Great Ozzie
SOH-CM-2013

Thanks Gents... Willy... I am gunnin' for you on the Silver Course! :icon30: -Rob I just had a thought... if I fly the last leg backwards, I may be able to have a better (overall) time than Jeff.

I may have to tag along... ACES did a nice job with a number of default aircraft... and I think that one of them. Winds. :mixedsmi:

Thanks L. T. Hey you had a great run too... Yeah you were doin' the econ thingy at first... and I think the other thing - I was trying to fly when the winds were favorable (compare those last legs esp.). Semper Fi.

Excellent Run... as it stands, you da' man in the Silver. I highly recommend flying as many types as 'feasible' (based on time/money/interest)... a Martha Stewart 'it's a good thing'. I'll have milk... in a dirty glass...

Down safely @ KSQL Flight Time: 00:41:09 Race Time: 00:41:09 Fuel Used: 50.7 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=LkGaRZm9WUpYanBzlHc3auniI

Departing O68 (KPMI) for KSQL ============== Final Leg

Down safely @ O68 (KPMI) Flight Time: 00:22:26 Race Time: 00:22:26 Fuel Used: 27.2 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=eEkOamUvn98QHoAKQBxWWcssw

Departing O24 for O68 (KPMI) ====================== While tracking the Great Sierra Wagon Road - will be exceeding the soft ceiling for a couple minutes (for terrain avoidance).

Down safely @ O68 (KPMI) Flight Time: 00:21:51 Race Time: 00:21:51 Fuel Used: 37.1 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=1AipfW6UIzbrOHhAHRJA0o6QhA

Out of Lee Vining for Mariposa Yosemite... =============================== Enroute over the mountains, I proceeded above the soft-deck to avoid terrain. I was above for just a few seconds (ok... just a few minutes). I had the shot.

Down safely @ O24 Flight Time: 00:52:33 Race Time: 00:52:33 Fuel Used: 69.4 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=lUIRD8ZHIVmt3KaLN9MiDCnmBpg

Roman... If you have any hopes of catching up with me and Craig (fuel used)... you better start dumping fuel on ur remaining legs.

Departing Furnace Creek for Lee Vining ----------------- a balmy 100° in the Crik...

Down safely @ L06 Flight Time: 00:35:00 Race Time: 00:35:00 Fuel Used: 43.5 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=pqqzdEpbytOc7cLjBRXyyZo8mc

Departing Vegas for Furnace Creek

Down safely @ KLAS Flight Time: 00:53:49 Race Time: 00:53:49 Fuel Used: 67.5 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=O8QXuoR64E76UaL0kCHrTIgDAk

Flying into Page Municipal (very) early this morning... could have been a bit nerve-racking due to the incredibly dark night (despite the new crescent moon) and nearly featureless terrain. However, trusting the Sectional Chart's MEFs (Max Elevation Figures) and the precise navigation the GPS provides... that and flying the GPS Rwy 15 Approach... comforting to know those "lumberjacks" keep the clearzones free of firs. And... faith in the recent engine swap to a "Power-By-Victor" Gold Edition of the IO-550 by Victor Aviation. Sounds different and certainly feels different (much smoother) than the previous Continental that was in there. Typically the weird sounds an engine will make grow proportionally with the distance one is away from land (over water) and/or the darker the night becomes. It's a beauty to look at too (from their website)...

Departing the Grand Canyon for McCarran

Down safely @ KCGN Flight Time: 00:25:59 Race Time: 00:25:59 Fuel Used: 32.4 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=mokneXXA1DIjlrg0j5aNyFxzk

Departing Page Municipal for Grand Canyon National Park

Down safely @ KPGA Flight Time: 00:54:22 Race Time: 00:54:22 Fuel Used: 68.5 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=TesDxvO6anlIbUxcDNjCUechnGg

Off to Page Municipal

Big Sky Country... where Paul is going to raise rabbits after getting off the Красный Oктябрь.

Down safely @ KCNY Flight Time: 00:47:51 Race Time: 00:47:51 Fuel Used: 62.2 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=7WCBoFktFiD2KlXvpDMVTDDB5A8

Departing 36U for KCNY

(Weird... thought this posted... then rechecked after a bit and it wasn't there :icon_eek: ) Down safely @ 36U Flight Time: 01:12:04 Race Time: 01:12:04 Fuel Used: 91.4 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=SfYOWg3i1FuzJCeSUnf6JSRmodg

Good deal Mike... but... only 17 landings? Take comfort Willy... we maintain our standings (based on fuel usage). But watch out for Craig (in the 'other' Duke).

About oh... sometime last summer, my son (then 17) came to me and said, "Dad... I want to be a Nuc. Eng. Officer on a sub." I looked him square in the eye and said, "What? Are you stupid???" And then I told him that I couldn't be more proud if he did something like that... and I told him - he gets his commission, I'll be the first to salute him. Best chow I had in the service was at the sub base @ Pearl.

Departing Jackson Hole for the Heber City

Down safely @ KJAC Flight Time: 00:50:08 Race Time: 00:50:08 Fuel Used: 66.1 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=HPW9aXaJNVnsI3zIvMEezNCzng

Departing Bozeman for Jackson Hole ---------------- Well... Ms. Murph should be tickled proverbially pink... Instead of swishing the top of pines at the 10,000' level for a minute or so when flying direct KJAC, I decided to set up about a dozen waypoints in the FSX planner so as to follow Hwy 191 thru the Gallatin Natl. Forest. Can't use Dual GNS430s since the FSX GPS500 has the custom waypoints (also lose NAV 1 & 2 as a result)... and no info on the GPS500 other than groundspeed. Bleeh... The things we do to please the ones we love...

Skyvector is your friend... http://skyvector.com/ -Rob O.

Down safely @ KBZN Flight Time: 01:10:54 Race Time: 01:10:54 Fuel Used: 93.5 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=QxcEsPJbHL4wjHE4gxf0R313j8k

Departing Glacier Park for Bozeman

Down safely @ S27 Flight Time: 00:43:45 Race Time: 00:43:45 Fuel Used: 54.3 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=jHGKkUbCr6wZrEYMTxS3NvN8

Departing KSFF for S27 (goodbye little Felts Field Butterfly)

Down safely @ KSFF Flight Time: 00:42:19 Race Time: 00:42:19 Fuel Used: 64.5 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=IxQv4iX7OD0KbBxMMb2GCCvWKZw

Departing KEATS for Orbx Felts

Down safely @ KEATS Flight Time: 00:42:05 Race Time: 00:42:05 Fuel Used: 57.2 lbs http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=TAJkR6haA5qD7QYjKRVsUnimxGk

Departing 4S2 for KEATS... "zero dark thirty" "Up in the morning with the rising sun..." "Gonna fly all day 'till the day is done..." Birds outside my window sound like I am sitting in a plane @ Bowerman

Should have great winds today after ur KHQM leg. Lumberjack the racers 'must have' eh? FSX redefined the meaning of 'clearzones'. Does make some for some interesting approaches w/o it. -Rob O.

Hi all, A link to SmugMug of the Beech Duke on the "Gold Course". -Rob O. http://greatozzie.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=29369566&AlbumKey=wjw9Nc Great fun!

Down safely @ KSQL Flight Time: 00:39:18 Distance: 135.3 nm Takeoff GW: 5212.4 lbs Landing GW: 4963.8 lbs Fuel Used: 248.6 lbs

Departing for the final leg (maybe). Time is money! K-T.V.Land - K-database

Down safely @ KTVL Flight Time: 00:14:34 Distance: 47.2 Takeoff GW: 5013.0 lbs Landing GW: 4920.2 lbs Fuel Used: 92.8

Departing for KTVL

Down safely @ 4SD (KRTS) Flight Time: 00:29:24 Distance: 108.7 nm Takeoff GW: 5162.0 lbs Landing GW: 4966.5 lbs Fuel Used: 195.4 lbs

Banker thanked me profusely for helping him find the little pilot lounge in the FBO. Onward to Reno-Stead.

¡Ay, caramba! "Finally" confused routes... Ignore the Last Two Posts... :redface: (well... all 'cept the BTO link) ============================================== Actually... I'll count the post (as per the rules - additional stop).

Down safely @ O24 Flight Time: 00:37:23 Distance: 139.5 nm Takeoff GW: 5212.5 lbs Landing GW: 4953.0 lbs Fuel Used: 259.5 lbs