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Altitude is relative. An SR-71 would find the F-15 altitudes to be cute.
Operating at FL410 got the Ponnacle pilots killed (among other things).
 
BobDDuck said:
PSA had a high altitude stall event with several VERY large pitch oscillations that ended up flaming out both engines, and planting the FA on the ceiling. Fortunately the auto ignition came on during the stall event (as designed) and managed to get one engine restarted). The other engine was melted which involves something like 4000 C to do. The whole incident was very hush hush and two years later there is still no NTSB final report.

The CRJ200 can make it up to 38,000 (or was it restricted to 36,000? I can't remember any more). It can actually make it to 41,000. It just takes some really careful monitoring and number checking before you take it there. Regrettably, when some pilots run out of fingers and toes to count on, stuff gets kind of bad.
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I think I have pictures of this aircraft/engine...
 
Blackhawk said:
Altitude is relative. An SR-71 would find the F-15 altitudes to be cute.
Operating at FL410 got the Ponnacle pilots killed (among other things).
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Absolutely true....it was more a bit of mockery at the attitude of the RJ guys who thought there was some magic talisman up there above FL400 that was going to be a cool experience to touch. The sad part is that they're not the only folks to think this.

As someone who has gone nearly Mach 2, pulled 11G, and been "above 70,000 feet", I can attest that airplanes are airplanes and it really isn't much more exciting at the edges of the flight envelope than it is in the warm, chewy center of it. There are reasons to go to those edges, and pilots should be able to comfortably handle their craft at those edges of the envelope, but the reason is because it is an element of excellent airmanship rather than someplace to find excitement. Pilots who go there for thrills are going there for the wrong reason, and should stay away until they're mature enough to be able to do it safely.

Personally, gimme a Cub with the windows/doors open and let me putz around the world below 500', and I'm happy.
 
crazyjaydawg said:
Well I bet the thought of any TA is awfully exciting!


*incredible amounts of sarcasm
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"I dunno, Dad's voting no, and it's not because he's an angry old fart. Anyway, it's my leg, the autopilot is over here, we're in (__) and it's the correct airplane, it's a beautiful day for an airplane ride..."
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
Why?
But just because a few inattentive iPod/backpack generation pilots have gotten into that situation doesn't mean an entire climbing/descending method should be prohibited.
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Cherokee_Cruiser said:
See what happens when you hire tier 2 candidates?
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I believe that the lions share of slow speed evens were in the 700, which as we all know goes very senior...
BTW, what is an "iPod backpack"?
 
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