Rock Springs to Laramie? That's not fair. That's like putting it into a wind tunnel. Under general conditions, most birds actually fly backwards in that area. The only place I've seen as bad was up in Browning, Montana. I swear, that most people living in that area are just serving out their sentence. Oops! Sorry, any Coupers living in Browning are undoubtedly the guards, and not the inmates. LARRY
Daniel Cathey wrote: > Not in a Coupe, but last year when delivering a C150 back east, the GPS said > I hit and maintained 164mph for over 30 minutes while going between Rock > Springs and Laramie. Coming back in an 85hp J3, over the same area the same > GPS indicated 33mph for more than an hour and a half and had to go to > Rawlins; luckily had an extra 17 gal tank (but a very sore butt). > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 1:46 AM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Groundspeed > > > Well since we are talking GROUNDSPEED here, I'm not too worried about VNE > or > > seeing a few (alot) free extra miles per hour. Now if we can only figure > out > > how to get the wind behind us ALL THE TIME! I had a tailwind both ways one > > time on a trip out to the coast, 145 one way and 140 back the next day. I > was > > in heaven!! Thank god I was flying in a familliar area as I would have > been > > suficiently discombooberated as to my whereabouts... I didn't REALLY fly > that > > far that fast did I????? > > Andy ...SR71 Coupebird (this list is wearing off on me!) > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ __ > ____ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Get your favorite topic delivered daily. > > http://www.topica.com/t/11 > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get your favorite topic delivered daily. > http://www.topica.com/t/11 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Get your favorite topic delivered daily. http://www.topica.com/t/11
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