All
Today I departed early to fly to a strip to carry out a load of maintenance that needed doing under the watchful eye of an inspector.
I departed at 0830 hrs local and was there until 1530 hrs when I departed after the maintenance had been completed.
On departure I must say I was amazed at the performance difference with the OAT being 22 degrees where I was. I was away last week when you were all in the high twenties and have not flown in anything above 16 degrees since last summer.
Having taken off in windless 22 degree conditions I really noticed the performance on take off difference.
Once airborne and into cooler air with a decent wind to climb into the performance level was more like I have been used to at ground level.
The only purpose of this post/thread is to ask all to be aware of the rising pressure/temperatures and dropping winds. Those spamcans are suddenly going to handle very differently at lower levels.
Hope this helps....
