east bound would've been MUCH better. my g/s was 70kts if i was lucky. the trip took 12.9 hours on the hobbs. and to start off with, you know it's going to be a long day when you have to hand prop a plane by yourself at 5:45am est. and it's colder than sh*t!. i had to push the plane from the fuel tank area to the tiedowns so i could tie up the tail. luckily though it only took 1-1/2 tries to get it running. when i had moved the plane the night before it barely started then so at least i was able to run it a little before the next morning. then on take off the flaps stuck in the down position due to a faulty switch(?) i was able to retract them after take-off but i thought i was going to have to make the trip with about 20% flaps. now from what i understand, mike, my weekend boss is trying to aquire a piper dakota somewhere down south of miami.
