T-34 distance records

[NavAir42]

That would have been fun. You can get a long way in a 44 or 12 on one bag of gas.

 

[MasterBates]

I did a AirNav solo that was supposed to be an Out & In, but we broke down at Lakefront in New Orleans. The rescue bird got there quickly and decided "can't be fixed tonight".

So we partied in Nawlin's.

Unfortunatley it ended up being my partner's last flight when we came home. He came down with diabetes between when we winged and starting the RAG.

 

[MSkinsATC]

Would a corpus to palm springs (29 palms) be out of the question?

I went from Corpus to Palm Springs...no problem...just gotta deal with the ass pain of the three hops it takes to get there!

 

[badger16]

So what kinds of x-countries do you do in the T-34? Solo? Any specified distance(s)?

Any of you guys every come up to EAA? I've seen a sabreliner, -45, and the Texan II(only one USN, but a bunch of USAF every year) but never a T-34. Does it all depend on where the instructor wants to go, or does the SNA have some say at all?

 

[Gatordev]

Any of you guys every come up to EAA? I've seen a sabreliner, -45, and the Texan II(only one USN, but a bunch of USAF every year) but never a T-34. Does it all depend on where the instructor wants to go, or does the SNA have some say at all?

By "EAA" I assume you mean Oshkosh. EAA is everywhere. I was going to come up to Oshkosh this year after another IP did all the leg work and bagged out. However the pain of having a place to stay (and the lack of per diem we were going to get) just made it too much of a redass.

I'd love to try and do San Dog once, but it's pretty hard w/ the changes in the syllabus. They keep widdling away the X's allowed. When I was in Intermediates, we went all the way to Idaho, but gone are the days of the Airnav.

 

[badger16]

By "EAA" I assume you mean Oshkosh. EAA is everywhere. I was going to come up to Oshkosh this year after another IP did all the leg work and bagged out. However the pain of having a place to stay (and the lack of per diem we were going to get) just made it too much of a redass.

I'd love to try and do San Dog once, but it's pretty hard w/ the changes in the syllabus. They keep widdling away the X's allowed. When I was in Intermediates, we went all the way to Idaho, but gone are the days of the Airnav.

Yeah, sorry about that. I should have said EAA Airventure. What is Airnav and why did that allow for longer/ more cross countries?

 

[Gatordev]

The AirNav was just that, getting from point A to point B on the enroute structure. There was no real requirement for approaches and the legs were at least 2 hours. There were also more X's available in the syllabus than there are now. Nowadays, there's only 5 instrument hops and you have to average 3 approaches a hop for the first 4 (your mileage may vary and there is ways around this but it costs you a leg) and then 3 more approaches on the 5th hop. There's some VNAVs and one (now) night fam you can do on the road, as well. The total comes out to 10 X's, at least per the book.

There's also the matter of hours/X, which some people/squadrons tend to ignore, depending on what they need. It's not the "right" way, but it happens.

 

[badger16]

The AirNav was just that, getting from point A to point B on the enroute structure. There was no real requirement for approaches and the legs were at least 2 hours. There were also more X's available in the syllabus than there are now. Nowadays, there's only 5 instrument hops and you have to average 3 approaches a hop for the first 4 (your mileage may vary and there is ways around this but it costs you a leg) and then 3 more approaches on the 5th hop. There's some VNAVs and one (now) night fam you can do on the road, as well. The total comes out to 10 X's, at least per the book.

There's also the matter of hours/X, which some people/squadrons tend to ignore, depending on what they need. It's not the "right" way, but it happens.

Alright, pretty much what I thought it was, however I didn't know the details about it in relation to the syllabus(now vs. past). Thanks for the insight Gator.
Cheers.

 

[scoober78]

The AirNav was just that, getting from point A to point B on the enroute structure. There was no real requirement for approaches and the legs were at least 2 hours. There were also more X's available in the syllabus than there are now. Nowadays, there's only 5 instrument hops and you have to average 3 approaches a hop for the first 4 (your mileage may vary and there is ways around this but it costs you a leg) and then 3 more approaches on the 5th hop. There's some VNAVs and one (now) night fam you can do on the road, as well. The total comes out to 10 X's, at least per the book.

Two words...

Not that I'm suggesting you be unethical mind...

 

[NozeMan]

This wasn't on one bag of gas, but I cross countried to Denver at the end of Primary. Did a shot down to El Paso, then back to Whiting. Knocked out my last 9 X's on the road!

 

[corrie]

How about Corpus to Point Mugu?

 

[thebluto]

I did Corpus to Whidbey, twice. But, not on one bag of gas, obviously. Went through Dallas, Garden City, KS, Ellsworth AFB, SD, Great Falls, MT to get there, Great Falls, Bismarck, ND, Omaha, Dallas to get back. (Weather in CO and Utah was bad.)

Second time I went Amarillo, Grand Junction, Boise to get there. Then Boise, Salt Lake City, ABQ, Pecos to get back.

Those trips were painful.