Laguna Seca

Laguna Seca MRY, originally uploaded by Mike Lombardi.

View of Laguna Seca Raceway from the Piaggio. This was taken on final to Runway 28L in Monterey, CA.

Porsche Crew Car

We flew to a nice FBO yesterday in Lexington, Kentucky called Air 51. They have great customer service, free soda fountain drinks, various snacks, and a Porsche Boxster as a crew car. As you can see in the picture, they let us take the Porsche overnight to the Campbell House Crown Plaza Hotel where we were staying.

Redmond to Rockford

Today I met the plane in San Jose, we flew it empty up to Redmond, OR where we picked up two people and flew them to Rockford, IL, northwest of Chicago.

At 1398 nautical miles, this was the longest distance I have flow in the Piaggio. Luckily, we had an average of 60kts of tailwind to help us get to Rockford non-stop. We ended burning 314 gallons of fuel flying at 39,000 ft and the time enroute was it in 3 hours 48 minutes takeoff to landing, which is an average speed of 368 kts (416mph).

We could have gone much faster if we flew a bit lower and were not in gas saving mode, however this is still very impressive for a little turboprop.

Click on the picture for a larger view of the route.