wbarnhill
Final Approach
Today we had temps in the 100s all day, with the heat index around 111 - 115. Same with yesterday and tomorrow. So imagine my surprise when I passed the local Walgreens...
Frank, did you move to Dallas? When are you coming by the farm?On the way to DAL last month I stopped for an early lunch and looked at the temp/humidity gauges. 100F and 100% humidity.
East DAL area today: 101F. UGH!
That's for sure! I got woozie just reading that sentence!The last place I care to be is under the hood with a partial panel in a sweat box at 3,500 feet.
Too hot to fly...
Today we had temps in the 100s all day, with the heat index around 111 - 115. Same with yesterday and tomorrow. So imagine my surprise when I passed the local Walgreens...
Frank, did you move to Dallas??
When are you coming by the farm?
This weather s*cks. I hate the heat and humidity here in Kentucky. Can't wait to move back to Denver. Sigh.....
It's going to be close to 100 in Denver this weekend, too. Of course, there's not nearly the humidity there is in Kentucky.
It will be nice in the mountains, though
Yeah, but as you state, "Its a dry heat".
Yeah, but as you state, "Its a dry heat".
So is a thermonuclear blast....
Are you practicing up there or commuting down down to the belly of the beast?Haha, that's the truth! I moved out of Denver up to Summit Co. about two months ago and haven't regretted it for a minute.
Are you practicing up there or commuting down down to the belly of the beast?
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Slightly off the subject, but interesting data: One of the pilot/owners at Wiscasset IWI (sold his RV-6A and is buying a RV-7) likes to fly my Skyhawk, occasionally. Last week it was an 84°F day when he took the Skyhawk up with his SO and another friend. The plane had 3/4 tanks and VSI showed 900FPM. For load and DA that seems pretty impressive. Can we attribute it to the Power Flow tuned exhaust?
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Nah, I'd attribute it to being at such a low PA to start with. Your DA was probably lower than KAEG (my home)'s airport's PA in the dead of winter.
Now hot temps and major humidity is a different story.
Drink water and remember the summer is almost over.
Bite your tongue!!!! You don't have to shovel humidity.Bring on a whole string of blizzards!!!
It has been so bad down here, the humidity is like a rain mist stuck in purgatory and we're in there with it.Bite your tongue!!!! You don't have to shovel humidity.
Bite your tongue!!!! You don't have to shovel humidity.
Ummm, actually I do have to shovel it. I'm just here visiting in TX for a few months...I live in Colorado. I'll take having to dig myself out every day along with sub zero temps and having to use 4WD for months on end over this heat nonsense.
Blizzard, fun. Heat, miserable.
<---- doing the big frigging snow-up-to-the-RV-windows blizzard dance...
Bite your tongue!!!! You don't have to shovel humidity.
And, some people should live in very cold climates for that very reason!I agree heartily. The way I look at it, you can always put more clothes on. You can only take so many off!
Put on some sun block, freeze a bottle of water, and climb, climb, climb. Out is sunny Phoenix Arizona we have over 100 days of 100 degrees plus temps. Granted it sucks but it beats shoveling the driveway during the winter months in -20 temps.
Yes, don't get me wrong hot wx does stink, and performance factors are an issue but you will not need to worry about ice on your wings when you come out to your ac in the morning.
The hottest temps I ever flown in was when it was 109 a few weeks ago and we were doing hood work. It does not help when you are in a low wing (Diamond DA20) with no sun protection, and a canopy that acts as a greenhouse. Nonetheless, I will still do it in a heart beat.
Halfway to absolute zero, not bad...that's even worse than Maine in the winter, from what I hear.
It was 71 here in NH yesterday...last four mornings I've had to wear my jacket and gloves during my 0515 preflight. Can I be a snowbird at age 23? Winters in Mesa, AZ, summers in NH...life'd be great!