you call them Alpha Flight, Bravo Flight, etc, etc? I have seen posts by other RVers that refer to these flights. Is this a special meaning? what happens if you don't name the flight and/or all fly over in a big gaggle?

Sounds like a great trip and a lot of fun. I've enjoyed reading the narration and seeing the photos.
That's a good question. With so many plane flying together, it's not a problem for us but creates HAVOC for the controllers in the Bahamas (or Turks & Caicos or Cayman Islands). They can only handle one plane at a time with no two planes anywhere near each other in the pattern. By keep the groups small, we can separate the planes much easier and get them down on the ground quicker.

Also by assigning people to groups, we can then have the 'mass' briefing to let people know what time they need to be ready to leave for the airport (in the rental van) and ready to roll down the runway. Using the named flights keeps it simple ;-) Jimmyb, do you have more to add? Rosie
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Old 06-09-2011, 06:07 PM
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Default Alpha, Bravo, do a Foxtrot...

Formation flying is "work". We are on vacation, and working and vacation don't mix. So, we don't want big groups flying together, where we have to watch the other planes all the time and be working. Breaking a large gaggle of fifteen planes into smaller groups of four to five makes a loose gaggle doable, without safety issues of running into another plane, but still knowing where everyone else is, because they are in a preset formation, just loose at a quarter mile spacing, instead of feet. All the ground briefing stuff, as Paul said, is much easier too, with smaller groups. We could call the groups "Paul's flight, and Jim's flight", but "alpha, or bravo" flight sounds better! It is all safety and logistics, for the short answer.........

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