On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:53:58 -0500, vincent p. norris
wrote:

Flew up to Lake Winnipesaukee NH yesterday, 40 knots going north, 80
knots returning.

It's been quite a while since I last flew a J-3, but IIRC, it cruises
at 73 mph. What was your ground speed returning, and please put a
plus or minus sign in front of the number. ((:-))

Those were the ground speeds, read off the GPS. I don't do airspeeds
except when descending to the 45 -- I come over the Pease Class D at
2900 feet and almost immediately must come down to 1000 feet. Those
wings will be 60 years old in September, and I don't care to strees
them.

I use knots in the Cub because the cruise is typically 60 knots, which
makes it dead easy to mark off distances on the sectional. The width
of my thumb is ten minutes / ten miles.



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