I do a lot of cross country flying and these things (RV's) just never cease to amaze me.
This past week we took our 8 out to Albuquerque's Double Eagle airport for a surprise birthday party for my brother in law.
It was a totally uneventful trip and as usual the 8 performed flawlessly.
FWS (Spinks in Ft worth was a great place to stop and RON) and sip some brewski's with an old Delta buddy.
One hop from Ft Worth to ABQ. Bode Aviation at Double Eagle is a great FBO and has relatively inexpensive hangars available. I paid $35.00 a night and it was worth it as I sat over a cold one watching the thunderstorms and 40kt winds roll through.
Two stops on the way home, one in El Reno OK, just west of OKC and another at Millington TN to stretch the legs and visit with the FBO folks that we worked with in the airshows in the past, and we were home in 6:35 total for the day.
I ran all the numbers this morning and I'm still impressed with how efficient and fast these RV's are.
We flew 2292 NM's in 14.2 HOBBS hours (13.4 airborne) and burned 119 gallons of fuel. That's an impressive 8.4 gph overall and a 171KT groundspeed.
$3.20 cent gas everywhere except AEG doesn't hurt at all either.
No matter how many rivets there are to pound, everyone of them is worth it in the end.
This past week we took our 8 out to Albuquerque's Double Eagle airport for a surprise birthday party for my brother in law.
It was a totally uneventful trip and as usual the 8 performed flawlessly.
FWS (Spinks in Ft worth was a great place to stop and RON) and sip some brewski's with an old Delta buddy.
One hop from Ft Worth to ABQ. Bode Aviation at Double Eagle is a great FBO and has relatively inexpensive hangars available. I paid $35.00 a night and it was worth it as I sat over a cold one watching the thunderstorms and 40kt winds roll through.
Two stops on the way home, one in El Reno OK, just west of OKC and another at Millington TN to stretch the legs and visit with the FBO folks that we worked with in the airshows in the past, and we were home in 6:35 total for the day.
I ran all the numbers this morning and I'm still impressed with how efficient and fast these RV's are.
We flew 2292 NM's in 14.2 HOBBS hours (13.4 airborne) and burned 119 gallons of fuel. That's an impressive 8.4 gph overall and a 171KT groundspeed.
$3.20 cent gas everywhere except AEG doesn't hurt at all either.
No matter how many rivets there are to pound, everyone of them is worth it in the end.
