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FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby KWV » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:48 pm

Awe ma Gent ,..........

like every thing else in live i 1st bought my self a Trike and am now learnig to fly , must say , most fun i ever had .......sober (^^)

so as i"am paging thorough my Newly acquired trikes log book,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

3h20min trip , Witbank to Tzaneen .............


look i know all the brandy had stuffed up my brain cells but , is that even Possible ? in a trike (**) , the old plane i had i Wouldn't doubt such an entry but this seems fishy , please someone can comment on this
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Rudix » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:10 pm

KWV wrote:Awe ma Gent ,..........

like every thing else in live i 1st bought my self a Trike and am now learnig to fly , must say , most fun i ever had .......sober (^^)

so as i"am paging thorough my Newly acquired trikes log book,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

3h20min trip , Witbank to Tzaneen .............


look i know all the brandy had stuffed up my brain cells but , is that even Possible ? in a trike (**) , the old plane i had i Wouldn't doubt such an entry but this seems fishy , please someone can comment on this
I think it would be possible, if you can carry the fuel for 3h20 you need to average around 47mph to do it.
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Rotorsrule » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:22 pm

Nothing wrong with that, 156miles. Say no tail wind at 45mph will do it in 3 hour 27 min. The trike guys fly down to Sodwana. Group going to Numbi now I believe.
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Tumbleweed » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:36 pm

Could have had multi stops along the way amongst tail winds. I'm not pedantric about log books as long as the hobb hours are current.
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Asterix » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:20 pm

Depends on wind. In an Aquilla 582: Eagle Flight (north of Christiana) to Betlehem - 210 miles in 2hours 30 minutes. Leg stretch on Welkom included.

Microland / Standerton (75 miles): fastest time - 55 minutes. Slowest time - 2hours 20 minutes. (Aquilla)

Earlier this year in the Cobra, Microland to Standerton with one hell of a tailwind - 38 minutes. Avg. groundspeed of 120 mph. With one HELL of a landing... :mrgreen:

Depends on the wind! (-)
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby micromed » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:43 pm

Saturday 1st Sept flight from Witbank to Rhinopark as straight as an arrow took me 1h24min7sek on gps. Should have been 45 mins!
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Bundy » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:41 am

:lol:

MicroMed... on Sep 1st I was at ML but decided not to fly. Peter took off in his Aquilla for a quick jaunt round the Babsfontein tower and back. (Normally this takes about 15min)

When he got back he said. "Hey guys, I had such a lekker flight there...but when I turned around...someone had moved Microland!" :lol:

KWV welcome to the world of triking (^^) Now you know why the blikdrivers always say us trikers cant take our eyes off the windsock ^ vhpy
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Sukkelaar » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:28 am

From Springs to Kakemas in one day, and back in one day with a 503.

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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby KWV » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:57 am

sjoe ne , nou hoor ek wat vertel julle manne , here i thought im buying a cabbage patch flyer , just shows you , as mens dom is is jy maar dom (**)

so i will be able to fly to Wonderboom for breakfast , and come back comfortably , ..................... :o
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Splinter » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:25 am

Springs, Margate, Coastline to Cape Town, Lambertsbaai, Carnavon, Bloem back to Springs. Last leg was Carnavon - Bloem - Springs in 6 Hours. Trikes can do serious cross country.
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Bugwar » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:20 am

1400 miles in 10 days (including 4 days of no flying or local flights) ..... click on my avatar below for some of the vids. Like Splinter said: "Trikes can do serious cross country"
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Re: FISHY LOG BOOK ENTRY

Postby Gadget » Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:04 am

Cape Town to Carnarvon via Tanqua and Williston in one day with an Aquilla 503. 8.5 hours flying with two fuel stops. Took off at first light and landed at last light. It was a loooong trip.
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