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On Mar 2, 2:19 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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On Mar 2, 10:57 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Westbound? Nope. all eastbound. Well, in the 152 anyway.

And 130 knots?
What kind of 152 did you fly? !!!

Prolly about 95 knots, tops. The winds up in that part of the world
are
variable and not too predictable.Over 100 knots form any direction is
possbile. Forecasting and reporting is much better these days,
though,
and of course you can see it on your magic box, whatever that might
be,
wheras I just used ADFs and whatever other tricks might have been at
hand.

Bertie

A Super Duper 152 with a 40 Knot tailwind..

Oh, OK. Well, I don't think I had much wind at all on that trip except a
fairly heavy x-wind between Narsaruaq and Rekjavik. Very high winds
landing in Rekjavik as well. about 60 knots, in fact. Getting to the
ramp from the runway was impssible, so I took off again and flew it to
the ramp and taxiied into wind until I got to the shelter of a large
hangar.



Yikes..that's a lotta time over open water. Did you have room/weight
allowance for all the survival stuff?

Like I said, the weight just didn't enter into any kind of
consideration. Performance was not an issue since all runways were
extremely long and the temps, even in summer would have been low. i had
no problem getting to FL110, which was MEA over some of the route. It
had a temporary HF and ADF installed, I had my dry suit and survival
gear and my backpack, so yeah. it had room and sufficinet allowance for
all that. IIRC, most all Cessnas were allowed 30% anyway. I've flown
some airplanes that carried 120 gallons or more of aux fuel and they
were all legal and able for it.

Bertie

I've clawed my way to 10,500 in a 152, but it takes a while...

Yeah, I remember doing it in a 150 just for the hell of it when I was a
student, and taking ages just to get back down again! It's easier when the
OAT is about -40. There's nochoice, though, since the icepack itself is
(was) about 4,000 asl and the surrounding mountains a bit over 8,000 in
spots, IIRC.


On another topic, I finally received a reply from our Nigerian
friends:

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:46 PM, PROF CHALSE SOLUDO
wrote:

So I will be expecting your response as to what is to be done,if
you did not then send me an email stating that you wish to claim your
fund yourself and also with these required informations:

1.YOUR FULL NAME AND DIRECT CONTACT ADDRESS.
2.YOUR MARITAL STATUS.
3.YOUR OCCUPATION.
4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION

All these informations will enhance the release of your funds to
you so get back to now.


PROF:CHALES SOLUDO
GOVERNOR-CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
DIRECT TEL: +234-8028816687

My reply:

For your to me be speaking, please enclose as attachment, photographic
evidence of thine existence.

Sincerely,
Most Royal Highness
Me

Bwawahwhhahwhahwhahwh! If he doesn't spit the hook with that you have a
gem..



Bertie