How high do you fly? (what it should have been about)
At the departure aerodrome it was 44C. Got a thermal to 6500' another one to 10,000' and the final one took the trusty C172 (at least it's mine!) to FL140. It eventually struggled up to and held FL155.
The highest I've been in a N/A piston single. It definitely felt 'a bit different'.
I couldn't believe that on a 44C day I was picking up airframe icing as I was flitting through the tops of the clouds. It was -3C outside. Bit hard to pick up the light icing on the strut as it was taken with the phone camera.
After giving the engine sufficient time to cool off, it was shut down at FL125, 15 miles out and made like a glider. Missed the intended landing spot by about 30'. Bummer! Better luck next time.
FL450 in an empty B747-400 SIN-SYD years ago.
FL420 in an empty B707 doing a post maintenance airtest.
FL200 in a RAAF UH1H Iroquois Helicopter, POB 8, checking out some high pressure oxygen equipment for use in Irian Jaya. I was with a squadron QFI and he pulled an engine failure on me as we approached Amberley. Longest auto I've ever done, it took about a quarter of an hour to reach the ground!
Regards,
BH.
FL420 in an empty B707 doing a post maintenance airtest.
FL200 in a RAAF UH1H Iroquois Helicopter, POB 8, checking out some high pressure oxygen equipment for use in Irian Jaya. I was with a squadron QFI and he pulled an engine failure on me as we approached Amberley. Longest auto I've ever done, it took about a quarter of an hour to reach the ground!
Regards,
BH.
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FL155 in the LET410 somewhere over Africa.
FL130 in the C208 leaving this particular spot in africa.
12500' in a PA32 in Malawi/Zambia.
Altimeter set on 1013 in these sunny climates.....all the time usually.
I agree the higher altitudes tend to wear the pax out when there is no pressurisation. Great stuff when they are all arguing over some nonsense anyway....
RPP
FL130 in the C208 leaving this particular spot in africa.
12500' in a PA32 in Malawi/Zambia.
Altimeter set on 1013 in these sunny climates.....all the time usually.
I agree the higher altitudes tend to wear the pax out when there is no pressurisation. Great stuff when they are all arguing over some nonsense anyway....
RPP
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There was a Cessna P210 VH-SWM in Adelaide that had some unofficial altitude record at FL300 plus
The P210 was rated to 25,000ft , the owner was an old school 'hot rodder' and did a few unapproved mods . He lost his licence or got into a lot of trouble as he was busted NO SAR NO DETAILS in South Eastern Australia somewhere at a 'very high altitude'.
The aircraft was sold and the new owner ran out of fuel a few years later near Outer Harbour in Adelaide and the plane ditched , one pax drowned.
Any of the older guys in Adelaide remember this story ? I heard it second hand from 2 pilots , one was my neighbour who occassionally borrowed the P210 from the owner.
This was mid to late '80s.
The P210 was rated to 25,000ft , the owner was an old school 'hot rodder' and did a few unapproved mods . He lost his licence or got into a lot of trouble as he was busted NO SAR NO DETAILS in South Eastern Australia somewhere at a 'very high altitude'.
The aircraft was sold and the new owner ran out of fuel a few years later near Outer Harbour in Adelaide and the plane ditched , one pax drowned.
Any of the older guys in Adelaide remember this story ? I heard it second hand from 2 pilots , one was my neighbour who occassionally borrowed the P210 from the owner.
This was mid to late '80s.
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May or June 1969 after completing my Basic Para course at Willy, I was lucky to get a ride in a Mirage
Now the memory is a bit hazy on whether it was 60k or 70k. Either way the sky is purple/black and earth isn't flat!.
I had one hell of a good time and I am still smiling 40 years later.
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T it was good
Now the memory is a bit hazy on whether it was 60k or 70k. Either way the sky is purple/black and earth isn't flat!.
I had one hell of a good time and I am still smiling 40 years later.
S
T it was good
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9800' in a C172RG whilst trying to be identified by radar just out of Tamworth. Not that amazing I guess, but it was tough when full throttle height occurred at 4100'. Climbing at high RPM with about 19" of MAP is interesting...
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DirectAnywhere, if you are climbing up above 10,000ft to any altitude say 15k in Class E and then straight back down again it would be more of a risk to actually change to 1013.2 meaning that if you forgot to change it back again when you came down you'd end up in more strife. But indeed you are correct. That being said though, you ATC people won't mind as you still see the same value being emitted from the encoder anyway.
For the record though, that Alt is marked as US and an astute viewer would also notice that the altimiter subscale is missing!
For the record though, that Alt is marked as US and an astute viewer would also notice that the altimiter subscale is missing!
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Of course these altitudes don't count if you aircraft is certfied to be there...