On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:15:08 -0400, "John Doe"
wrote:

Lots of fun, but not too practicle unless you do alot of lake hopping close
to home.

I was at the Moosehead Lake seaplane fly-in last weekend. There were
three ultralights that flew up from Lake Winnipesaukee in New
Hampshire, about 200 miles as the erm crow flies.

They carried 15 gallons of gas. Since they had a headwind, they
alighted at a marina on long lake and took on 6 gallons each at a
marina--they use autogas of course. They got to Greenville with 9.5
gallons remaining, so could have made it with half a tank to spare.

Now 200 miles doesn't sound like much, but I wouldn't have flown to
Greenville in the J-3 Cub!

The fly-in has set up a category just for these three guys, because
everyone was annoyed at their being able to take off in 27 feet.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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