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Old 16th January 2009 | 10:25
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Simon150
 
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From: wolves
Just do it - the view is great.

Just fly normally, keep an eye on the temps and speeds (as you normally do) and have fun. Remember, there is nothing wrong with leveling off for a few mins if the temps do start to get a little low.

Drop a pic on PPRUNE when your done!

Its easier than mucking around at low level, if you pick the right day you will be above the weather so no icing concerns, nice and smooth, very few other aircraft around - especially in Golf (but those that are are likely to be fast!)

Weather, airspace, Ts and Ps, icing - should be all business as usual. Remember for absolute best RoC that Vy reduces by about 1kt every 1000ft (ish) - check your POH, but even sticking to your usual Vy, you should get up there eventually.

Once above about 5000ft, your engine is running at less than 75% power even at full throttle. Although not nessesary, this means you can fiddle about with the mitxture to your hearts content to achieve max RPM - you will have plenty of time on your hands ;-)
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