Australia who flew a Piper Mirage from Syndey, Australia to Phoenix, AZ in
1987 for a distance of 12,760 km. Bill's unofficial distance is 13,059 km
which equals 7051 nm and 8114 sm.>>

Wow!  That's simply amazing Bill... CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic trip!
 -Rick & Nikki

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Kris Maynard <maynard.kris@gmail.com>
wrote:

I respect the enthusiasm for Bill's accomplishment, but need to slightly
adjust some of the information. Bill's Lancair is, of course, a 4-place
with three of the places occupied by 100 LL. Max Conrad's record in 1959
was in his famous Piper Commanche and  was flown from Casablanca to the
glamorous destination of El Paso, TX and covered 11,211.83 km, but was,
alas, in Class C-1.c not Bill's classification of C-1.d. Bill's
performance
now unofficially surpasses that of Peter Wilkins of Australia who flew a
Piper Mirage from Syndey, Australia to Phoenix, AZ in 1987 for a
distance
of 12,760 km. Bill's unofficial distance is 13,059 km which equals 7051
nm
and 8114 sm.

As to how Bill fit all of his parts into that cockpit along with all
that
fuel....... we will have to wait for the photographic evidence.

Kris Maynard
NAA Official Observer


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Greenbacks, UnLtd.
<N4ZQ@verizon.net>wrote:

Hmmm,

This comment from Adam Frisch in the UK is quite descriptive, don't you
think?

:-)

N4ZQ


From the PPRuNe....

Guam to Jacksonville - non stop!
Retired American Airlines captain Bill Harrelson (who's wife Sue is a
retired United captain, btw) just landed in Jacksonville, FL where he'd
flown non stop from Guam in his little homebuilt Lancair 2-seat single
engine airplane, beating Max Conrad's "unbeatable" record from 1959
when he
flew from Cairo direct to Los Angeles (in a Comanche). He spent 40hrs
aloft
and without sleep, covering more than 8000 miles. Most of those hours
over
the Pacific with absolutely no alternatives in case of any malfunction.

Still a few with the adventurous spirit out there. How he fit his huge
balls in to the cockpit the story doesn't tell. I can only tip my hat
to
Bill Harrelson today - respect, boss man!

N6ZQ

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On Mar 1, 2013, at 12:12 AM, Bill Harrelson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Bill just took off from Guam headed for Jacksonville, FL.  It should
take between 33 and 34 hours,
> depending on winds.  You can follow on FlightAware (which is off by
24
hours) or Spidertracks.
>
> go.spidertracks.com/fleetpro/public/zqpilot
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue