Allen, thanks. This particular club airplane is a 172N with an M
engine, and it normally climbs like nobody's business. Climb
performance was definitely diminished, but still reasonable. As you
suggest, because climb performance was down, getting to altitude was a
little more of a chore, but I had to go up to at least 6,500, about
3,000 agl of the highest terrain, to avoid the worst part of the smoke
plume from a forest fire that was in my way. In retrospect, I should
have climbed to 7,500 because forward viz was still not ideal for a few
minutes...

Wiz


A Lieberman wrote:
On 22 Apr 2006 10:32:32 -0700, Wiz wrote:

Oops - forgot the link to the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5572722...7594113899664/

Thanks for posting your experiences Wiz! Great approach pic as well!

With a density altitude of 5200, how did your plane perform on take off?

How high did you go with such a high density altitude for your ride back
home?

Allen