We have some mountainous country here, operating in the summer up in the high country degrades the performance a bit.
JayTee
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OKApotamus #74
Nanocom, D2 TD5 only.
We have some mountainous country here, operating in the summer up in the high country degrades the performance a bit.
'What are "mountains" ?
Asking for all pilots in WA...
Thin air equates to density height - quite common in Australia with our heat.
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This Youtube is strangely relevant to this thread.
The Craziest Rescue I Ever Had! - YouTube
Regards PhilipA
Reminds me a bit of my highest landing and takeoff (both altitude and density) as PIC - at Margarima in PNG in a C185. 7,800ft and density altitude of over 10,000.
Maybe rarely encountered here today (although as others have pointed out, high temperatures have a marked effect even at modest altitudes), but at that time (1971) this was in Australian territory.
John
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1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Indeed. But the combination of "thin air" and terrain is less likely here. Not impossible of course.
Getting boxed in by terrain happens of course. It's one of the first thing students doing Nav in the Yarra Valley are taught. The Kilmore Gap, and the valleys adjacent, are a problem for VFR. The ceiling can come down quite quickly, and a pilot can find there is no room to reverse course. A choice of going IMC, with all the probs that can cause a VFR pilot, or crashing. It has caught seasoned pilots out.
JayTee
Nullus Anxietus
Getting involved in discussions is the best way to learn.
2000 D2 TD5 Auto: Tins
1994 D1 300TDi Manual: Dave
1980 SIII Petrol Tray: Doris
OKApotamus #74
Nanocom, D2 TD5 only.
I was impressed with how quickly they got the lessons learnt out to the public.
Cheers
Chuck
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Flew from Pt.Morseby to Madang via a couple of other stops in a ANG Fokker F27, if I could have wound the window down I reckon I could have picked some leaves etc or it certainly seemed like it.
A few folk had filled my head the night before over a few drinks about the "Dangers of the valleys, Des" so wasn't all that comfortable, but, still here.
Probably just trying to put the ****s up me & in that, they succeeded. Bastards!
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