Team VIAGRA is up!

***srgalahad*** · October 20th, 2009, 16:08

Flight Reports for the RIDGID/VIAGRA adventure - coming soon!

***srgalahad*** · October 21st, 2009, 09:43

Ahhhh.. Goulash for lunch!

Everything' s loaded so we're heading out EGUN to LHBP (Budapesht)
Online on MAPE

***srgalahad*** · October 21st, 2009, 10:49

One hour out, two to go. Nice and benign over the Dutch/ German border but those pesky quartering headwinds are still around. However, the Incridble Stewardess Mimi is making lunch...

**jkcook28** · October 21st, 2009, 11:04

Pedal to the metal? (if ya know what I mean:d) I'll be on in an hour or so.

***srgalahad*** · October 21st, 2009, 12:48

Baton is free and unscathed at LHBP. Crud on descent but 10 miles below 5000

Note: Duenna graphic shows max alt. as 18012 Ft. Autopilot set at 17500, altimeter never showed above 17890 ft. Multiple ( 8 or 9) rapid pressure changes over the English Channel during climb & leveling causing momentary variations of over 500ft indicated. Duenna txt file shows nothing above 17990 ft

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**jkcook28** · October 21st, 2009, 13:59

I have baton LHBP-->LTAC. Turkey for dinner?

**jkcook28** · October 21st, 2009, 14:57

Nearing Bucharest, Romania. 1.5hr to go...

**jkcook28** · October 21st, 2009, 15:30

T-minus 1hr...

**jkcook28** · October 21st, 2009, 16:38

Baton free @ LTAC.

Colonial · October 21st, 2009, 16:43

Those little blue pills in the gas tank must make the ol' plane fly a little faster..and a little more straight eh?

***Dangerousdave26*** · October 21st, 2009, 17:03

Time to Roll

LTAC to ORBS

***Dangerousdave26*** · October 21st, 2009, 17:21

We are Rolling

ETE 2:15

WaHOOOOOO!

***Dangerousdave26*** · October 21st, 2009, 18:22

Still Rolling good

Just over 1 hour to go

***Dangerousdave26*** · October 21st, 2009, 19:43

Down and safe

***srgalahad*** · October 22nd, 2009, 12:27

I have the Baton - ORBS to OMRK with a pre-dawn departure.

***srgalahad*** · October 22nd, 2009, 13:30

500 miles of Iranian airspace ahead. both engines still sound normal

1+45 to go

***srgalahad*** · October 22nd, 2009, 13:55

Half way.. 1+20 to go. Khark Island oil terminal off the right nose

***srgalahad*** · October 22nd, 2009, 15:21

Down and safe in the UAE

Snapshots:
500 miles of hostile airspace and the terrain wasn't much better.
Southern Iran is a rather desolate place.
So nice to see the Iranian coast disappear behind...

**jkcook28** · October 22nd, 2009, 16:09

Rob's unattended arrival in Emirates past the wx recon/escort. There was nobody there; maybe they didn't get the press release...:d

**jkcook28** · October 22nd, 2009, 16:44

Moving on; OMRK-->OPNH.

**jkcook28** · October 22nd, 2009, 19:11

Baton free @ OPNH.

***srgalahad*** · October 24th, 2009, 21:22

After some administrative time and a bit of flight testing, it's back into the breach!

Departing OPNH to VIAL (Allalaallaalllaaa,, oh, you know..)

(at least on this route we're NOT going via Agra )

***srgalahad*** · October 24th, 2009, 22:46

Banging along on the way to Allahabad ... Up to the normal 17,500 cruise and there's a headwind of 24 knots. It had been on the tail in the climb so I snick back down to 16000. Better... crosswind and/or tailwind but all the stations north of track were reporting 24kt westerlies so I decided to ride it out and it paid off (sneaking a bit north of trach seemed to find the 'sweet spot" ... giving up 5 kts of true airspeed gets me 228 kts of push. Fair Deal!

The usual 6.2 goo below so I know what to expect at destination