Re: [f-AA] ####Chief sets new speed record
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Rafael
Apr 14, 2012, 10:18:24 PM4/14/12
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I had one of those flight when the truck were faster than me on the freeway
From: Roger Anderson <11...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: [f-AA] ####Chief sets new speed record
To: "Aeronca List, aeronca" <aer...@westmont.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: [f-AA] ####Chief sets new speed record
Well...at least mine did today....at least for me....on both the top and the bottom end of the scale I flew from my home airport this morning up to a monthly breakfast being held at a neighboring airport 60 sm north. The wind was directly out of the south. My Chief trues at 85 mph. Going north my GS was a consistant 125 mph. But then....back home southbound. A steady 39 mph the entire way. Didn't think I was ever going to get back. Glad I did a bathroom visit immediately before the return departure. That is the fastest and slowest I've ever flown an Aeronca for a prolonged leg of flight.
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Ian Harvie
Apr 15, 2012, 2:42:36 AM4/15/12
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Rodger, In October 2009 I went to the AAAA Auster fly in at Broken Hill
which is 495 NM from home field at Wedderburn (New South Wales) I left
at 0630 hours and arrived at Broken Hill at 1800 hours. First leg to
Parkes I was doing 30 knots GS (34.5 MPH). It got up a bit after that
and total GS for the trip was 57 knots average. Total flying time was 8
hours 45 minutes. Two comfort stops at Parkes and at Ivanhoe.
Took me three days to get back due late leaving and weather.
which is 495 NM from home field at Wedderburn (New South Wales) I left
at 0630 hours and arrived at Broken Hill at 1800 hours. First leg to
Parkes I was doing 30 knots GS (34.5 MPH). It got up a bit after that
and total GS for the trip was 57 knots average. Total flying time was 8
hours 45 minutes. Two comfort stops at Parkes and at Ivanhoe.
Took me three days to get back due late leaving and weather.
Ian (with the globe trotting Chief, fuel capacity 49 US gallons.)
Tony Buttacavoli
Apr 15, 2012, 10:14:05 AM4/15/12
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| once had a 60 kt groundspeed in the DC3 on the way to ATL, 90 knots on the nose at the MEA ,higher it was much,much,worse. --- On Sun, 4/15/12, Roger Anderson <11...@comcast.net> wrote:
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Ian Harvie
Apr 15, 2012, 4:48:46 PM4/15/12
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Roger, that wasn't the only thing. That time Sydney had been plagued by
incredible dust storms that had blow in from the West. Although it was
clear when I left, I encountered the first dust clouds about 3 hours
out. I had gone through hell to get that far so was determined to go on.
It looked like a big red cloud ahead from may be 9000 feet down to the
ground. Well I flew into it and found I could easily see the ground
straight down but nothing ahead. Just kept flying on a GPS track. The
country out there is pretty flat and I flew at less than 1000 AGL. The
cloud would thin and disappear, then a little later you flew into
another. Well this kept on for most of the way like this. As it got late
it was actually an advantage because I was flying West into the sun and
couldn't see ahead, but in the dust, it obliterated the sun and I could
actually see better.
incredible dust storms that had blow in from the West. Although it was
clear when I left, I encountered the first dust clouds about 3 hours
out. I had gone through hell to get that far so was determined to go on.
It looked like a big red cloud ahead from may be 9000 feet down to the
ground. Well I flew into it and found I could easily see the ground
straight down but nothing ahead. Just kept flying on a GPS track. The
country out there is pretty flat and I flew at less than 1000 AGL. The
cloud would thin and disappear, then a little later you flew into
another. Well this kept on for most of the way like this. As it got late
it was actually an advantage because I was flying West into the sun and
couldn't see ahead, but in the dust, it obliterated the sun and I could
actually see better.
Ian PS I have a Brackett air filter, they work wonders in that sort of
environment.
. Roger Anderson wrote:
> Wow. I think I would have given up on that one after seeing 34 mph.
> Good thing you can carry all that extra fuel.
>
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> *From: *"Ian Harvie" <ianh...@internode.on.net>
> *To: *aer...@westmont.edu
> *Sent: *Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:42:36 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [f-AA] ####Chief sets new speed record
>
> Rodger, In October 2009 I went to the AAAA Auster fly in at Broken Hill
> which is 495 NM from home field at Wedderburn (New South Wales) I left
> at 0630 hours and arrived at Broken Hill at 1800 hours. First leg to
> Parkes I was doing 30 knots GS (34.5 MPH). It got up a bit after that
> and total GS for the trip was 57 knots average. Total flying time was 8
> hours 45 minutes. Two comfort stops at Parkes and at Ivanhoe.
> Took me three days to get back due late leaving and weather.
>
> Ian (with the globe trotting Chief, fuel capacity 49 US gallons.)
>
>
>
Roger Anderson
Apr 16, 2012, 4:03:51 PM4/16/12
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Hi Dale. I was quite a bit later at Vance, '66 and '67. It's hard to imagine towns like Ponca City, Enid, and Bartlesville having scheduled airline service now. But they did...and Central Airlines each day bounced along through all of them, rain, sleet, or snow. My Vance AFB claims to fame are....as an enlisted airman first class, I was already a civilian commercial pilot and CFI. I was the only enlisted member of the aero club (the base only had 160 enlisted folks and about 500 second Lt. and associated First Lt. and Capt. IPs.), and I was one of the aero club CFIs. I checked out the IPs in club T-34s and Cessnas. Some of them didn't have any GA experience other than the initial USAF training program introduction. They could fly the heck out of T37s and T38s, but their initial time in the aero club planes was a little scary though. I even recommended one of the Capts for his civilian CFI check ride with GADO in OKC. My other claim to fame, I made SSgt with under four years of service while at Vance. First time that had every happened there. Brag, brag, brag. And a small world story.....my home base now, Shelbyville, TN, airport manager, a retired Lt. Col., was a 2nd Lt UPT student at Vance while I was a controller there. We didn't know each other then, but he and I must have talked numerous times during his training flights. I think of the USAF frequently. For the short time I served the USAF, it has returned so much to me so many times over. Best move I ever made. roger
From: "Dale P. Jewett" <dal...@sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 2:02:51 PM
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From: "Dale P. Jewett" <dal...@sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 2:02:51 PM
Subject: Re: [f-AA] ####Chief sets new speed record
Roger,
In what time frame were you at Vance as a controller? I remember flying in a Central Airlines DC3 from Ponca City to Bartlesville in the mid 1950's with my oldest son who is now about 60. Just a short 60 mile trip, but quite a thrill to fly in a -3. I had an aquaintence who was also a controller at Vance, but much later. His name was Mike Jaggers. He went on to become a major and a back seater in an F-15 until he retired a few years ago.
Dale Jewett
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