Alot of you fly your RV's to some really beautiful places. After looking at the white pages, I noticed that there weren't any RV builders in Hawaii. Man, what a beautiful place to fly an RV.
Any thoughts???
Tom
Any thoughts???
Tom
But we're talking about flying. Here on the mainland we've got an endless variety of landscapes and climates within a few hours. Hawaii just seems too limited, especially at RV speeds. Just my opinion of course...
Does anyone have some contact info on these guys? We will be heading there in December for my 50th B-day and I would love to get a couple of landings in Hawaii to add to my airport landing list.
Scott,
That'd put you one up on Rosie (the one state his RV hasn't been to!)...
Scott, I am calling you on that one. You have to land YOUR plane in the state.
Well Ron, I thought about that... but, 339A is just not set up for it. How does one plan for a minimum fuel arrival to Hawaii? How much fuel would it take? KSBA to PHNL is 2152 NM. Assuming 150 kts GS that's roughly 14.5 hrs of flight time @ 8 gal/hr = 116 gals no reserve. You'd need a pretty comfortable reserve say 3 hours. So add another 24 gallons now we're at 140. That's 840 lbs of fuel.
This might exceed max gross limits for the airframe. Now if someone wants to fund a water crossing, I'd be happy to fly it.
Does anyone have some contact info on these guys? We will be heading there in December for my 50th B-day and I would love to get a couple of landings in Hawaii to add to my airport landing list.
You could go with us and see how it looks, before you fly it
Our 737 will only have about 6500 gal on board for the 5+30 flight. Plan on a lot of instrument time, at least on the climbs and descents. Check out the first few photos in my Hawaii album: http://picasaweb.google.com/bakerfamilyenator/Hawaii#
I'll see if I can get Colby's contact info for you.
Hi Scott,
I can dig up a phone # on my old phone of someone in Oahu. I was never able to schedule the time with him but you may have more luck.
He's based out of Dillingham field on the north coast. He also has a glider he flies out of there. There's also a couple of other guys who fly a RV8 out in the early morning a couple times a week.