Things to remember in very hot weather

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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writes:

If by "most people" you mean the majority of the people in the world,
you are correct.

If by "most people" you mean the people who live in warm climates
don't fly in hot weather, you are wrong.

I didn't qualify the term, so I mean most people in the world. Someone
who
always flies in moderate weather might easily forget the special
precautions
that must be taken in extremely hot weather, which invalidates the
assertion
that people (pilots) who don't know the answer to my question should not
be
flying.

Likewise, someone who flies in a desert climate where icing and rain are
rarely issues might easily forget the special precautions that apply in
such
conditions.

Since you clarify it in that manner--most people don't fly in average
weather.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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I didn't qualify the term, so I mean most people in the world. Someone
who
always flies in moderate weather might easily forget the special
precautions
that must be taken in extremely hot weather, which invalidates the
assertion
that people (pilots) who don't know the answer to my question should not
be
flying.

This knowledge is required for a private pilot in the USA. I suspect it's
similar for other countries as well. Someone who doesn't know this either is
not a pilot, or somehow has beaten the system. In either case he/she should
not be flying.

Mxsmanic wrote:
muff528 writes:

If that's as high as your airplane will go you probably should get another
airplane. At least don't fly around out west where the hills are higher than
that. Sometimes even the ground is higher than that! :-)

I try to avoid the mountains when flying a small plane.

I love mountain flying... Give me a Piper Supercub on floats (about as
"small" as you can get when I regularly fly a C-185 on amphib floats)
and I'll fly it practically anywhere in the Lower Mainland (and we have
a lot of mountains to the North and East)... :-)

Steve Foley writes:

This knowledge is required for a private pilot in the USA. I suspect it's
similar for other countries as well.

It may be required to pass a test. But pilots aren't tested every day.

Someone who doesn't know this either is
not a pilot, or somehow has beaten the system. In either case he/she should
not be flying.

There are many people with drivers licenses who shouldn't be driving, and yet,
there they are.

writes:

Freezing rain or embedded thunderstorms would certainly raise the
discomfort level for this pilot more than would temps 100 degrees F.

Not necessarily. Heat kills more readily than cold.

On Jul 1, 5:35 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
Freezing rain or embedded thunderstorms would certainly raise the
discomfort level for this pilot more than would temps 100 degrees F.

Not necessarily. Heat kills more readily than cold.


Oh, I LOVE this. A sim player is telling me, a real card carrying
pilot, that I do not necessarily worry more about flying when there is
freezing rain and embedded thunderstorms than I do about flying when
it's hot? Would you rather fly when there's freezing rain in the
forecast, or embedded thunderstroms, than when it's over 43 C?

Since you're telling me what I should think, why not tell me what I
thing about your opinion?

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

writes:

Freezing rain or embedded thunderstorms would certainly raise the
discomfort level for this pilot more than would temps 100 degrees F.

Not necessarily. Heat kills more readily than cold.

Slithering like a snake again, aren't you Anthony. Fjuktjard.

Mxsmanic wrote:

What are the main things I have to give special consideration to when
preparing to fly in very hot weather (43° C)?

Irrelevant. You don't fly. You aren't preparing to fly. It isn't
43 deg C where you are right now.

Mxsmanic wrote:

I might have an accident.

So?

Mxsmanic wrote:

I try to avoid the mountains when flying a small plane.

You don't fly a plane of any size. Therefore, you don't have any
mountains to avoid.