A 'Familiar rego'.....
VH-EOG, used to be a FU24A, Fletcher. This one was a survey aircraft and was at JT for a year or so, just 'sitting'.
Ye Olde Log Book says I did an 'Endorsement' March 18 1970. It was a single seat of course, so the deal was the CFI was to fly it for an hour or so, then come back and tell me how it flew, then I would fly it for an hour or so, and he would sign me off....(The days of 'endorsements'...)
Well, all of that happened, and that afternoon I departed JT for BK, via 'stops numerii' because it held 36 gals @ 12 GPH.....and it had a definite 'step'.
In normal 'waffling' turb. flight in the lower levels - 87kts IAS.
Get a smooth patch and get it 'on the step' - 100kts IAS.
Interesting and enjoyable flight.
Cheers
