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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Scotland, & Maryland, USA
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Marek,
I see no one has answered you yet. I don't have any Grand Canyon experience. I have flown in to Flagstaff in a Citabria & in to Sedona in a Cessna 180. I have also flown in to KHND in a Citation.
Believe what the books say. The difference in performance, mixture required etc is quite a shock initially to a "low lander" such as I am. The plane hugs the runway & follows the curvature of the earth on climb out, nothing like the sprightly performance I am accustomed to. Full rich (as normal back home)? No way!
Definitely a case for better be safe than sorry. The scenery once you do get airborne is breathtaking & well worth the homework on the ground.