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Old 16th Nov 2011, 20:19
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Did 5.40 in a K8 on my silver duration. It was a red hot summer's day so I took off wearing shorts and a polo shirt. Spent most of the flight at around 7-8k and came down like a block of ice. Lesson learned.

Longest trip P1 in powered so far is 2 hrs and that was long enough, I just can't imagine what 20 hrs in a light a/c must be like. I do the Brisbane run every year and 13.5 to Singapore in the comfort of a passenger jet is brain aching enough.

Incidentally, I'm just doing my IMC rating and did a PAR approach today in real IMC, was totally blown away to see the runway lights appear at 600 ft on the nose. Good innit.
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