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Old 06-05-2007 | 06:24 AM
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so yesterday for my first "real cross country" we took off in our bonanza c33 from kansas city and flew to orangeberg, south carolina (kinda by columbus).. we than stopped for about an hour to eat lunch and then turned around. the turning around part was the bad idea. we had to divert around some storms, stop for fuel and deal with a 30kt headwind in a 150kt plane. needless to say it was my first time ever flying high performance and i was at the helm for almost 15 HOURS.
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Old 06-05-2007 | 07:32 AM
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so yesterday for my first "real cross country" we took off in our bonanza c33 from kansas city and flew to orangeberg, south carolina (kinda by columbus).. we than stopped for about an hour to eat lunch and then turned around. the turning around part was the bad idea. we had to divert around some storms, stop for fuel and deal with a 30kt headwind in a 150kt plane. needless to say it was my first time ever flying high performance and i was at the helm for almost 15 HOURS.
AHHH, thats sounds painful. I did something similar once. It was an Angel Flight from BVY just north of BOS to Pontiac MI. 10hrs on the hobbs. A cherokee six too. No storms to deal with but that could easily been a 15hr day too.
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Old 06-05-2007 | 08:09 AM
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Some instructors at my old job took a warrior from philly to cali one way. I don't know how long it took but i'm sure it was painfull
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Old 06-05-2007 | 10:19 AM
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my previous instructor flew a diamond katana from SoCal to Maine where the customer who bought it lived. I could not even imagine the excitement of those 1" foam seats and the sun canopy of death for 30 hours
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Old 06-05-2007 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
my previous instructor flew a diamond katana from SoCal to Maine where the customer who bought it lived. I could not even imagine the excitement of those 1" foam seats and the sun canopy of death for 30 hours

Now, that is a x-country
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Old 06-05-2007 | 12:44 PM
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I flew a C150 from Ohio to Oklahoma. Got there 10.6 later!
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Old 06-05-2007 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TXav8r13
I flew a C150 from Ohio to Oklahoma. Got there 10.6 later!
I did Crete to djibouti 12.5 hours in a cessna 210 with ferry tanks...autopilot inop !!!
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Old 06-05-2007 | 03:55 PM
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C404 did 7hrs straight, after my 8+hr training day, then 6 hrs of sleep with a 6hr flight home the following morning/afternoon. No Autopilot
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Old 06-05-2007 | 05:38 PM
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French Valley, CA (F70)-Las Cruces, NM-San Antonio, TX (Spend the night) Next morning...San Antonio, TX- Pleasanton, TX (PEZ)-Dallas Love Field, TX (DAL)-Abilene, TX (ABI), Las Cruces, NM- French Valley, CA (F70).
All was flown in a turbo arrow III.
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Old 06-05-2007 | 06:16 PM
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yeah i didn't have auto pilot either, all was hand flying.. i don't regret it at all tho, i gained a buttload of experiance and learned so much.
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