Whats the longest flight/trip you've made in a light airplane?

[gkrangers]

I'm thinking about EVB-BLM (New Smyrna Beach, FL to Belmar, NJ) and back this weekend.

Probably be close to 9 hours each way.

Would put me near the 200 hour mark.

 

[minitour]

Sounds like a sweet trip! Have fun!

-mini

*edit*
PS Home for the weekend?

 

[gkrangers]

Sounds like a sweet trip! Have fun!

-mini

Weather should be spectacular...70s into the mid atlantic.

I'm not ready to battle ice yet!

 

[minitour]

I'm not ready to battle ice yet!

What will you be in?

-mini

 

[gkrangers]

What will you be in?

-mini

Something definitely not approved for flight into known icing.

SP.

Yeah, home for the weekend. I'm going home for Thanksgiving anyway, but hey...I need the time, and I need it quick...and it'll be a cool thing to do. I won't have the money to do it once the time building phase is over. Might as well enjoy it while I can.

 

[minitour]

Something definitely not approved for flight into known icing.

SP.

Yeah, home for the weekend. I'm going home for Thanksgiving anyway, but hey...I need the time, and I need it quick...and it'll be a cool thing to do. I won't have the money to do it once the time building phase is over. Might as well enjoy it while I can.

haha yeah it's still doable though...just KNOW (don't guess) where everything is. Give and get PIREPs as much and often as you can...and have a ton of outs because you never know when one or a bunch will close up.

Can you say 61.129(a)4(i)? haha

-mini

 

[gkrangers]

haha yeah it's still doable though...just KNOW (don't guess) where everything is. Give and get PIREPs as much and often as you can...and have a ton of outs because you never know when one or a bunch will close up.

Can you say 61.129(a)4(i)? haha

-mini

No, I can't, lemme go look it up.

I could stay above freezing if I needed too.

0C should be well over 10,000 on Friday and Saturday, up north.

 

[minitour]

No, I can't, lemme go look it up.

I could stay above freezing if I needed too.

0C should be around 7-8K this weekend, up north.

That's awesome...I wish I had this weekend off instead of last weekend.

Oh well...ya can't win 'em all.

-mini

*edit*
Where you planning fuel stops at?

 

[gkrangers]

That's awesome...I wish I had this weekend off instead of last weekend.

Oh well...ya can't win 'em all.

-mini

*edit*
Where you planning fuel stops at?

First one will be at KFAY.

Thats the exact halfway mark.

So I'm debating if I should make just that one stop, or make 2 stops and break the flight into thirds.

Breaking the flight into thirds, with ~3 hour legs might be "safer". And more manageable...3 hours in a plane is long enough, much less 4!

 

[flyf15]

With another member of flightinfo, I once did a Florida -> Montana -> Michigan -> Florida flight in a Seminole. Took 5 days from start to finish and roughly 37 hours on the hobbs.

The longest day was Florida -> Colorado. Roughly 10 hours of flying. Each leg was 3-4 hours.

Pretty exhausting, make sure you allocate time for lots of rest. Otherwise, have fun! My trip was by far the most fun I've ever had with an airplane.

 

[minitour]

..and you could be cool and take some pix for us all to see too.

-mini

 

[moonlight]

I once flew a Seminole from SAC to JAX and back, with stops in IWA, ELP, SAT, and a couple of others I can't remember. On the return, I flew from Craig to ELP in one day. By the time I was ready to land, I was borderline delusional. I think Elvis joined me in the cockpit at one point... First and last time for a trip like that (except for the Elvis part...).

 

[gkrangers]

..and you could be cool and take some pix for us all to see too.

-mini

I'm sure there is so much to see between Florida and NJ!

I've got some nics pics of NYC..love that we are still allowed to fly around Manhattan without hassle.

I think I might go EVB ILM SBY BLM

Two stops...I could make it on 1, but it'll be worth taking a few minutes to rest.

 

[minitour]

I've got some nics pics of NYC..love that we are still allowed to fly around Manhattan without hassle.

...for now

I'd do 2 stops...3 hours is good "bladder time" and if you get a weird fuel flow and all of a sudden you're burning 8.6 instead of 8.1 that you planned....well, you get the idea...see Mr. 210 in LA...

Just be safe, have fun and tell me all about it. I soooooooo desire a nice long xc trip.

-mini

 

[pilotmiketx]

Did SAT to OSH and back half a dozen times in a C-140. First time map and compass only, second time newfangled LORAN, 5th with a newfangled handheld GPS. Fun stuff.

Couple of years ago took a 172 that I owned from SAT-JAX (one fuel stop in MSY) overnight in JAX, then to TMB. Then TMB-ORF overnight for wx, then to RDG. Then RDG back to SAT in one day with 2 fuel stops. That last day sucked. I realized I was probably too old to be spending 12 hours a day in the cockpit flying single pilot IFR without an autopilot.

Trips I'd like to do: Perimeter of U.S., All major rivers, Lewis and Clarke trail, North Pole, AK, Land in all 50 states, NY-LA airmail route in a vintage biplane.

 

[gkrangers]

...for now

I'd do 2 stops...3 hours is good "bladder time" and if you get a weird fuel flow and all of a sudden you're burning 8.6 instead of 8.1 that you planned....well, you get the idea...see Mr. 210 in LA...

Just be safe, have fun and tell me all about it. I soooooooo desire a nice long xc trip.

-mini

Yeah, I like the idea of 2 stops...hate having to piss when I'm up there.

Route will be more scenic and coastal then, too.

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Define "light"?

 

[pilotmiketx]

hate having to piss when I'm up there.

Gatorade bottle with the wide mouth. Emtpy the bottle, then fill it back up again...had to use a sick sack once and believe me, the bottle is much easier.

 

[gkrangers]

Gatorade bottle with the wide mouth. Emtpy the bottle, then fill it back up again...had to use a sick sack once and believe me, the bottle is much easier.

Yeah, its probably worth carrying one around...

 

[gkrangers]

Define "light"?

As long as it doesn't require a type.

And no King Airs, not even the small one!

 

[pilotmiketx]

Forgot to mention it although it probably goes without saying, don't buy yellow Gatorade. Don't want to confuse it with the pee. (I still almost hurl when I think about the time I almost drank from someone's spit cup...)

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

As long as it doesn't require a type.

And no King Airs, not even the small one!

No type and no King Airs...Got it.

PC-12 Coast to Coast several times.
PA-23-160 Coast to Coast twice

The 12 was a bladder buster being Single pilot, Whoever thought that an airplane with nearly 8 hours endurance should be flown Single pilot needs to be slapped.

The Apache......well suffice it to say it was in my younger days when light twins were king, even the really slow ugly ones! Nothing like going across this great country at a blistering 120 knots.........twice.........New Mexico and Arizona at 10k in the middle of summer...........ahh the memories of the compressed spine and the sweat. Nothing like 120 degree heat to generate turbulence!!

 

[BushwickBill]

This summer i brought back a new 182 from Kansas to the S.F. bay area. The 50k headwind was great. I couldn't belive how hot it was at 10,000.

 

[gkrangers]

Forgot to mention it although it probably goes without saying, don't buy yellow Gatorade. Don't want to confuse it with the pee. (I still almost hurl when I think about the time I almost drank from someone's spit cup...)

The yellow is my favorite too

And, those damn spitters...everyone dips around here. Can't tell if a bottle is full of iced tea, soda, or spit around here!

 

[GravityHater]

I have done a few 12 flight hour days in small airplanes. You do end up with an out of body experience. At the last stop the hotel and restaurant people will give you questioning looks, as in "should we do a tox screen on this dude?"

 

[erj-145mech]

My longest is from PDX to CXO with a fuel stop in Blythe. Took the southern route due to weather over Colorado and Utah.

 

[Iflewjetz]

I used to deliver Helio Couriers in the early 90's out of South Carolina. I delivered a few to Alaska, West Coast and Central and South America. The longest nonstop flight I had was from Panama City, Panama to Quito, Ecuador. It was 7 hours 20 minutes. I figured it was better going nonstop rather than landing in Columbia with a nice STOL Bush airplane. The range was 8 Hours on it. I agree with the Gatorade Bottle. I ONCE didnt have one and WOW did that suck! I know a guy who once had to take a dump in his flight bag because he didnt want to land. Yes, he bought a new flight bag.

 

[na265]

When the first flight school I worked at closed, I delivered the airplanes to their new owners. Some went to Dallas, the others went to far off places. The two coolest trips were a 172 to Ashville, NC and a 152 to Long Beach from Lubbock.

The Ashville was cool bc the new owner keep me there for 5 days doing a BFR. He paid me $300/day and flew my arse off. It was the most money I ever made as a CFI. BTW, he never did get the BFR sign off. The LGB trip was about 12hrs in the airplane. It was a long day. The fun wore off at about 6hrs.

 

[gkrangers]

When the first flight school I worked at closed, I delivered the airplanes to their new owners. Some went to Dallas, the others went to far off places. The two coolest trips were a 172 to Ashville, NC and a 152 to Long Beach from Lubbock.

The Ashville was cool bc the new owner keep me there for 5 days doing a BFR. He paid me $300/day and flew my arse off. It was the most money I ever made as a CFI. BTW, he never did get the BFR sign off. The LGB trip was about 12hrs in the airplane. It was a long day. The fun wore off at about 6hrs.

He was that bad ?

 

[Immelman]

Southern Oregon to OSH and back in a C172, by myself, age 18.... oh to work for the flight school! That was a grand trip & adventure. Glad the owner trusted me that much. Longest day was 9.5 hours on the hobbs, coming home... somewhere around the Wisconsin/MI border to Boise.