Slip slidin' away.

"Not in New Mexico I wager"

You got that right! Where I fly the airfield is 128 ft. ASL, we spend a lot of time at or below ridge heights of 4000-6000 feet ASL and to go above 12,500 you need permission from ATC - which is seldom granted. The cockpit is usually a comfortable shirtsleeve temperature - except during the summer on a day with weak lift where you end up sweating buckets as you scratch away at low speed below 3000 for the whole flight.

But you don't have cacti and rattle snakes to worry about!


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"Not in New Mexico I wager"

You got that right! Where I fly the airfield is 128 ft. ASL, we spend a lot
of time at or below ridge heights of 4000-6000 feet ASL and to go above
12,500 you need permission from ATC - which is seldom granted. The cockpit
is usually a comfortable shirtsleeve temperature - except during the summer
on a day with weak lift where you end up sweating buckets as you scratch
away at low speed below 3000 for the whole flight.