10,500 feet is way the heck up there!

2. The kids thought it was great! With hundreds of hours in the air over
the last nine years, my kids are old pros that only rarely look out the
windows anymore.

Function of their youth, I suspect. After 50+ years of flying, I
still love gawking at the scenery going by. (Even over Iowa!)

Do those kids still say "Are we there yet?"

3. Spiraling down from 2 miles over the airport takes a LONG time! I tried
to maintain a nice, easy 300 - 400 fpm descent, which meant circling the
airport for twenty minutes in order to land!

Consider what that means if your engine quits. You have a heck of
along time to find a nice big field, and it can be miles away!

When I fly north out of here (central PA) there ain't nothing but
mountains covered by trees. I get pretty high.

vince norris

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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3. Spiraling down from 2 miles over the airport takes a LONG time! I
tried
to maintain a nice, easy 300 - 400 fpm descent, which meant circling the
airport for twenty minutes in order to land!

Consider what that means if your engine quits. You have a heck of
along time to find a nice big field, and it can be miles away!

I would think that, when circling over an airport, one wouldn't bother
looking for a nice big field to land in, especially if it meant landing
miles away.

Pete

Consider what that means if your engine quits. You have a heck of
along time to find a nice big field, and it can be miles away!

I would think that, when circling over an airport, one wouldn't bother
looking for a nice big field to land in, especially if it meant landing
miles away.

I meant, and should have said, "... if your engine quits when you're
on a cross-country--especially over mountainous terrain."

Out where Jay lives, you're over an "airport" no matter where you
are--except perhaps downtown Des Moines.

vince norris

"vincent p. norris" wrote:
Do those kids still say "Are we there yet?"

That doesn't bother me. It's when they say "I REALLY have to go to the
bathroom!!!", and the piddle-packs won't solve the problem.

john smith wrote:

That doesn't bother me. It's when they say "I REALLY have to go to the
bathroom!!!", and the piddle-packs won't solve the problem.

Had that happen once at 10,500' smack dab in the middle of the Bristol class-D
(or, at least, the airspace over it). I'm looking down at the Tri-cities runways
when that line comes out of my stepson.

He had to change shorts at Rogersville.

I guess I could've declared an emergency due to hydraulic system failure.

George Patterson
A woman's perfect breakfast occurs when she's sitting at the table sipping
gourmet coffee while looking at pictures of her son on the cover of Sports
Illustrated, her daughter on the cover of Business Week, her boyfriend on
the cover of Playgirl, and her husband on the back of the milk carton.