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Getting ready to make my first flight to Houston TX area. That will pretty much be a straight shot for me and I will barely enter Houston's "B" airspace. I'm having my transponder checked Thursday. A repairman come to our airfield ,KUBX, and checks several at one time a couple of times a year. About 200 dollars, guess that fair. Looking forward to seeing the grand kids, and flying. So for at 2400 RPM at 3000 MSL around 120 at 5gph. My mechanic told me unless I'm going up over 6500 or so don't worry about leaning. I will plan for at least one fuel/pit stop along the way. If no wind it should be less than a one day trip I hope.
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Permalink Reply by Jim and Amelia Isaacs on
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Sounds fun! Won’t be long and you’ll need your ADS-B to make the trip.
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Permalink Reply by Gil DeVault on
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I have been looking at the one that replaces a nav wing light. Always something to spend money on when you fly airplanes! Still we normally take two days to drive and with a little luck we can be there in less than six hours including fueling etc. Will save two nights lodging cost. I figure about 60 gallons total fuel.
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Permalink Reply by Jimmy Young on
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What day are you planning to begin your trip? Did you decide on using Houston Executive (TME)?
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I was also considering West Houston. I have been to TME, although I just drove there once when we were considering maybe moving to the area around Brookshire. It is very close to my sons home just off I 10 & Fry Rd . Not sure what day I would be leaving. I'm retired, so no schedule other than what the weather imposes on me. Most likely be a weekend so the grand kids would be out of school. I am preparing my plane by having all my avionics and static system checked out this week. I've been playing with different flight plans on I Flight planner and my Ifly gps. They just came out with synthetic vision for the Ifly gps and Ifly ipad program. This is all very new to me, so I'm having a bit of a learning curve right now. The only thing I knew was DR & VORs. Rather exciting new adventure for me in my retirement years.
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Got my transponder checked today and I'm good to go. Now to save some money for my ADSB out
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