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100 year old Birthday Party

Taltruda

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Last year, I delivered a -8 from St Louis to New Jersey for a guy. When I landed in NJ, I met his 99 year old hangar mate. I took the guy for a ride (pic in the yellow plane) and told him if he makes 100. I’m coming out for it! We’ll he made it, so I jumped in my -4 and flew from Las Vegas to NJ and back for it! Only stayed in NJ for a day but I think I made his day! He built 6 planes, including a RV-6 that he still has. Although he doesn’t fly solo anymore, he does get in the air and still flies great! Still drives, sharp as a tack!

Here’s the stats.. 12.55 hours eastbound, 15.68 hours westbound. Highest ground speed was 211 knots in level flight. Longest leg was 4:29 made possible by going to 17,500 and leaning for 5.8 GPH. I only have the original 32 gallon tanks, and I landed with 4 gallons (legal 30 minutes reserve) Landed at Leadville, bought the tee shirt and got the certificate. Battled the 42 knot winds in Arizona and Nevada (42 knots on the ground, 60 to 70 knots airborne). These are such capable planes!

Edit: don’t know why some pictures flip or how to fix it.. no I wasn’t inverted at 17,500.. lol
 

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I just saved your image, then rotated it in a photo viewer, then cropped it a little to change the property file. :)
 
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