Mark won't be the first, so we know it can be done
There was a fellow from Sweden at OSH. in about 1979 or 80 that was going
to fly his plane to Sweden by the Greenland, Iceland route. He had a reserve
tank built that would be on the seat beside him. His was the first KR I had
seen with flaps
OK, knock it off guys before Langford does figure out a way to get his plane
over there. I kind of thought I might get to catch up a few hours on him.
I did some forced economy vs. speed testing yesterday by following a 172 out to
breakfast. At about 2700 rpm, @ 125 mph indicated and burned just
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- Original Message -
From: "bobby burington"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: KR> last few flights...
He won't need the long range tanks, he's going north to Greenland then a
short hop over to Iceland then the long fl
Ron Smith wrote:
> From: Ron Smith
> Subject: Re: KR> last few flights...
> To: "KRnet"
> Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 9:30 PM
> --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Mark Langford
> wrote:
> I'm headed to Andover England Tuesday morning, and will
> be looking
>
--- On Sun, 2/8/09, Mark Langford wrote:
I'm headed to Andover England Tuesday morning, and will be looking
for British builders/flyers to entertain me while I'm there.
When did you install long range tanks on your plane?
Ron Smith
KR2SSXL
Buckeye Arizona
mercedesm...@yahoo.com
http://ronsmi
NetHeads,
I've been flying almost every day for the last week, thanks to the gorgeous
weather we've enjoyed in the south. Today I spent some time doing some fuel
economy tests at various speeds, in an effort the find the "drag bucket" for my
plane, and the best speed/rpm for best range. Yeste
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