48 states in 48 hours single engine airplane

[rfuerst911sc]

Tim just curious , did they run into any visibility issues with the smoke from the Canadian wild fires ? I talked to my brother in Binghamton NY this morning and he said it is very hazy from the smoke .

Great accomplishment for sure , congrats to them . What's their next adventure/challenge ?

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Tim just curious , did they run into any visibility issues with the smoke from the Canadian wild fires ? I talked to my brother in Binghamton NY this morning and he said it is very hazy from the smoke .

Great accomplishment for sure , congrats to them . What's their next adventure/challenge ?

Not sure about the smoke deal. Wife and I are flying over to the local airport this evening for a welcome home event for them. Will surely hear some stories then.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Pretty cool accomplishment. Lost of flying, and the luck to miss the weather and stay on the flight plan.

Congratulation to them.

So 48 hours of flight time. Time for an oil change, and cleaning off a lot of bugs. That will be an interesting entry in the airplane's log books.

He posted a pic this morning and mentioned how tough it was getting 44+ hours of bugs off.

[GH85Carrera]

That is one major advantage of a low wing aircraft, easier to clean the bugs off!

Our Cessna 182 requires a step ladder and a lot of up and down the ladder to clean the top of the wings. Bottom side is easier.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

Super proud of these hometown aviators. Might sound easy to some, but it took a lot of planning and luck with the weather to pull this off.

To me it sounds like a real challege. If it was a jet then no problem, but in a single engine prop plane, I don't think it sounds easy to hit every one of the contiguous states in 48 hours. I was impressed by their route. A route that maximized coverage for minimum distance/time is impressively shorter than I would have expected.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Great that they made it safely.

I'm wondering how long it would take to do the same in a car, staying within the speed limits...

Where's the fun in that? Hell, I don't think I manage that running to the hardware store. Trying to do it without speeding would likely kill me of boredom.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

He posted a pic this morning and mentioned how tough it was getting 44+ hours of bugs off.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That is one major advantage of a low wing aircraft, easier to clean the bugs off!

Our Cessna 182 requires a step ladder and a lot of up and down the ladder to clean the top of the wings. Bottom side is easier.

I'm picturing a pressure washer, at least for the worst of it.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by masraum

I'm picturing a pressure washer, at least for the worst of it.

The quick and easy way requires just the right weather. A light rain cloud and fly through that, and it is pressure washed with clean pure rain water. No thunderstorms however.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That is one major advantage of a low wing aircraft, easier to clean the bugs off!

Our Cessna 182 requires a step ladder and a lot of up and down the ladder to clean the top of the wings. Bottom side is easier.

I use a bug scrubber sponge with the net mesh. When just doing the obligatory summer bug removal, I just wipe all the leading edges quickly with soapy water to start softening them then work my way around with the bug sponge removing the little bastids. Then I come back with a dry towel and wipe it all dry.

I can reach my leading edges of the wings on my Pacer, but to do a good job, I am on step ladder to get the upper portions of the leading edges. I positively HATE doing the bottom of the wing on the pilot side when giving it a real bath. Working over head with a scrub brush and having to clean basically the whole underside back to the trailing edge is a *****... Makes my arms sore just thinking about it. Due to the airflow from the prop, that pilot side underside of wing gets a healthy dose of bugs.

My Pacer is mostly fabric covered and powerwashing airplanes in general is not a wise idea.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

I use a bug scrubber sponge with the net mesh. When just doing the obligatory summer bug removal, I just wipe all the leading edges quickly with soapy water to start softening them then work my way around with the bug sponge removing the little bastids. Then I come back with a dry towel and wipe it all dry.

I can reach my leading edges of the wings on my Pacer, but to do a good job, I am on step ladder to get the upper portions of the leading edges. I positively HATE doing the bottom of the wing on the pilot side when giving it a real bath. Working over head with a scrub brush and having to clean basically the whole underside back to the trailing edge is a *****... Makes my arms sore just thinking about it. Due to the airflow from the prop, that pilot side underside of wing gets a healthy dose of bugs.

My Pacer is mostly fabric covered and powerwashing airplanes in general is not a wise idea.

Interesting. That makes sense, but clearly not something a non-pilot is likely to think about.

[Tim Hancock]

Just flew to the welcome home party. Pretty cool they had local fire dept spray across the taxi way on both sides as they taxied in. A couple hundred people were there to greet them local radio was there and a band played the national anthem when they got out of the plane. Glad I went.

[stevej37]

awesome...lots of work involved.

[Dantilla]

Excellent
Thanx for posting this

[herr_oberst]

Nice to see a record broken. Hats off to all involved getting those two pilots and that airplane across the finish line.

It's also nice that the airplane isn't festooned in corporate logos. I'm sure the owner would disagree, and would welcome the sponsorship.

[Seahawk]

Thank you, Tim!