Cubdude wrote:zane wrote: Hope you can afford the fuel.
I don't about the others but the F-18 burns about 200 GPM at full afterburner.
CD
I heard one time that they flight plan for a burn of 1.200 GPH. Is that true? Berk
Flyin' low and slow in the mountains
Sat May 27, 2006 12:12 am
Re: Flyin' low and slow in the mountains
I heard one time that they flight plan for a burn of 1.200 GPH. Is that true? Berk
Ed note: Berk Snow perished in a crash June 14, 2007. He was a great contributor and will be missed. -Z
Sat May 27, 2006 10:13 pm
sorry for the late reply, been off doing my day job.
We can stay airborne for about 2 hours on one tank doing nothing, or we can burn 10,000lbs, about 1500 gallons in 30 minutes on a fun hop. Not enough gas to start/end in Lemoore. If you are really hauling the mail and having fun, almost not enough gas to do the entire route from whidbey
The sierras have been touchy for a while. Years back we could do the kern valley all the way up north of whitney, but now anything that is national park or wilderness is off limits. Some of the national forest is ok, but the bottom line is that if it appears to low to some tree hugger, we get in trouble.
We can stay airborne for about 2 hours on one tank doing nothing, or we can burn 10,000lbs, about 1500 gallons in 30 minutes on a fun hop. Not enough gas to start/end in Lemoore. If you are really hauling the mail and having fun, almost not enough gas to do the entire route from whidbey
The sierras have been touchy for a while. Years back we could do the kern valley all the way up north of whitney, but now anything that is national park or wilderness is off limits. Some of the national forest is ok, but the bottom line is that if it appears to low to some tree hugger, we get in trouble.
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