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Originally Posted by RV6pilot,Dec 1 2006, 10:33 PM
Thanks for asking and to everybody else, Sorry for the threadjack.
Here's a few shots of my RV-6. I built it from a slow build kit (5 year project). First flew in 2000. It has around 1200 hrs now. Flown it down to the Carribean 3 times now (Bahamas, Turks, and Caymans). It's my other "hobby" Fun? HELL YEAH!
Laird
SoCal
Over Key West
North of LA basin
photo op in the Caymans
Hanging out with my flying buddies (#4)
Whow, amazing pictures.
How often do you have to stop on the way to the bahamas?!
How often do you have to stop on the way to the bahamas?!
From LA, I stop for fuel in Arizona, Texas, then spend the night in New Orleans. It's about 9.5 hrs of flying. Next day is a fuel stop in centeral Florida, and stop in KeyWest or Fort Pierce to file international flight plans, have lunch (and a group prayer ), then the overwater flight to where ever. Ft Pierce to the Bahama is about 2 hours. The longest distance between islands is 80 miles, so at 10000 ft, you only have about 10 minutes of "exposed" time where you'll get wet if the engine quits.
I flight plan for 165kts, and plan on 3-3.5 hr legs, so that gives me about 600 kt mile range per leg. At that speed it burns about 9 gph. It's a pretty efficent little airplane.
, what's the black stuff on the front, electric tape?
and to everybody else, Sorry for the threadjack.
), then the overwater flight to where ever. Ft Pierce to the Bahama is about 2 hours. The longest distance between islands is 80 miles, so at 10000 ft, you only have about 10 minutes of "exposed" time where you'll get wet if the engine quits. 
