deckofficer wrote:Great looking 170, congrats for sure. Now what did you cruise at speed wise in the 18 and the fuel burn?

Thanks,

We cruised around 95 knots, and burned 7.6 gallons an hour. Trip took a little over 5 hours with a 7-14 knot headwind. And we stopped twice to fill her up. We could have made it with one stop, but decided it would be smarter not to push it in an unfamiliar plane.

Airplaneflyer wrote:

deckofficer wrote:Great looking 170, congrats for sure. Now what did you cruise at speed wise in the 18 and the fuel burn?

Thanks,

We cruised around 95 knots, and burned 7.6 gallons an hour. Trip took a little over 5 hours with a 7-14 knot headwind. And we stopped twice to fill her up. We could have made it with one stop, but decided it would be smarter not to push it in an unfamiliar plane.

I was curious about the Beech, but good numbers for the 170.

deckofficer wrote:
I was curious about the Beech, but good numbers for the 170.

Oh... duh...

We cruised around 165 knots at 40 gal/h. It was unbelievably comfortable.

Airplaneflyer wrote:

deckofficer wrote:
I was curious about the Beech, but good numbers for the 170.

Oh... duh...

We cruised around 165 knots at 40 gal/h. It was unbelievably comfortable.

For the 18 that is a really good fuel burn vs speed. It must be in impeccable condition.

I love that picture. I remember discussing it with you over on the Cruiser formum.
Asta

Asta wrote:I love that picture. I remember discussing it with you over on the Cruiser formum.
Asta

The 18 that AF flew in appears to be in primo condition unlike my friend's Beech. It is great that some of the older planes have been maintained and updated to better than new condition.

I took a lot of video on this trip. Here is part 1, the departure from Georgetown....

https://youtu.be/AKxL1sF3YYI

It appears you live a charmed life. Was that you or your friend getting dual in the 18? The video was great and informative. There are folks for some reason that won't click on a link and the video is too good to miss so I'll post it if you don't mind AF.

Thanks Bob! You're the man. I have most definitely been lucky here lately

I'm editing the landing video tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to post that tomorrow.

Airplaneflyer wrote:Thanks Bob! You're the man. I have most definitely been lucky here lately

I'm editing the landing video tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to post that tomorrow.

FYI, when posting a YouTube video using the YouTube tab in the reply box, copy and paste only the video identifier from the URL address, ie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKxL1sF ... e=youtu.be

Copy and paste AKxL1sF3YYI only, leave the beginning and end off.

Thanks for all the help! I really do appreciate it.

...And here is part 2... Approach and landing... And vegetables.

Another Pvt pilot to 170 owner. What a great airplane. Enjoy.

acroflyrgirl wrote:Another Pvt pilot to 170 owner. What a great airplane. Enjoy.

Awesome. She is beautiful

Here is the last part of my series... The ride home...