Re: Next Oz K-Fest

["bill.martens@gmail.com" <bill.martens@gmail.com>]

On Oct 9, 4:55 pm, A2Aviator <a2avia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOL,
>
> Now.. that would be a flight to remember. If Southern California to
> Kansas City was something..
>
> They make these portable, disposable fuel tanks that you take out the
> seats .. and you see just out the side window and half the front.
>
> Lindbergh did it with mirrors ..
>
> Now.. lets see..  Approximately 60 hours at an average of 110 kts, to
> cover a great circle distance of 6533.5 nm from KOKB (Oceanside, CA
> USA) to YSSY (Sydney, NSW AU)  on a true heading of 241.2 degrees ..
>
> So, 60 hours. No place to go. Literally.
>
> KFest is about sleep deprivation...
>
> Except the temporary fuel tank holds 45 hours worth. B'ah humbug!

Also you would like have head winds a good portion of the trip so that
45 hours fuel would be more like 28-35 hours worth.  Even the airlines
have to turn back to Anchorage or Honolulu sometimes because of
headwinds being too strong for the fuel load they carry.