The 1927 Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis

Along the Rio Doce from SNCP to SNCX.
First time landing this aircraft.
This was exhausting :upside_down_face:



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Hi did someone managed to do the 33:30hrs flight from NY to Paris? I was doing some tests with this plane, and I can not achieve the speed that should be around 110mph to make that distance in that time, I can not pass 85mph in any altitude and engine power/mixture combination that does not burn more fuel than what I have for the trip, so if for the trip there is not a huge tailwind of over 30mph I have no idea how you can make it.
The best I got is at around 1.850RPMs at 9.000ft with mixture lever between 5 and 6, that configuration gets me a ground speed of 85mph with fuel for 42hrs, and at that speed the trip will take a bit over 41hrs.
So, I can not find a way of doing it in less time. Cheers

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Just did a very similar flight from Calverton Executive to Le Mans without issue on Vatsim and with live weather. Westerly winds helped a lot and ground speed was approximately 120-130 knots over large portions of the route. The flight took over 26hours 20 minutes to complete.
Route distance was aproximately 3100 nm. Used 345 gallons (1300 liters) of fuel.

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Completed most of the flight at an altitude of 5000 feet with mixture set between 4.5 to 5.5 and RPM between 1950 and 2050.