On Jul 27, 6:34*am, wrote:
On Jul 26, 9:51*pm, ContestID67 wrote:





First, great flight.

I have a question. *In the article (very well written and very good
graphics) there is mention that the distance was "615 miles flown,
including circling (direct route distance is 492 miles)".

That seems an odd statement. *Google Earth shows the straight line
distance from Zapata to Lorenzo at about 482 which matches the direct
route mentioned above (I assume you landed out beyond Lorenzo). *But I
have never seen a flight listed with "circling distance". *How do you
even calculate that? *I don't think that CU or the other programs do
any of that type of calculations. *Hmmmmm. *My $0.02.

Again, great downwind dash and congratulations.

- John DeRosa

Hi John:

It is odd. The reporter initially had a difficult time with the
concept that we can't simply fly point to point like an airplane. She
kept asking questions about that issue. *Although not included in the
article, circling time was approximately 22% and that number was
supplied to her from the flight analysis figures. She apparently
multiplied that by my average speed to obtain an estimated total
distance flown to get from point to point.

Headlines, you know.

-Gary- Hide quoted text -

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That crap drives me nuts!

In a big article about flying my Woodstock to some state records the
writer said, "at a compact 5 foot 8 inches and 150 lbs the 40 year old
Ames man is only 19 pounds lighter than his plane!"

Just about everyone that read that article focused on that crazy bogus
"fact" thinking holy crap that thing is flimsy as hell!