Finally broke 200kts

[Nathan Young]

I've owned my Cherokee 180 for 4 years, and during this time have seen
my share of headwinds and tailwinds. Got my most impressive tailwind
today.

Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
180!

-Nathan

[Dave S]

Be thankful you werent heading the other direction.

Dave

Nathan Young wrote:
> I've owned my Cherokee 180 for 4 years, and during this time have seen
> my share of headwinds and tailwinds. Got my most impressive tailwind
> today.
>
> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
> 200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
> 180!
>
> -Nathan
>

[Nathan Young]

Unfortunately - that was the trip out :(

Had to climb to 10.5k to get out of the bumps, and got a 65-80kts GS.

Western Wisconsin has some small hills, so I knew that would probably
accentuate the turbulence. It did - ended up being the worst
turbulence I have experienced. Descending through 5 and down, I hiit
a few bumps that sent things (including me) to the roof.

Winds were ~330 @ 30 with higher gusts when I got down.


On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 07:10:52 GMT, Dave S >
wrote:

>Be thankful you werent heading the other direction.
>
>Dave
>
>Nathan Young wrote:
>> I've owned my Cherokee 180 for 4 years, and during this time have seen
>> my share of headwinds and tailwinds. Got my most impressive tailwind
>> today.
>>
>> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
>> 200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
>> 180!
>>
>> -Nathan
>>

[Nathan Young]

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:41:06 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
>> 200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
>> 180!
>
>Cool, no? The wind yesterday was really something -- NO ONE was flying
>here. (Well, I saw a twin take off, and his wings were rocking back and
>forth like a pendulum, and he appeared to be standing still. When he
>finally turned downwind to depart the pattern, his speed doubled!)
>
>The real question, though: What were you doing at 13.5 on such a short
>flight? Trying to find smooth air?

Yep, it was brutal below 8k. Clouds were scattered at 8-12k, so I
ended up at 13.5k. I knew the tailwind was going to be phenomenal up
high, and my GS kept increasing as I climbed, so I kept going. Would
have went higher if I had O2 & turbo.

-Nathan

[Dan Luke]

"Nathan Young" wrote:
> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally
> broke 200kts (in level flight):

Going over to Baton Rouge yesterday to pick up an Angel Flight patient,
I had a 30-40 knot headwind at 6,000'. Opposite direction to Panama
City? You guessed it: 10-20 knot tailwind at 7,000'. Seems like that
always happens on these turnaround trips: you never get as much tailwind
as headwind.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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[Darkwing Duck]

"Nathan Young" > wrote in message
...
> I've owned my Cherokee 180 for 4 years, and during this time have seen
> my share of headwinds and tailwinds. Got my most impressive tailwind
> today.
>
> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
> 200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
> 180!
>
> -Nathan
>

Hit 202 GS in a C182 late last year. Went from Chicago to Indy in 1 hour!

[Jay Honeck]

> Yep, it was brutal below 8k. Clouds were scattered at 8-12k, so I
> ended up at 13.5k. I knew the tailwind was going to be phenomenal up
> high, and my GS kept increasing as I climbed, so I kept going. Would
> have went higher if I had O2 & turbo.

We flew up that way today (Prairie du Chien area) and, although the surface
winds were MUCH calmer, the winds aloft were still pretty stirred up. It
was pretty rough below 5000 feet.

By this evening, however, everything was smooooooth as silk.

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Robert M. Gary]

The other side of that is less fun. I once hit 12 knots in my Mooney
while flying over General Fox field in So Cal's high desert region. I
asked the controller to confirm the GS just for kicks. :) The cause
were very high winds aloft combined with some pretty strong down
drafts.


Nathan Young > wrote in message >...
> I've owned my Cherokee 180 for 4 years, and during this time have seen
> my share of headwinds and tailwinds. Got my most impressive tailwind
> today.
>
> Flew home from Western Wisconsin (to Chicago) today, and finally broke
> 200kts (in level flight): 13.5kft, 202Kts groundspeed - in a Cherokee
> 180!
>
> -Nathan

[Todd Pattist]

"Darkwing Duck" > wrote:

>Hit 202 GS in a C182 late last year. Went from Chicago to Indy in 1 hour!

I saw exactly the same speed - 202 knots GS at 30,000' in my
sailplane over Mt. Washington a few years ago. Who needs an
engine :-)
Todd Pattist
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