Some years ago I sold my previous Seneca on Long Island. The buyer was a
school in Florida, who flew up (co rep and their CFI) to take delivery. As
they were preparing to leave, their CFI, while filing IFR, was asking me: "
how fast does it go?" Hmmm.... This guy was suppposedly experienced in
Senecas, was about to fly several hundred miles IFR in a plane he had
"experience" in and didn't know what to put as TAS on the flight plan.
Wonderful.
"Barney Rubble" wrote in message
...
Hmm, let's see, low time in make/model, just out of annual, a touch of get
homeitis combined with a long XC. No mode C due to transponder on the
fritz,
inadvertent flight into IMC at night and subsequent scud running ,
departing
with door unlatched....
You do like to live on the edge don't you?
I guess you also landed in Reading with 3 galloons of useable fuel (50
gal
capacity/47 useable on a standard 1968 Cherokee 140), hmm 7GPH, it sounds
like you broke 91.151.

I'm glad you have a new plane and I'm happy for you, but this trip report
should set off some alarm bells about you flight planning and decision
making....

- Barney