Highest Flight Level?

MikeD said:
Same kind of sluggish performance as the C550. My organization was given an offer by cessna to replace the C-IIs with C-Vs, Ultra's I believe; but since my organization steps over the $5 bill in order to pick up the penny, they declined, and instead modified the tired IIs.
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This must describe most 135 outfits. My previous employer would step over the $5 bill for the penny, but then yell at the chief pilot for not picking up the bill. Then there'd be a company memo to pick up all pennys and 5 dollar bills. Then another memo disregarding the first. Then you get a Blackberry you don't want because you already have a smartphone but no one asked.

I saw 410 in a II once. It was not happy about it and we were empty.
 
Max Power said:
This must describe most 135 outfits. My previous employer would step over the $5 bill for the penny, but then yell at the chief pilot for not picking up the bill. Then there'd be a company memo to pick up all pennys and 5 dollar bills. Then another memo disregarding the first. Then you get a Blackberry you don't want because you already have a smartphone but no one asked.

I saw 410 in a II once. It was not happy about it and we were empty.
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We must have worked together...
 
TurdBird said:
While you were inverted, descending, and checking your email? :)
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I was on JC, if you must know what this AWESOME JET PILOT is up to during cruise in THE FORMERLY FASTEST CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN THE FREAKIN WORLD.

oh and you can see Sasquatch from FL490. I know because I am an AWESOME JET PILOT.
 
AVIATOR83 said:
Made it to FL510 today coming back from Cali. Burning 700 per side and maintained .80 in a X with winglets. 5000 fuel reaching FL510 and no pax.

Funny thing is, when we were at FL450 and requested FL490 for our first step, we weren't allowed because there was another X headed in the opposite direction who had a block altitude and was sitting at 50500 feet. Sort of weird sitting at FL470 and looking up for traffic.
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Do you work for Flight Options? I have only seen winglets on flight options X's.
 
Did 10,500 over the Grand Canyon in an HH-60G that we stupidly had just filled the tanks in at SGU back in May. Took every bit of power and airspace we had to make the corridor. With the motors bouncing off the limiters, I was getting 92 KIAS. Any faster and I started getting blade stall. Any slower and I couldn't hold altitude. Both were less than ideal while looking all the way down to the river.

Highest ever was FL260 in the T-6 from CRP to DLF. Was supposed to be an instrument training flight but once the canopy fogged over, it was for real.
 
Ziggyfuzz said:
Yeah...we only use it for 4 hr trips. Mach .65 ish 320tas. That is the service cieling. Usually stop at 36 or so for an hour, then go on up. Going straight there...too heavy, body angle too high, just mush along...the Avanti is real happy in the mid 30's, good mix of speed and economy.
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Lol, the Saab trues out about 270 and struggles to make the flight levels unless absolutely empty. I can't believe they have a corporate mod to allow it to go to 310.
 
Did 400 in the -700 two days ago. Hit 450 in a Lear55 once, same in the same 31a that @lr31@pilot used to fly. Makes me kind of nervous being up that high. I am constantly looking over at the mask.
 
TGatch said:
The Caddy! I did 14k in 40H
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Ouch, I'm very sorry you had to fly that thing.

I loved the caddy! People say it doesn't climb, but I clearly proved that wrong. And it has great seats! I'm not sure if I have a picture or not, but I managed to get it to 15.5k and cross Colorado Denver direct Price one day. Holding that altitude the whole time with a normal cruise speed.
 
FL430 today and could have used 45 but...citation 560. Was lucky to get .70 out of that thing coming home from Cabo...Some tall T storms today down in baja.

Kept thinking about that mask....
 
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