trip to open hangar day in corvair 601xl

Just another quick post about the progress on my corvair 601xl. I flew back from mexico last night to pittsburgh. 6.5 hrs non stop. burned 5.1 gallons per hour. 2.5 hrs of night. 90 hrs total time on plane now w/ no problems.

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Comment by Louis Kantor on September 24, 2009 at 7:13am
Thanks sebastien...great seeing all of you. Darryl, we have the long range option that was available a few years ago. The plane holds 48 gals useable.
Comment by Darryl Legg on September 23, 2009 at 10:05pm
Hi Louis,
What sort of fuel tank configuration do you have?
Darryl
Comment by Sebastien Heintz on September 21, 2009 at 8:57am
Louis - it was great to see you (and your shiny plane) again. You commercial pilots have more endurance than us sport flyers!

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