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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South West Florida
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Tailwinds are great
Flying from SE MO to SW Florida I was seeing groundspeeds over 200 mph for much of the trip. My in air cruise speed is generally between 165 and 175 mph depending on fuel flow. 11 gph gives me a little over 175, 12 gph gives me close to 175.
I’d show a couple of screen shots but the files are to big, but 212 mph was about the highest and 205 or so was pretty common for the first leg of the trip. Unfortunately when I tuned south around Atlanta the winds died down to only around 5-10 knots.
Still I left Cape Girardeau, which is around 100 miles south of St Louis, and arrived at Punta Gorda Fl in 5 1/2 hours. And I stopped once for fuel, and a bathroom break.
Driving this trip is at least 15 hours or more, which for me means two days as I’m getting a hotel room instead of driving strait through.
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