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Old 11th Jul 2009, 08:31
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Maoraigh1
 
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I've done some high altitude flying in Utah and Colorado, and am well aware of the turbulence you can get. But I have never gone near a mountain in high winds, as opposed to flying in wide valleys. I find it easy to take aircraft climb performance and handling into account. I'm just naturally chicken. The highest I've flown close to the ground is 12,000 ft, in very calm conditions.
Fosset didn't spin in. If conscious, I would risk a spin rather than fly into an upslope at high speed, without even rounding out.
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