B: Re: RE: Idaho to Santa Monica

[Richard Beliveau]

Ralph,

That 15:45 seems like pretty good time for a 112 commader.  I flew a Piper 
Geronimo from Monterey to Hilo and my time was 16.9 hours.  I would think 
the 112 would have been slower than the Geronimo which was no rocket either 
especially loaded up with 360 gallons.  I too flew that trip at 6000 feet in 
October 1978 on Friday the 13th  and a black cat walked across the taxiway 
at Monterey in front of me while I was taxiing out to the runway. I was too 
young to be superstitious.

Also flew a 206 from Houston Hobby airport to Torrance California in just 
over 8 hours... of course it had a ferry tank in it and could have gone a 
lot further.  I just brought it out to the west coast for the guy.

Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Requa" <rrequa at cox.net>
To: <beech-owners at beechcraft.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: B: RE: Idaho to Santa Monica


> How about 15:45, OAK-HNL, 6,000'. Fuel used has been forgotten for some
> time. I think that I had about 240 gallons on board. That was in a ferry
> flight to Australia in 1977. It was an Aero Commander 112.
>
> More realistic, in my M35 I flew non-stop from Boulder City, Nevada to San
> Antonio, Texas in something under 6 hours. I flew back in just over 6 
> hours
> four days later, 15,500' going, 16,500' returning. I think that I had just
> less than 18 gallons on both legs when I landed. My airplane holds 100
> gallons.
>
> I wonder if this thread is going to end up like the joke about someone
> asking center for his ground speed. Others with succeeding higher speeds
> chimed in and asked for their ground speed. The request stopped with a 
> SR-71
> asked for his and was given something over 1400 knots.
>
> Cheers, Ralph
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: beech-owners-bounces at beechcraft.org
> [mailto:beech-owners-bounces at beechcraft.org] On Behalf Of Ron Mohrhoff
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:46 PM
> To: beech-owners at beechcraft.org
> Subject: B: Idaho to Santa Monica
>
> I thought some of you may be interested in my LONG flight today.
>
> SUN to SMO
> 5 Hours 14 Minutes
> 14,000'
> 63 gallons
>
> What are some of the longest non stops some of you have made?
>
> All the best,
>
> Ron Mohrhoff
> N2347A
> 1969 E33 SMO
>
>
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