PilotBrent
Well Known Member
I’m posting this in the RV-12 section, to strengthen the claim that the 12 is in fact a great option for long distance travelling (albeit at sight-seeing ground speeds). Fellow RV-12 pilots, David Valcik & Jeff Vaughan, and I headed west last September from NJ/PA to the “RV Gathering” at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas, which of course attracts around 100 RVs and others every fall and is incredibly well organized. Highly recommended for your bucket list as mentioned on here by many others.
We added visits to Memphis TN and New Orleans for museums and food, and we were on our way to Triple Tree Aerodrome in SC when we unfortunately had a minor (non-aircraft) challenge to deal with, which ultimately led us to cut the trip short at 8 days. Despite that, exploiting incredible VFR weather we broke our own RV-12 distance records, travelling 2,300+ miles across 14 states behind the mighty 100HP Rotax. Where we weren’t offered a crew car, we usually found a gracious local pilot offering to chauffer around the “RV-12” guys. Finally procrastinated long enough to pull together some highlights spread across a couple of YouTube videos, links below.
If you are done pulling LP4-3 rivets and up for some adventure, maybe start thinking about joining us this fall for another journey. The RV-12 can do it!
Part 1
https://youtu.be/M2rY1WWIT7k
Part 2
https://youtu.be/pXuJ1JeUFVM
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We added visits to Memphis TN and New Orleans for museums and food, and we were on our way to Triple Tree Aerodrome in SC when we unfortunately had a minor (non-aircraft) challenge to deal with, which ultimately led us to cut the trip short at 8 days. Despite that, exploiting incredible VFR weather we broke our own RV-12 distance records, travelling 2,300+ miles across 14 states behind the mighty 100HP Rotax. Where we weren’t offered a crew car, we usually found a gracious local pilot offering to chauffer around the “RV-12” guys. Finally procrastinated long enough to pull together some highlights spread across a couple of YouTube videos, links below.
If you are done pulling LP4-3 rivets and up for some adventure, maybe start thinking about joining us this fall for another journey. The RV-12 can do it!
Part 1
https://youtu.be/M2rY1WWIT7k
Part 2
https://youtu.be/pXuJ1JeUFVM
13 by Brent Connelly
Screen Shot 2023-07-02 at 10.58.35 AM by Brent Connelly
iPhoneShots - 133 by Brent Connelly
iPhoneShots - 6 by Brent Connelly
20 by Brent Connelly
iPhoneShots - 68 by Brent Connelly