Mile High Club!

[S.T.Aviator]

Look what I happened to have stumble upon when cheaking out flight schools in the Clearwater area. Got an extra $275 burning a hole in your pocket and an adventurous spouse/girlfriend? :nana2:

http://www.clearwaterflightservices.com/milehigh.htm

 

[Malko]

in a 172....unless they are taking up two midgets, it's going to be crowded.

Isn't part of the excitement doing what you are not supposed to do, you know, breaking the rules.....?

 

[Qgar]

Isn't part of the excitement doing what you are not supposed to do, you know, breaking the rules.....?

Ya think??!! :nana2:

 

[Velocipede]

It loses a lot of its "spirit of adventure."

 

[aibal]

"This fast climbing aircraft will be one mile high within 8-10 minutes of takeoff."

ROFL!! :laff:

 

[Itchy]

Been a while since I have been in piston pounder. BUT: I doubt it would be within the CG envelope with two adults in the back and just a pilot in front.

Plus, when they are back there making pies, it would generate be some good turbulence, provided they are following the recipe correctly.

 

[MQAAord]

Whatever. Creative business idea, but not something I'd participate in or pay money for though.

 

[I_Money]

Easy enough to do it on a commercial jet - no need for anything special.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

Been a while since I have been in piston pounder. BUT: I doubt it would be within the CG envelope with two adults in the back and just a pilot in front.

I just did the calculations for a 172SP.

With a 200 pound pilot up front, and 350 pounds in the back , the plane could take off with 47 gallons of fuel and still be within weight and balance limits.

No problem at all.

They could still carry 5 pounds of "accessories"

 

[DeltaAVL]

Flamingo Air has their "Flights of Fancy", which would probably be a little more comfortable than your 172. :laff:

http://www.flamingoair.net/flight_of_fancy.html

Check out that site, it's pretty interesting!

 

[CirrusMonkey]

"It's a little out of my price range. How much for the solo mile high club"?:buck:

 

[SmoothLanderJ]

"It's a little out of my price range. How much for the solo mile high club"?:buck:

:rotfl:.......I never knew people offerd these types of flights..........unreal.....

 

[Tram]

"It's a little out of my price range. How much for the solo mile high club"?:buck:

We had a kid a few weeks ago join the solo club on the way from PHL to MEM.........

uke:

 

[mtsu_av8er]

What about the Solo-Flight Mile-High Club?

 

[frog_flyer]

What about the Solo-Flight Mile-High Club?

You're the single pilot freight dog. Tell us all about it. :yup:

 

[mtsu_av8er]

You're the single pilot freight dog. Tell us all about it. :yup:

Well, there was this long, quiet stretch between Atlanta and Nashville . . . at 0400, there isn't much to do . . .

 

[WalterSobchak]

Nothing gets me in the mood like 80-90+ db's of loud piston engines with another dude a foot a way while I plow.:buck: Maybe if I was once again in college and hammered.

 

[JaceTheAce]

Seneca autopilot is handy!... if you know what I mean ...oh gaud, that trip was fun!

 

[NC_BE300]

I remember somebody in Daytona Beach that was passing out business cards for something like this too. "Mile High Club expericence" - in a stretched Cherokee that had no back seats installed...only a bed. He supposedly had a curtain behind the pilot/front seat, and everything else was left open. This was just too funny.... dont remember what he was charging.

 

[DeltaAVL]

I remember somebody in Daytona Beach that was passing out business cards for something like this too. "Mile High Club expericence" - in a stretched Cherokee that had no back seats installed...only a bed. He supposedly had a curtain behind the pilot/front seat, and everything else was left open. This was just too funny.... dont remember what he was charging.

Yep, that sounds a lot like Flamingo Air, as I posted above. It might even be the same aircraft type!