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Old July 8th 07, 01:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
buttman
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Default Withering heat...

On Jul 7, 2:05 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
It was 94 degree here at 11 AM, with enough humidity to curl my ever-
diminishing hair.


Tell me about it. Yesterday I had to do 2 flights in a C-152 with a
leaking heater when the nearest METAR was reading 41 C. And it was at
dusk.

For you metrically impaired, 41 C is almost 106 F. The worst is the
flight school I work at makes everyone fly wearing uniforms. Long
black pants, white shirt, and black tie. The only way to do it without
passing out of heat stroke is to climb up to 5000 feet where its only
in the upper 80s, and open both windows. Its noisy and you're still
sweating, but it's all you can do.