Originally Posted by
albatross
In flight school I got a 47G-2 up to 11,000 once. The view was great but you felt you were balanced on the end of a pin.
Did that too 20 year ago, in the flight school H269, solo with very little pilot experience, used the steady marine brise and a perfectly located sloping mountain to help me get there.
All the throttle I could get (manual governor) for a good 20min. Coming back 3 days later, the H269 is out of comission!, a airline crack was running along the engine block for a good 12inch. good thing there was no GPS flight tracking back then
Felt sorry for the flight shool ever since.