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In case you didn't hear, there's a little race going on between Woody, Ben M K, and myself.  We're doing the Luton to Lisbon run.  Woody has a Ju-52, Ben has the Tri-Motor, and I have the Fokker.  Put your money down folks!

Taking off from Luton at 0 dark thirty...


Airborne and turning to 213...


Early morning traffic sees me off...


Suns up at last...


Over Water...

Lookin good.  Are you going to aim to do it on one tank of fuel? or you gonna be stopping off here and there?

I think one tank ought to do it...

Wouldn't the Ju-52 be at a disadvantage...I thought it was larger...

I think the Fokker Tri Motor will win, I've tested it against the JU-52 and Ford Tri Motor and it is faster.

I'm averaging about 90 knots in it at 8000 feet...  

good luck..sounds like fun

Yeah it will be fun. I'm about to start in about 10 minutes here.

I'm just flying over Brittany on my flight. Making about 140kts at 15,000 feet and wondering how long my fuel really will last me. If it becomes apparent that i'm not going to make it on one tank then i'll have to put a quick stop off in Spain. But here's hoping I won't have to...

I'm finding it easier to just trim this plane out than to try to use the autopilot.  It uses to Vega AP and the thing is pretty much useless here...  ::)

I'm flying with the trim tab. Using the autopilot's cheating.

I wouldn't consider it cheating if there was an AP on the original plane.  It's just a tool.  It's easy enough just to trim it out and make occasional corrections anyway...

BTW, I'm ready to concede like a Democrat...  If you're doing  152 knots and I'm averaging 111, then I think you would win.  Mind you, I plan on finishing, but I think the outcome is not in doubt...

Well, please remember that i've taken a bit of a detour and i'm not 100% sure my fuel is going to last. There's everything to play for.