{"id":2080,"date":"2021-05-28T22:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T22:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2021-05-29T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:10:28","slug":"cross-country-planes-gains-and-automobiles-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/?p=2080","title":{"rendered":"Cross Country &#8211; Planes, Gains, and Automobiles. Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ordered a new car in Houston (got it for a steal) and had an instructor pilot fly with me and a friend to drop us off and take the plane back then made a 2000 mile road trip back with a friend to LA.  We went Houston &#8211;&gt; Austin &#8211;&gt; Oklahoma City &#8211;&gt; Santa Fe &#8211;&gt; Utah &#8211;&gt;Las Vegas &#8211;&gt; LA.  Wild trip in a wild car. It involved planes, some significant gains and a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trip started with some eventful memories. We had planned the first leg to be KVNY to E98 (Benson Municipal), a small airport with some cheap fuel. We landed and the guy that was supposed to be there to fill the plane up was AWOL. We had did some quick calculations and looked for an alternative airport, luckily there was one just 9 min away (we were in the middle of the desert).  So there was a chance we weren&#8217;t getting off the ground with the reserves we had available unless there was a close by airport.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beautiful day but the thermals caused some issues with winds, so the landing was one of the trickier ones that I&#8217;ve done.  We landed with about 45 min reserve which is the Cirrus specified and suggested minimum. We didn&#8217;t have much room to the FAA 30 min reserve (we had like 15 min radius to find another airport). Luckily, there was one just 9 min away and after calling to confirm they&#8217;d be there, we took off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5575.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle of nowhere (Benson Municipal airport)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?resize=576%2C1024 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?resize=169%2C300 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?resize=768%2C1365 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?resize=864%2C1536 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5577.jpg?w=1080 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No Fuel here&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So after doing the calculations, we took off to the nearby Chochise airport where we had another incident, the lady there wasn&#8217;t wearing her hearing aid and we told her fill it to tabs (airport slang for filling it up to a specific marker that allocates 60 gallons of 92 total). We were over weight at full and we couldn&#8217;t take off if it was above 60. Well, she filled it to full and we had to milk the plane&#8230; There was no way for us to take off. Luckily the instructor knew how to milk the plane. She ended up giving us a refund on the unused fuel and we took off towards Houston shortly after. All told the trip took about 6.5 hours of flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5589.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Milking 345PK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/32C3D450-2D7F-42E3-823E-4754A28D599C-1.jpg?resize=660%2C660\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/32C3D450-2D7F-42E3-823E-4754A28D599C-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/32C3D450-2D7F-42E3-823E-4754A28D599C-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5587-scaled.jpeg?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Was tempted to watch some sweet flicks on the VHS but we had to make up time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602.jpeg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?w=1320 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5602-scaled.jpeg?w=1980 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enroute to Houston..the final leg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b5e468a5-14c2-46a1-9032-dce4ae4e4056.jpg?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick up. Beautiful! Such a ridiculous car, almost embarrassing but whatever, it&#8217;s a childhood dream so why the fuck not.  We got it for under value due to a guy not being able to close on it and I took that opportunity to acquire the car. I can literally sell it for a profit in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5646.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2084\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5646-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/?attachment_id=2084\" class=\"wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5646-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5646-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, 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Along the way, we stopped at a small Texas town and had some Mexican food. I don&#8217;t think I fit in there, got stared at hard by five pretty burly guys. 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We went Houston &#8211;&gt; Austin &#8211;&gt; Oklahoma City &#8211;&gt; Santa Fe &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsandtrades.com\/?p=2080\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross Country &#8211; Planes, Gains, and Automobiles. 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