having changed from webbased mailer to thunderbird as mail client, this
is a test to the forum. Was hitherto unable to post to the forum.
greetings, Thomas, N81EU
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Europa-List: My Longest flight
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:02:22 +0100
From: Graeme Bird <graeme@gdbmk.co.uk>
Ha, ha thanks for the email. Why cant you post to forum, company
firewall/policy?
Regards Graeme
On 07/09/2013 11:00, Thomas Scherer wrote:
> Graeme,
>
> long flights are addictive ! Congrats.
>
> One anectode from my longest flight nonstop Alaska to Japan with 20 hrs and 50
mins: I was on freq 123.45 Mhz which is for air-to-air over the bodies of water.
>
> Talked to a Northwest Airliner B747 and as I was in the weather asked him when
I could expect to break out. Gave him my lat/lon and he told me that 50 nm
further
I will be in the clear. He asked then when I'd expect Japan. Told him:
14 hrs to go. Quite a surprised voice came back: "what type aircraft are you
flying
there ?". Told him to be in a little homebuild burning 2.5 gals of fuel
an hour. His voice - again puzzled - when he repsonded "Wow, sheeet we're
burning
120 gals a minute here".
>
> As I cannot post to the forum - feel free to relay.
>
> be well
>
>
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> From: europa-list@matronics.com
> Date: Sep 4, 2013 04:39:00 PM
> Subject: Europa-List: My Longest flight
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>
>
> My longest single continuous flight today, 3:20 370nm, 53ltrs. Comfortable
> enough.
Luton over Cader Idris to Bardsley Isle at the end of the Lynn Northwales,
back just over Snowden. Fab.
>
> --------
> Graeme Bird
> G-UMPY
> Mono Classic/XS 912S/Woodcomp 3000/3W
> Newby: 75 hours 18 months
> g@gdbmk.co.uk
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=408021#408021
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