Your favorite altitude

When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

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When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

The question makes no sense as written.

Generally 3000 AGL minimum to have some glide room if the engine quits.

For short trips, 4500/5500 MSL, longer trips 5500/6500, real long
trips or over mountains, 7500/8500.

A Tiger.

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Jim Pennino

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In mountainous areas, I like to stay at least 1000 ft. above the
highest terrain along the course. More if the winds aloft are high.
Out here in the west, it always seems like I'm bumping up against the
oxygen altitude limits if I'm IFR though...

--Dan



On Apr 11, 12:55 pm, wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

The question makes no sense as written.

Generally 3000 AGL minimum to have some glide room if the engine quits.

For short trips, 4500/5500 MSL, longer trips 5500/6500, real long
trips or over mountains, 7500/8500.

A Tiger.

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Jim Pennino

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On Apr 11, 12:25 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

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It totally depends on what you are flying. I'm much more comfortable
below 1,000 in the J-3 vs the M20.

-Robert

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When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what
altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at
what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort?
Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

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More that once over the plains around Amarillo Texas I would fly cross
country at about 3 feet. I had to climb to go over the barbed wire fences.
Perfectly legal as best I could tell. I could easily have landed if my
engine quit. It is REALLY flat up there.

Danny Deger

On Apr 12, 8:07 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
On Apr 11, 12:25 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

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It totally depends on what you are flying. I'm much more comfortable
below 1,000 in the J-3 vs the M20.

anything that clears the granite overcast :-)

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When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what
altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at
what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort?
Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?


From 3' to 10,000' depending on the aircraft, population, terran and purpose
of the flight.

Given favorable winds, I like to fly at 7-9000 over the plains. In
mountains, which I don't do much any more, I like to be as high as I
can without oxygen considerations, which usually means 10-12,000 if
not for too long, or if more than half an hour I start using O2.

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When you are flying VFR in good weather, what is your "comfort zone" for
altitude (irrespective of regulatory or other restrictions)? At what altitude
AGL do you find that you feel a little too close to the ground, and at what
altitude MSL do you find that you feel too high for your own comfort? Also,
what type of aircraft do you normally fly (just to put these numbers in
perspective)?

Well there's safety in altitude - but it's highly dependant on
circumstance...

A flight I like to do (from NZCH) is head out over the city (within the
CTR so tower provides an upper limit) and then circumnavigate Banks
Peninsula (1,000' to 3,000' or above - thereabouts), then arrive back
via New Brighton and nip along the beach at 500' AGL (passensgers get a
great sense of speed and exhileration - and if I have an engine problem
I can drop the plane on the beach easy as), then climb up to 1,500' and
do a T&G at Rangiora (NZRT) and then back to NZCH per tower
instructions.

Great fun, not expensive, very safe.

--
Duncan

I like to fly low. Ideally, I'd fly 500 feet above the treetops in good
visibility. It's a great XC excercise, but WATCH FOR TOWERS!
Most often I'm a thousand or two above the ground, depending on terrain.
Windy and hilly make me want some more altitude. I will climb for a
good tailwind and to remain within gliding distance of land.

The view is quite different at nine thousand than at two.

Jose
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