X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-gg0-f175.google.com ([209.85.161.175] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTPS id 6091146 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:12:55 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.175; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by mail-gg0-f175.google.com with SMTP id l1so516887ggn.34 for ; Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:12:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer :in-reply-to:message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; bh=tQdTfOdlKneOMg5MctOKR3kxcKbK+BaF6neuZUNSAY0=; b=0MjEsVHYR7TI91XOJh5jZyDYod4XTXNxol9RWQEUbXTMmyN0Axg2fgRmGwFzSTQX56 TkeH/fGPc9/Rb50gXPYiXvvUMXtV1nxo2tHyKj4+8rZT86ZFMF9NzNnZcrE1KrTWl8mg ijYmctMCCkNgYcaEzPs6A8uS0p+qZLuP+j5XLryMaivWdG5ZTN/Kg8b+SIgwZL90ItK+ WHnAqfSiUETtaxNUEt8fkzWDaJoaD6KVU7To+ICKW+u8rRth5CXzE5IoWYxno0dTAyGD EIH4++xmB/ooM9MxNoY74YsM4w38uqo3yyNmSB0AHrkV62zIHHi0G6UCslaXEuIojzxB Yg/g== X-Received: by 10.236.73.73 with SMTP id u49mr8186618yhd.187.1362168740864; Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:12:20 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.4] (148.sub-70-193-200.myvzw.com. [70.193.200.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d43sm16688857yhk.23.2013.03.01.12.12.19 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:12:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] PGUM-KJAX References: From: Tracy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPad Mail (10B146) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <66D9E5BE-55DE-48C4-A1C3-FF87D93FCDD0@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 15:12:15 -0500 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Wow, That's over twice the weight of my airplane in fuel load. He must use= long runways for takeoff!=20 Tracy=20 On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:57 AM, "Bill Bradburry" wrot= e: >=20 > You would probably be interested in this flight. > Bill Harrelson built a Lancair 4P with an IO550 engine last year. He > equipped it with long range fuel tanks and can carry 400 gal of fuel. >=20 > Starting a couple of day ago, he flew from KGUS(Peru, Indiana) to PHNL > (Honolulu, Hawaii),a distance of 4519 miles, took him 22 hrs 15 min, then= > he flew PHNL (Honolulu, Hawaii) to PGUM (Guam), a distance of 3846 miles, > took him 16 hours 16 minutes, and now he is flying PGUM (Guam) to KJAX > (Jacksonville, Fl). That will be a 32-33 hour flight. 7038 miles per airn= av > and 8113 miles direct per flight aware non stop! He started out with 400 > gal of gas. >=20 > Tail number is 6ZQ. Check him out on flight aware. >=20 > Bill is planning an around the world flight over both poles next. >=20 > B2 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List= .html