RedGreen
Charter Member
(Note: I closed Internet Explorer before I started my flight to reduce my computers workload. For whatever reason, after I finished my flight, IE would not launch again, and no amount of reboots, cursing, or kicking of my computer would change it. So I gave up and went to bed. Now it works perfectly. Go figure.)
Hello, Buenos Aires! National Flight 583 has arrived from Montreal. We were all thrilled to finally pull up to the gate and shut down the engines. NAL President George Baker was there to greet us, and we had some champagne to celebrate right there on the tarmac while an admiring crowd looked on. We're glad he kept us going. After our earlier mistake, we didn't think we'd still have a realistic chance of claiming the top spot in the standings.
We knew we'd have to make this one count, and we made sure the Pratt and Whitneys earned their keep. Navigation was tricky for a while, with a 30 knot crosswind coming at us (the highest we've observed in the entire race). Then, sure enough the winds started to come around and for a short while we had a 40 knot wind right on our nose. However, conditions couldn't have been better at Buenos Aires, plenty of visibility and just a 3 knot crosswind on landing. We think we've done enough to knock Western Airlines off the top of the North America leaderboard, but we won't know until the bean counters are done accounting.
In the meantime, which way to the bar? :ernae:
Landing Weight: 84,913 Pounds
Fuel Burn: 5,762 Pounds
Flight Time: 2:24:41
Hello, Buenos Aires! National Flight 583 has arrived from Montreal. We were all thrilled to finally pull up to the gate and shut down the engines. NAL President George Baker was there to greet us, and we had some champagne to celebrate right there on the tarmac while an admiring crowd looked on. We're glad he kept us going. After our earlier mistake, we didn't think we'd still have a realistic chance of claiming the top spot in the standings.
We knew we'd have to make this one count, and we made sure the Pratt and Whitneys earned their keep. Navigation was tricky for a while, with a 30 knot crosswind coming at us (the highest we've observed in the entire race). Then, sure enough the winds started to come around and for a short while we had a 40 knot wind right on our nose. However, conditions couldn't have been better at Buenos Aires, plenty of visibility and just a 3 knot crosswind on landing. We think we've done enough to knock Western Airlines off the top of the North America leaderboard, but we won't know until the bean counters are done accounting.
In the meantime, which way to the bar? :ernae:
Landing Weight: 84,913 Pounds
Fuel Burn: 5,762 Pounds
Flight Time: 2:24:41
