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Headwinds, always
I just returned from an 8-day tour of the midwest. This was a 6-leg
circular route west to Des Moines from Chicago, then up to the Dakotas, back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind. |
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Paul kgyy wrote:
I just returned from an 8-day tour of the midwest. This was a 6-leg circular route west to Des Moines from Chicago, then up to the Dakotas, back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind. I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-) George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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In a previous article, George Patterson said:
Paul kgyy wrote: back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind. I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-) I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to help me, or tailwinds. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. And if he can't be bothered to learn to fish and starves to death, that's a good enough outcome for me. -- Steve VanDevender |
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote: In a previous article, George Patterson said: Paul kgyy wrote: back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind. I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-) I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to help me, or tailwinds. I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-( |
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Paul,
Westbound at 7,000 feet? Might explain the headwinds g. Sometimes I try to console myself with the flying time I'm getting when in a headwind. Never works, I feel like a salmon swimming upstream. All the best, Rick |
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In a previous article, said:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC), (Paul Tomblin) wrote: I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to help me, or tailwinds. I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-( Well, I made 200kt GS in a Dakota once, but I still think it was magic pixies or really good gas. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Watership Down: you've read the book, you've seen the film, now try the stew. -- Chris Suslowicz |
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"Paul kgyy" wrote:
We had 20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind. Flew round trip Mobile - Baton Rouge Saturday, with a 30-minute stop at BTR. 6,000' there, 7,000' back, course 270, 090. Headwinds both ways. -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
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Well, I did say "mostly" 7000 ... :-)
Curiously, from Door County WI to Chicago IFR my first leg was about 195, then about 170degrees so I filed for 6000. When I turned to 170 I asked ATC if they wanted me to change altitude - answer was NO. |
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