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    Senior Member Dorsal's Avatar
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    Default Re: It's too Hot!

    miserable in Mass today, not as hot as FL but humid. upper 70s dry and calm for the weekend
    Dorsal ~~^~~
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    It was so hot and windy here that my instructor turned down the offer of a sandwich on Block Island ; ) visibility was unacceptable.

    91 degrees, big-time humidity... We made 7 to's and full stops... in a 152 with full gas and two adults... a little VOR refresher as well. Full cross wind @ 6 - 15... on two landings, the cross turned into a tail wind... that was a little freaky but we survived...

    Landed at the Goodspeed airport right in East Haddam, CT... looked like a sidewalk from above, approach is over a bridge and the CT river... now I realize it's not a backcountry, 6,000 foot, sage brush laden mountain-top 500' runway approach that you guys out west perform, but it is a challenge and it was an absolute blast...

    On takeoff, I had to watch for the trees on the right side... and had to make a gradual climbing right because of the hill to the left...

    Couple more times out and I'll be a Private Pilot again...

    Flying is the best!
    NOKITFOXYET

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    Oh ya Half Moon Bay, last time I was there, it was because someone had to pee and a Rans had to be jump started. It probably isn't too hot there now.
    Ty
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    It was so hot flying back from Oshkosh that I tied a rope onto the piulot side door so it would hold the door open an inch or two.

    I found out what density altitude was. Taking off from Fayetteville, AR the ATC cleared me for an intersection takeoff (obviously he knew of Kitfox STOL characteristics). I should have declined. Since the airport is surrounded by hills, after taking off I had to fly through passes and valleys to climb out. That was partly because of watching my engine heat, but mostly because of full fuel and 8000 lbs of camping gear. What an adventure!

    Pete
    Kitfox III, SN 1000, 912, Grove
    2200 miles +/- round trip Austin to Oshkosh.
    Pete
    Leander, TX
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