[Flightgear-devel] Greetings from Philadelphia

[David Megginson]

I flew down to Philadelphia from Ottawa today, though unbelievably 
favourable conditions: the trip is almost due N->S, and since the low that 
dumped all the snow has moved east, I had ferocious tailwinds at altitude 
from the retreating side of the system.  I throttled back to 65% power (and 
sometimes even lower), but I still saw typical groundspeeds of 155 kt (for 
110 kt TAS), and at one point, my cruise groundspeed hit 173 kt!  That gave 
me tailwinds of 45-63 kt.  The whole trip took 2:30 for well over 300 nm, 
and I burned only 20 gallons of fuel in total (less than I would have driving).

It was also my first flight with my new Garmin 196.  I did let it distract 
me a couple of times (i.e. I drifted 100 ft off altitude), but after a while 
I worked it into my scan OK.  What a great device!  People could learn a lot 
about consumer electronics and interface design by studying it.

I'm not sure whether to hope for tailwinds on the way home or not -- strong 
winds from the south would almost certain mean that I'm on the edge of a 
strong low that is moving towards me (rather than away from me, as it was 
today).

All the best,

David

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