What's the highest you've been?

[Prino]

9.5k msl

 

[stuckingfk]

Made it to the max operating altitude of FL510 in the 45.

We were empty, long flight, and it was cold.

Steve, you're right about the climb. Keep it fast and let it do the rest. Our normal climbs were at .79 and the 45 loves that for climbing through the 30's and 40's.

 

[JDMcFly]

045.

Haven't had to go any higher in the lowly 152 yet :buck:

 

[WacoFan]

There is a guy posts on here named T-Cart. He has about 19,000 hrs and is a retired crop duster. I am chuckling to see what he would put. "Well, I got up to 500' on my way to a field one time" or "Got a little high while spraying once and ended up at 15'"

 

[TXaviator]

 

[Van_Hoolio]

GA: 14,000 MSL in a Diamond DA20-C1 that weighs less than 1800 pounds max gross!

121: FL370

 

[Piperflyer]

FL 380

 

[Nick]

GA: 13,500 in a Mooney

121: FL410

 

[Roger, Roger]

Multi piston: 12,000', DA-42.
Single piston: 11,500', DA-42 with one engine shut down/prop feathered. Yes, it will hold 11,500 like that.

 

[t-cart]

There is a guy posts on here named T-Cart. He has about 19,000 hrs and is a retired crop duster. I am chuckling to see what he would put. "Well, I got up to 500' on my way to a field one time" or "Got a little high while spraying once and ended up at 15'"

Hey, Look out, I got the ol sweet tater up to almost 3000 feet last winter. I had a headache for three days.

 

[Wolfy]

FL210 in a C421,
10,500 in a Piper Clipper.

10,000 ft isn't the slightest more dangerous than 1,000ft, but don't tell me it doesn't feel that way in a rag wing airplane.

 

[fly8slep]

41,007 feet. 11,100 feet unpressurized.

 

[mikecweb]

450

 

[splash]

FL 390 in a piper cub unpressurized on floats. It was a very cold day and I took advantage of this. Also, Density altitude was in the negatives that day! I held my arms out the window twisting my hand to create more lift. It was a beautiful day as I watched the sun jump over the moon.

 

[falconvalley]

370 in the EMB
280 in the 200
250 in the Beech (no we didn't get the valve cycling)

 

[E6BAV8R]

FL230 in a BE-200
10,000 in a C-182

 

[Number1atNumber2]

FL450 a few times.

 

[MDPilot]

FL550 at EDW in a T-38. We were doing training missions for NASA mission specialists. Took min-mid range AB to stay level at altitude, and didn't stay too long at that because of fuel.

 

[Barty]

13,500 in a C172, just to see if it would do it. I remember it taking a long, long time to get up there. Practically I don't fly any higher than about 7k unless I'm crossing some mountains. I always like to put at least 1500' between me and the ground.

 

[ppragman]

FL210 in a C421,
10,500 in a Piper Clipper.

10,000 ft isn't the slightest more dangerous than 1,000ft, but don't tell me it doesn't feel that way in a rag wing airplane.

Hell, I don't like to be above 7500 in light stuff, up there the air can get too fast, and the turbulence too strong over the hills, and if I get a structural failure for some reason, I don't want that much time to think about it.