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Re: Adventures of 83LJ

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:09 pm

Michael mentioned it in the Oshkosh thread but I wanted to pass on my congratulations to Josh for being featured in the SA completions column. Good show!
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Adventures of 83LJ

Postby jjbardell » Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:26 pm

First cross country flight complete. Flew from (Chicago) 3CK-KCGF (Ohio)

Here are the stats:
Flew at 5,500 ft VFR on top from Gary,IN to Cleveland, then dropped to 1,800 in a break in the clouds
135 TAS - 148 ground speed
2:44 min total time
Burned 18.5 gallons
OAT was 76 (83 in the cabin)
Landed w 4 gal remaining

Plane flew great. Pics to follow.
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