Frustration; ETE at 1:00 for 20 minutes

[TTaylor]

Today the first hour was in rain with a slight north tail wind. Then I crossed a weak frontal line.  I was showing about 1:00 ETE at 140 knots.  For the next 20 minutes my ETE sat at about 1:00 as my ground speed slowly dropped to as low as 99 knots.  When the trucks on I-15 start passing you, you know the head wind is getting bad .  I deviated around a mountain ridge and picked up twenty knots from the ridge lift.  Was glad to finally see the ETE start going down again.   

[Hank]

Ah, yes, the joys of a headwind . . . . .   

[Mark89114]

Been there, done that.

[Rick Junkin]

I once flew east coast to west coast in a 110 kt airplane. In December. Five days of watching semi trucks speeding away from me on the roads I was following. 

Just think of it as "seasoning".

Cheers,
Rick

[thinwing]

How about flying backward thru a mountain pass

[Oscar Avalle]

Last week I flew from Washington DC to St Louis Missouri... 8,000 feet... on average 42 kts headwind... Really slow..... Yesterday, I flew back and I was looking for those same headwinds... well, NO only 15 kts. Go figure.

[INA201]

On 5/11/2018 at 4:19 PM, TTaylor said:

Today the first hour was in rain with a slight north tail wind. Then I crossed a weak frontal line.  I was showing about 1:00 ETE at 140 knots.  For the next 20 minutes my ETE sat at about 1:00 as my ground speed slowly dropped to as low as 99 knots.  When the trucks on I-15 start passing you, you know the head wind is getting bad .  I deviated around a mountain ridge and picked up twenty knots from the ridge lift.  Was glad to finally see the ETE start going down again.   

I’ve never thought about, considered, or tried the ridge lift trick. I’m gonna add that to the MEL. Thanks.