Practice thread #9

[arrvoo 6]

Flying wing for Jeff in the P-38

[jt_williams 291]

12 Minute Time Penalty.Duenna problem due to being booted from Multiplayer and repeat reconnect attempts. Flight is legal.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/141692.jpg

[arrvoo 6]

Dusk over Ecuadorhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/141694.jpg

[Guest Manolito]

taking the baton to SPQTheading to the east...i've asked this before: from where will we go to africa? does anyone have a (preliminary) plan?

[Guest Manolito]

baton free at SPQTlanded safely in Iquitos, Peru...land of the inca

[Guest]

well, given the distance and altitude restrictions on flights we won't be flying in the Andes anyway I guess, and the only routes over the oceans allowed are the northerly ones.

[Guest Manolito]

so if that's the case what are we doing here? or is it possible to use a concorde for the jump?...after all, i've seen her used before...so i thought it'd be something like rio - cape town ....

[Guest]

we don't know yet what will be possible.The rules were suddenly changed yesterday to prohibit any flight from ever going over 8500ft, we were heading down here to get some more high mountain practice but that seems to now be not needed.The race comittee is imposing ever more restrictions as the race gets closer, and have effectively cut off (apart from possible things like Concorde) any option of crossing the oceans apart from the far north.

[Guest Manolito]

i see...i haven't taken notice of that...okay, so that means we will have to take our way over the caribean to the north and then to europe...unless other decisions are taken...maybe establishment of a new starting point?

[Guest]

starting point is different each year, so are the exact details.But yes, it looks like there's only one way across the Atlantic under the current rules and NO way across the Pacific without using the wildcard option (I hope the race organisers realise that).

[Guest]

back north to Venezuela in the Cheyenne

[Guest]

Lost all power on final, dropped like a brick.Don't know what happened, seems Murphey has found us early this year.

[Guest SoarPics]

Actually, there is no express restriction for flight above 8500'. Per MM's post in this forum: Teams should be prepared to fly some or many legs at less than 8500 ft Pressure Altitude.So we still do not know at this time whether the altitude restriction is for all flights or just some.Greg

[svenks 4]

P-51H long range :)arrvoo is unofficial wing!Sven Sorensen, EKCH

[Guest]

was posted yesterday: MM came onto Bushnet and confirmed the restriction will be universal.