Aboutr fuel planning, flight endurance and fuel burn: I have a big
bunch of hours in my Mooney. It holds something like 33 gallons a side,
I almost always take off with full tanks. I would not dream of planning
a trip with 30 miutes reserve, and I know the airplane well. I f;ly
half the takeoff tank away, then most of the other tank, and when I
switch back to the take off tank, with 25% of the fuel still aboard,
I'm going to land for fuel, period, even if my RON is only 100 miles
farther along.
There are some obvious items careful readers will note: even with
careless leaning the bird will burn only 10 gph, so it has really long
legs. Carefully leaned at altitude I can get a bit more than 8 gph, so
range is rarely an issue. I might think differently if I was flying a
172, but probably not. Would I fly with a general aviation PIC who
plans on a 30 minute reserve at the planned termination of a flight?
I've never met anyone that good, thank you very much. My butt might not
be worth much, but it's the only one I have.
On Dec 24, 9:52 am, "Longworth" wrote:
On Dec 22, 2:19 pm, "Bud_of_yours" wrote:
How I flew my '68 Cherokee 140 to Savannah from Maine...Bud,
Congratulations on the purchase of your first plane.
I assumed that the annual was done by a shop chosen by the previous
owner. Did you check on that shop reputation? The fact that the plane
was flown infrequently and the transponder did not work right after the
annual concerned me a bit.
Thank you for taking the time to write about your long cross country
flight. It was quite an eventful trip.
At first, I thought Barney's post was a bit harsh. On further
thought, I agreed with Tony that " threads and responses like these are
likely to make us all safer pilots.It's peer review at its finest".
If you have not already done so, I would suggest filing a NASA
report immediately.
I had recently discovered that you can signup to be on the mailing list
to receive "Callback" newsletters. The newsletters are also online at
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/callback_nf.htm
Hai Longworth