Yeah. There was no way I could make it to Mt Vernon in one day without flying at night. I do not have the required equipment for night VFR so I ended up landing at Hastings, Nebraska on the first day to sleep.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 08:59 Oscar Zuniga via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > 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" > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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