Joe Zuffoletto Posted March 4, 2013 Report Posted March 4, 2013 LogTen Pro, the electronic logbook I use, has a feature where you can plot your flights in Google Earth. I played with it last night for the first time and it was pretty neat. Makes it easy to see why my last two Mooneys have been turbos. 1 Quote
Jamie Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 You haven't been to Alabama yet. If you decide to fix that, I know a great BBQ place. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 You haven't been to Alabama yet. If you decide to fix that, I know a great BBQ place. I was in Tuscaloosa last weekend visiting the university. Had dinner at Dreamland. Quote
Hank Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 I was in Tuscaloosa last weekend visiting the university. Had dinner at Dreamland. I'm sorry for you . . . Lower Alabama is greatly preferred over that corner! War Eagle! I keep meaning to buy Sporty's VFR Planning Chart and put in colored thumbtacks for where I've been and where I still want to go. That way the wife & I won't have to huddle over a computer to enjoy the electronic, on-line planner. Besides, my monitor is much smaller than the map. Quote
PMcClure Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 I'm sorry for you . . . Lower Alabama is greatly preferred over that corner! War Eagle! I keep meaning to buy Sporty's VFR Planning Chart and put in colored thumbtacks for where I've been and where I still want to go. That way the wife & I won't have to huddle over a computer to enjoy the electronic, on-line planner. Besides, my monitor is much smaller than the map. WAR EAGLE!!! @ Hank. Jamie - what's our BBQ place in HSV? Quote
Jamie Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 WAR EAGLE!!! @ Hank. Jamie - what's our BBQ place in HSV? I like Chuck Wagon BBQ on Madison Blvd. Opens at 1100, line out the door by 1105. Get there early. I think he's open 11-2, M-F, open 1700-2000 Thur, Fri, closed on the weekends. The evening hours change seasonally. Quote
201er Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 Dude, with a Mooney like that, that's all you've done??? Quote
Joe Zuffoletto Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Posted March 6, 2013 Dude, with a Mooney like that, that's all you've done??? I've had the Acclaim for just over a year. Before that I was too busy earning the money to afford it! Quote
201er Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 Cool. From where you're based, you can reach anywhere in the continental US within the same day? Quote
Joe Zuffoletto Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Posted March 6, 2013 Absolutely. I've flown to Orange County, Napa and Seattle nonstop. Seattle is the longest flight at 5 hours. Eastbound I've made Chicago and Little Rock nonstop, 3 hours each, on little more than half tanks. I haven't ventured farther east yet, but to answer your question I just put KAPA-KBWI into ForeFlight and today I could make it nonstop in 6 hours flat with 20 gallons of fuel to spare at FL210. There's a 30KT tailwind today that would make that possible. With no wind I could make it nonstop to Pittsburgh, PA with IFR reserves. I'm flying to Cabo next week and could do it nonstop (5.5 hours) if they allowed GPS direct in Mexico, but since I have to fly IFR airways I'll go ahead and make my customary pit stop in El Paso, TX. The Acclaim is truly a traveling machine, and I hope to add a lot of new pegs to my map this summer. Not many birds will let you chug along in the flight levels at 200KTAS+ burning through 102 gallons of fuel at only 13.8gph. Quote
rbridges Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 It looks like you're afraid of the southeast. I'd love to have a plane with your capabilities. Quote
Joe Zuffoletto Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Posted March 6, 2013 It looks like you're afraid of the southeast. I'd love to have a plane with your capabilities. Not at all! Just been snakebit. Last fall, shortly after I bought the Acclaim, I planned a tour that included New Orleans, points in MS and AL, Atlanta, Columbia and Miami. Unfortunately, one week before the trip, my CFO fell off his roof and cracked his head, so I had to cancel so I could offer him moral support in the hospital and cover for him at work. Thankfully he made a full recovery, and I'm hoping to take that tour this fall instead! Creating the map of my past flights was an eye opener. I hope to fill in the rest of the country as much as I've filled up the West in the next 5 years. Quote
The-sky-captain Posted March 7, 2013 Report Posted March 7, 2013 I keep meaning to buy Sporty's VFR Planning Chart and put in colored thumbtacks for where I've been and where I still want to go. That way the wife & I won't have to huddle over a computer to enjoy the electronic, on-line planner. Besides, my monitor is much smaller than the map. Quote
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