Inverted25
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Is that allowed? Our fell off a few times so now they are safety wired on so if I catch on fire and pull the emergency window release in the cockpit I'm screwed.
Summer Flying
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A150K
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That's really not all that high of a DA (Phx is about 1500 MSL, right?) compared to what we see in New Mexico on a much cooler day and still safely fly 172's in...
ILS37R
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That's really not all that high of a DA (Phx is about 1500 MSL, right?) compared to what we see in New Mexico on a much cooler day and still safely fly 172's in...
I think the concern is more heat stroke/exhaustion than DA, though the latter isn't the be ignored for performance calculations.
Zondaracer
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Haha yeah I remember my flying days in Arizona... Mid-summer afternoons were better spent in an air conditioned building, swimming pool, or else at 11,000 feet. Just way too hot
drunkenbeagle
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Local IA says it is fine, though I've never thought it was hot enough that I needed to. The 1-26 with a sport canopy (no canopy really) would be a similar experience I imagine.
Inverted25
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we have the sport canopy for one of our two 1-26s. It's a blast
A150K
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Do what I did when I went to SDL, open the window (c150) haha j/k. I suppose heat exhaustion falls under the IMSAFE checklist.
5Right_5Left
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Flew meat missiles for the summer in a 58' C-182A, definitely a fun summer of flying with going through multiple bottles of water a day. Pay wasn't great but the flying was fun and the people were crazy.
spoolinup22
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that sounds exciting. how many hours did ya get?
5Right_5Left
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It was a smaller drop zone and I was the only pilot for about half the summer before a couple other guys got hired on and we split the flying. I got right around 65 hours. It was only a weekend operation which was fine with me since I had another better paying job during the week.
If you live in the Northern Indiana area they may be looking for a pilot
If you live in the Northern Indiana area they may be looking for a pilot
spoolinup22
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how northern? i'll be in the KCMI area (central IL). probably bit of a drive but my dad might start becoming a private pilot so it would be good xc experience lol
5Right_5Left
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KANQ, its basically right where MI, OH, and IN all meet. I'm pretty sure there's jumping out of Rantoul right by you. Wouldn't hurt to check it out.
spoolinup22
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yeah i've been looking into rantoul, unfortunately one of their head people was injured in a car accidents so they aren't really answering phone calls and emails right now.
5Right_5Left
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That's not good, it may help to just go out there on a day they're jumping. That would be your best bet
spoolinup22
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Yeaah...I'm looking into going home for a day to make some connections. Lucky for me its only a 3 hour drive but still it takes a whole day doing it.
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
I wasn't a wet CFI, but I mapped. It's hot, hard work when you're flying and sometimes the weather just doesn't cooperate.
spoolinup22
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what company if you don't mind me asking?
ChristheCFII
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Yep, that was the issue. Takeoff performance was never a problem.
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
One summer day in Presshot, er, Prescott, climb gradient was an issue...not takeoff runway available
tlewis95
I drive planes
I was told to leave them up/closed by our chief tow pilot so I keep them up. One time I did start a takeoff roll without the left one being latched all the way and it fell down a few seconds into the roll. I tried to pull it up once I got some altitude but was struggling a little bit so I just left it open for the whole mile high tow. I liked it though. Reminded me of the Cub. With that though, our season starts next weekend and I am excited to do some towing again!