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KSUPILOT

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Saw in the Hawker 800XP info brochure we got the other day that they can do Hawaii in 6 hours. Anyone done it in a 800xp?

Thanks.

KSUPILOT
 
Not until the boss springs for winglets. Looking at that just the other day, MRY-HNL is actually shorter than the SDL-ANC trips that we so.
 
KSFO - PHNL is just over 2100 nm so the 800 XP should be able to do it with very few issues. There is the possiblity of a wet foot print if you have pressurization problems. Without the performance manual right handy, I can not give you a complete anwser. The 800 has much better range than the WW2 or the LR36. And I have done that routing in both. It was not too comfortable at the mid point.
 
Not the airplane to go to Hawaii in... I used to see guys at FSI ILG in recurrent that did it about once a year. Crazy if you ask me.

Wet footprint is a big issue.
 
If there's a wet footprint, stay home. Used to have a boss (we had a Westwind II) who kept talking about going to Hawaii.
I always told him, "Have a nice trip."
 
Wet footprint for pressurization. Are you a good swimmer? If not, I hope you have room in that XP to put a Zodiac and enough gas to get you the last couple hundred miles.
 
FracCapt said:
Wet footprint for pressurization. Are you a good swimmer? If not, I hope you have room in that XP to put a Zodiac and enough gas to get you the last couple hundred miles.
Liferaft? Hell, I hope you'll survive the ditch.
 

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