Lynn and Joel, I ts now Tue and the weather is forecast to heat up across the south. Have you got a sunshade rigged for the canopy? I use a wal-mart bought car windshield shade which came two to a package, one for each side of the windshield. Fits pretty well without any rigging although I use some peel and stick velcro sometimes. Sounds like you need to plan 3 hour runs instead of 250 mile runs while going west. I know you don't need the reminder, but you get it anyway. Watch your density altitude out west. 90 degrees, max weight, and full fuel can cause a coupe to use a lot of runway, or never get above tree height. Remember the artist and his cub crash last year--he knew better too. Enjoy the pool.
Ken Doyle Springfield, MO N5477E ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 9:06 PM Subject: [COUPERS] 2K in 2K #3 > Coupers; What a gorgeous morning. 62 degrees with 57 dew point before dawn > accompanied by 50 mile visibility. We took of a few minutes after sunrise and > headed west. The headwind component was only 25 mph to start with, and slowly > dropped off to less than 10 mph after two hours. We were able to just barely > make it to Rayville LA, just east of Monroe. It took 18 gallons to fill our > 21 gallon system! We will not cut it that close again. I guess I need to cut > the legs to 200 NM instead of 250, unless I know there will be no headwind. > We arrived in Beaumont about 1230 PM, and found that all the rental cars were > out. Budget was the only game working. The FBO changed hands after the AOPA > directory was printed, and they no longer have a courtesy car either. > Fortunately for me, the line person at the FBO lived near the Big Thicket and > had been there. He was able to describe it to the 10 year old such that we > decided to go to the motel/pool instead. Now, I will have to call ahead and > make sure of the transportation in the future. At least the grandson had a > great day in the pool, and we had a great day for flying. We are also several > hundred miles closer to the West coast. Keep em flying Coupers. > Lynn and Joel Nelsen N99387 52FL > __________________________________________________________________________ __ ____ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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