"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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It was a cessna 150

The reason I ask is that certain model 172's are susceptible to
vapour lock above 5000' & the symptoms you had were identical
to what happened to me some years back (engine cut out at
7500' & restarted on its own after I'd decended to 3800').

Avgas or Mogas?

"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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All I can say is what a trip I never had carburetor ice so bad that
the
engine went out what a rush it was and the wife really enjoyed the
little
1
day vacation in paradise.

You don't say what plane you were in. Was it by any chance a
carbureted Cessna 172?