sn said...
86-87, Americas cup fever at boiling point in Perth,
I was working in the rooftop air conditioning plant room of the Orchard hotel (Wellington street)
My offsider and myself were trying to track down a rumbly noise that didnt belong.
Couldnt track down the noise- so we stepped out onto the roof for a break- (a lot cooler- and usually a lot quieter out there)
Promptly found our rumbly noise.
A DC3 was overhead- pointed directly into a hefty Fremantle Doctor, and rapidly getting nowhere.
It took ages to get out of sight- and when it banked around, the tailwind made it scream past in no time at all.
sounded awesome.
note to self, must cadge a ride in one of those beauties one day.
stephen
Odd really, as the Goony's cruise and VNE are both higher than a Caribou's. You can keep an empty Caribou airborne at 48kts, meaning that in a 50kt head breeze you could go backwards. I never did that, but we did have a ground speed of 5kts one day. We also achieved a ground speed nearing 350knts from Edinburgh (SA) to Richmond (NSW) once. Not bad for an a/c with a VNE of 213kts
Found a jet stream at 27,000'.
