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Originally Posted by KNS
Wow - talk about exhausting. Hope it goes off without a hitch. I would think you'd want something a little speedier but I guess it's a case of "Run what you brung".
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It was attempted awhile back by some other guy but a failed prop governor doomed the mission. These guys with this airplane have it figured to take about 43 hours if winds aloft and other weather works out as planned. It burns 15 gallon an hour so it will likely be around $4-5k worth of AVgas. I think they have 5 or 6 fuel stops planned. They are planning 10 minutes for each landing/document signing and 20 minutes for the fuel stops. The two pilots will be taking turns and they have a mechanic and extra parts in the plane also. Local radio station just had them on the phone at their Walla Walla Washington stop about an hour ago. So far so good they said. Some of the little airport stops overnight had multiple people waiting to greet them and cheer them on as each airport was notified of the record attempt.
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