Netters; Very interesting and inspiring to read about Chris Pryce's flight to MVN for this year's Gathering. I often sit with SkyVector and a few minutes of dreaming time to run some what-ifs and I had run something similar for next year in N335KC. It's roughly equal legs, three fuel stops, but who knows how long it might take to fly it from where I am in southern Oregon?
Medford, OR (KMFR) to Twin Falls, ID (KTWF)- 429 statute miles via direct. Fuel stop #1 KTWF - Laramie, WY (KLAR)- 461 statute via direct. Fuel stop #2 KLAR - Marysville KS (KMYZ) - 486 statute via direct. Fuel stop #3 KMYZ - KMVN - 430 statute via direct. Total: 1,806 miles. If the plane could average 130 MPH over the ground (ambitious, to be sure), that would be 14 flight hours. No way I'm attempting that all in one day, especially since MVN is two hours ahead of Pacific time. Lifting off at maybe 5 AM here, it would already be 7 AM at Mount Vernon and 14 hours plus fuel stops would be out of the question. As Dirty Harry reminded us, "a man's got to know his limitations". Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR KR 1-1/2 N335KC "Sunbeam"
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