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03-29-2014, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Flower mound, tx
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Lets try again! Extra points for anyone who knows where this is.
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03-29-2014, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Hilton Head Island
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Robert, it appears you are an F/O fying from Hawaii to Texas in your AA B767 
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03-29-2014, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Warwickshire UK
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Originally Posted by 912ry
Lets try again! Extra points for anyone who knows where this is.
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Too many clues!
It's in the cockpit of an AA B767 coming from Kahului to DFW on airway R585 about 600 miles SW of Vandenberg CA |
03-29-2014, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Flower mound, tx
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Wow, I thought it would be harder than that! Congrats. Yeah, 15 years and still an FO. still a pretty good gig though.
I have a photo over the Atlantic cracking 615 kts, but cant get it to load correctly. Romeo Yankee has seen 205 kts coming home from Idaho. Unfortunately no screen shot so doesn't count!
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03-29-2014, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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I had a 163 kt tailwind in the jet stream over the Sea of Japan about 13 years ago. I wish I had taken a picture (I wrote it in my logbook though). That's the same jet stream that our B-29s discovered and then took advantage of back in WWII. Oh how I would love to catch a tailwind like that in my RV-8! 
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03-29-2014, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
Posts: 9,476
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I predict an outbreak of 200kt claims by Monday.
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03-29-2014, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Venice, Fl
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Originally Posted by DanH
I predict an outbreak of 200kt claims by Monday.
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Why is that Dan? Strong jet stream and a lot of people headed to Florida?
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Gary Palinkas - Gman.... VAF #161
Venice, Fl
RV-6 "Sassy" Flying 400 hrs since Oct 2011
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03-29-2014, 09:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Stoughton, WI
Posts: 473
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Louisville to Indy 3/23
Hit 200 kts with power pulled back because of slight turbulance at 3500 ft. Made it a very short trip.
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N96FS, RV-6
Flying 1/11/09
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2WI6 Stoughton, WI
Formally of Lafayette, IN
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03-29-2014, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GLPalinkas
Why is that Dan? Strong jet stream and a lot of people headed to Florida?
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Yeah buddy. Check the winds across the southern states right now.
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Dan Horton
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04-06-2014, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
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OK, I finally joined the club and have a picture to prove it.
I could have gone higher and picked up another 10 knots of tailwind but since this was the second time I used oxygen, I thought it best to work my way up, over multiple flights.
As for people who worry that an O-360 will run an RV-9 past VNE, I don't see how this is going to happen. I was at WOT and pushing around 55% power I was running at 168 KTS (193 MPH) true, which is well below the 182 KTS (210 MPH) VNE True Airspeed Van's has set for the -9.
Yes, going down hill you have to throttle back but I had to do that when I had the 135 HP O-290 in the plane. Also, when it gets bumpy, I throttle back to keep it out of the yellow arc.
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Last edited by N941WR : 04-06-2014 at 06:34 PM.
Reason: Corrected Vne
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