Craig's Wayward Western Wanderings

[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at Telluride.

Flight time: 0:28:25
Fuel used: 194.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Next hop - off to the big ditch. KTEX -> KGCN

EDIT: It's getting a little bumpy on the way out from Telluride, and I think I see hammerheads. Is that lightning? The banker isn't looking so good.
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[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at KGCN. Overcast, so not a great view of the Grand Canyon. Bummer.

Flight time: 1:01:09
Fuel used: 452.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Off to Vegas, baby!

 

[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at McCarran.

Flight time: 0:38:20
Fuel used: 267.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Off to Furnace Creek.

 

[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at Furnace Creek. Took pity on this nice old couple and their 80-lb lab and brought them along. Hopefully the extra weight didn't cost me too much.

Flight time: 0:28:05
Fuel used: 164.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Trading the furnace for Reno.

 

[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at 4SD Reno/Stead.

Flight time: 1:03:42
Fuel used: 449.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Off to KTVL

 

[Craig Taylor]

Arrived safely at KTVL. Just one more to go.

Flight time: 0:16:39
Fuel used: 97.0 lbs

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[Craig Taylor]

Onward to KSQL and the end.

 

[Craig Taylor]

And...we're done. Safely arrived at KSQL.

Flight time: 41:51
Fuel used: 279.0 lbs

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[MM]

Congratulations Craig. We're all eager to hear who won the fuel race...

 

[Craig Taylor]

It looks like Rob won the Duke prize for fastest time and most fuel used. Of course, he had to fly an extra leg to beat me on fuel.

I think what got me was using some fuel econ measures on the first leg, and wasting time looking for Oxbow. All things considered, it was fun to learn a new plane.

 

[robert41]

Congrats Craig.

 

[Great Ozzie]

Rob beat me in the other Duke by a good margin, and that was with an extra stop! Rob, you must have really flown the heck out of your Duke those last few legs.

Thanks L. T.

Hey you had a great run too...

Yeah you were doin' the econ thingy at first... and I think the other thing - I was trying to fly when the winds were favorable (compare those last legs esp.).

Semper Fi.