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Near Oregon/California border; Mt Shasta visible in distance
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Mt Shasta & Black Butte flying out of Weed, California in Piper Warrior II
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Co-pilot as we pass Black Butte circling round
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On the far side of Black Butte from Weed, California looking back at Shasta
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@brion These are truly amazing to me. I think the last flight simulator I played was in the 486 days. They seem to have come a little ways.
flight simulator, fuel efficiency
Running at max continuous power (just shy of 100% N1) at 40k feet I was passing Mach 1.8 (ground speed around 1000 knots), but burning a whopping 15,000 pounds of fuel per hour.
A full ferry loadout including external pods is about 35,000 lbs of fuel.
Full power with afterburners is over 17,000 lbs/hr. :D
A real ferry flight would likely run slower for lower fuel usage. ;)