The Frontier Is Still Alive
Making final preps for a start later tonight after 0000Z.
The Bonanza is ready to go, FSrealWX lite has been working great, Duenna has tested out ok, what could go wrong?
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Edited to add: This is a non-prize winning entry
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Bonanza? I thought you were taking the little yellow Kellett!
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X299 UD4 PRO ATX
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ Processor i9-10900X Ten-Core 3.7GHz
MEM: 64GB (8GBx8) DDR4/3000MHz Quad Channel
GPU: RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6
OS: Win 10 Pro 64bit
HP Reverb G2
The Kellet was under consideration at one point
It looks like the worst of the storms have passed the house here, so I guess I'll start out on my way. First stop: Orcas Island (KORS)!
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Nice early morning flight to Orcas Island. Flew over the Navy who was out steaming in the channel enroute and once I was there and parked, I found AI People!
Anyway, on to the race stuff
Flight Time: 00:26:15
Fuel Used: 36.5lbs
Duenna Link: http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...nIYh9msSNpardg
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Was going for a flight tonight between t-storms and none of the gang was online, so I thought I'd knock out a race leg and flew on down to KHQM. Nice flight although a bit cloudy and hard to see the hilltops at times. The 25kt headwind wasn't helping the gas mileage either.
112.1 nm
00:43:11
53.3 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...5podoOAJnez3O8
Going to check the wx radar and if things look good, I might just press on.
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The 25kt winds worked in my favor on the flight to Hood River, 4S2. Anyway, nice flight and although there was a little issue with finding the airport, it all worked out good..
126.1 nm
00:42:42
49.7 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...Q8LReTq9LIAD0o
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Had a little time to kill, so I flew on over to KEAT. Nice flight and I got a little ridge hopping practice going into KEAT's valley.
117.1 nm
00:42:00
52.2 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...xS8JquiU3dOn5U
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Took it on over to Felt Field in Spokane (KSFF). Had a FSrealWX lite issue on take off in that it didn't seem to be putting the correct wx into FS and had to reboot it shortly after take off. Worked great after that and the Duenna didn't pick up on any problems, so I think it's good.
117.9 nm
00:39:17
46.8 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...baQWDvxbSTIBkU
ETA: I wasn't planning on refueling at KSFF, but I taxied too close to the fuel pumps after landing and was brought back up to 100% fuel, so I guess I'm refueled for now.
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Headed on east to Kalispell MT.
124.7 nm
00:42:13
47.8 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...U9b2KxuhM0Q2qY
On to Bozeman next!
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Made it Bozeman and will take a break for a bit. Nothing like a 25kt crosswind on landing to wake you up.
193.1 nm
01:10:25
75.5 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...7e1GAUb41KfiFw
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Took a round about route to Jackson Hole in order to stay under the hard ceiling.
130.8 nm
01:01:52
65.3 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...8nzebqbxI5LJW0
Now to figure out how to get the heck out of here....
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Another not so straight route down to Heber City in Utah.
190.3 nm
01:13:46
75.3 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...S7oh4eNowzRPmU
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Nice cruise through the mountains to Moab.
129.2 nm
00:50:14
53.2 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...bhJXsNpnWsNjwM
The landing was a near disaster, but I'll tell more about that in the Top of the Mark
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Nice flight into Arizona with no problem going straight on this one.
136.4 nm
00:48:39
54.0 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...E47vJZfNsJ9Gus
The next leg should be the interesting one....
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Yep, it's kind of interesting to land at an airport where there aint any airport.....
67.4 nm
00:26:26
26.9 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...Q4dSJlbKhGgHfI
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Leaving KGCN (I hope)
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Vegas!!
145.3 nm
00:50:49
52.1 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...9P8uXeRHhhjtN4
Can't stay long... taking off ASAP for the next stop...
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Made it on into Furnace Creek in Death Valley
87.6 nm
00:33:09
32.6 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...jY9UnLslu3X18Q
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After a lengthy delay due to loose chicken, off to O24
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Had to abort about 10 mins from landing. I'll try again later.
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Going to try this again
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Had to go a bit higher than I was really comfortable with, but made it into O24
139.2 nm
00:56:14
55.8 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...sGR11OJKY5kVKU
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On to O68!!
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Safe in Yosemite. Had to find a friendly pass to get in under the soft ceiling.
51.8 nm
00:28:41
23.9 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...1C6QhlpApgqGnA
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It was a wild landing that I'll cover at the Top of the Mark, but I brought the Bonanza in with a bang.
105.2 nm
00:39:15
40.4 lbs
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...x5XZgAPRjz2vo4
I cruised along about a third of the way at about 2/3 throttle before I figured out why it the MAP was so low....
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