[gkey]

Just a question: Has anyone ever flown to the Azores? A direct flight from St. John's (Newfoundland, Canada) to Horta (Azores Islands, Portugal) seems to be 1179.9 nm.

My POH lists my endurance at most economic setting (888 LBS fuel, at 10,000 ft, HP 43%, MP 16, RPM 2400) to be 1615 nm. Of course, according to the POH I can burn more fuel and get there faster (RPM 2600, MP 19, HP 63% for endurance of 1430 nm.

I prefer the 10,000 ft altitude, for reasons of oxygen conservation.

Am I missing something, or is this do-able?

And if so, what about flying back westward into the wind? (I guess that's when one would rather do the Ireland -> Iceland -> Greenland -> Canada thing...