Hop 10
Taking Off: SERB-SETM
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
Hop 10
Taking Off: SERB-SETM
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SETM
Fuel Used 1480.6 lbs
Flight time 00:46:18
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Wife says I have time for another:
Hop 11
Taking Off:SETM-SPJE
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
(this is becoming my standard loadout)
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPJE
Fuel Used 1066.7 lbs
Flight time 00:35:12
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Hard to compete with the cargo hold on the boxcar.
Would like to see some screenies of your adventure.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Been watching the 'blankety-blank' weather all morning at SPJB and it's not improving much- 4k overcast, low visibility but no rain. Getting in isn't a problem, getting out is another story. Tho the baro shows 29.92 the air feels thin, the props don't grab any air even tho they spin up to the proper RPM. T/O run is a few hundred feet longer than the last dozen times I practiced. I hate to lose another day of 'work' but I'd rather live than die and take the hanger building with me. I'll re-evaluate the weather again in a few hours.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Apparently the weather gods heard my complaint, and have parted the clouds for me. I sincerely hope AS isn't messing with me or this is going to get messy.
Hop 12
Taking Off: SPJE-SPJB
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
The boxcar is down in 1 piece:
Arrived SPJB
Fuel Used 1430.3 lbs
Flight time 00:43:56
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
Y'all shoulda seen how high I jumped outta my seat when I was adjusting the mixture on approach, and stalled both engines.
:O
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Now comes the magic:
Getting out
Hop 13
Taking Off: SPJB-SPHZ
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPHZ
Fuel Used 1198.0 lbs
Flight time 00:36.33
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
Seems I have located those renegade clouds that left Pompe Grande earlier, they we're waiting for me to get into the narrow valley around ANTA before they pounced on my plane.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Another day 'in the soup', heading for the midway point:
Hop 14
Taking Off: SPHZ-SPNC
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPNC
Fuel Used 1093.1 lbs
Flight time 00:34.51
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
Cumulative total by my calculation:
Flight time: 9:25:41
Distance: 1625.8
Fuel Used: 17938.8
Cargo Delivered: 203000
pic 1: (looking aft) was glad to see the clouds disappear behind me.
pic 2: (looking forward) I'm sure there's an airport down there...somewhere
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Big storms this morning, power is out at work and may not be restored for 3 more days. Wife is glued to afternoon soaps and she thinks I'm doing tasks from her 'to do' list...
Hop 15
Taking Off: SPNC-SPVI
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPVI
Fuel Used 905.8 lbs
Flight time 00:27:24
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
pic: skimmin the landscape, weather is best I've seen in days.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Hop 16
Taking Off: SPVI-SPLP
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPLP
Fuel Used 1380.6 lbs
Flight time 00:43:55
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
Yup, missed my turnoff.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Clouds aren't burning off as quickly as I'd like and I can't decide which voice in my head to listen to. The one that says "we're burnin daylight, son" or the other saying "I have a bad feeling about this".
I'm going anyway:
Hop 17
Taking Off: SPLP-SPHO
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Oops, I forgot to turn duenna on after some testing, restarting the whole freeking mess.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPHO
Fuel Used 1875.0 lbs
Flight time 00:55:01
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Now that I have the morning 'stupid'-bug worked outta my system I'll continue on:
Hop 18
Taking Off: SPHO-SPZO
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPZO
Fuel Used 1426.7 lbs
Flight time 00:43:07
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Of all the hops this one worries me the most:
Hop 19
Taking Off: SPZO-SPNP
Takeoff Weight: 44,749
Fuel: 3,379.2
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Arrived SPNP
Fuel Used 1853.9 lbs
Flight time 00:54:12
Cargo delivered 14,500 lbs
Maintenance points 0
As feared, almost flew right by 'inviso-strip', thankfully the chart I made for this hop was pretty accurate.
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
Hop 20
Taking Off: SPNP-SLLP
Takeoff Weight: 44,442
Fuel: 3,072
Payload: 14,500
Crew: 340
"May fortune favor the foolish"
MaddogK
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