Tom's 2006 Long-EZ Flyabout

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About Tom and his Long-EZ
Day 1: Arlington, WA to Denton, TX
Day 2: Denton, TX to Baton Rouge, LA
Day 3: Pensacola, FL and Suffolk, VA
Day 4: Suffolk to Gaithersberg and the NASM
Day 5: Gaithersberg to Urbana, OH and Olathe, KS
Day 6: Olathe, KS to Ft. Collins, CO
Day 7: Ft. Collins to Cody, WY to Arlington, WA
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Various facts, numbers, and observations that I can list for no other reason than this is my website....

Average Fuel Flow: 8.80 gallons per hour
 
Average Groundspeed: 157.4 knots
 
Average Miles per gallon:17.89 nm/gallon
 
Average Cost per mile: 22.6 cents per mile
 
Most expensive avgas: $5.05/gallon in Pensacola, FL
 
Least expensive avgas: $3.19 in La Junta, CO
 
Most expensive auto gas purchased for a car: $3.18 in Arlington, WA
 
Hamburgers eaten during the trip: 2 (a record - I normally eat 2 per day when travelling in the USA)
 
Oil burned: 5 quarts
 
Highest birds seen: 9,100' over Montana
 
Time above 10,000': ~1 hour 30 minutes
 
Time Breathing Oxygen from a cannula: 3 hours and 10 minutes
 
Number of planes seen away from major airports and cities: 17
 
Times a controller or FSS specialist called me a "VeriEZE" despite always identifying myself as "Long-EZ": 26
 
Times a controller or FSS specialist called me a "Bonanza" despite always identifying myself as "Long-EZ": 2
 
Number of times when parked on the ramp someone asked "where's the nose wheel: 12
 
Junk food Consumed in flight:
  • 9 20-oz Cokes
  • 10 20-oz Gatorades
  • 3 packets of Fig Newtons
  • 1 bag of Pop Corn
  • 3 bags of Doritos
  • 5 packets of Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter
  • 3 packets Pepperidge Farms Cheddar Cheese Goldfish
  • 2 packets of Pop Tarts (blueberry, of course!)
  • 1 5-oz packet of beef jerky
  • 1 packet of Pepperidge Farms chocolate chip cookies
 

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