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Water for Wintery FLights
Another option, of course, is to just fly dry. Accept
the lower speed and the rougher ride in turbulence, and just fly. Heck, it has been done that way before! As for studies, I remember hearing of Bob Barber flying his Mosquito wet, high, under a cloudstreet in Colorado. He would get stalagmites forming on the vent holes in the fill caps when under the cloud. They would melt if he moved out from under the cloud and out into the sunshine. Ask Klaus Ohlman what he does. He spends more time above the freezing level that just about anyone else I know of. I think Gordon flies his Kestrel dry. But, it has bags. Steve Leonard Wichita, KS Where the wind is blowing 25-30, and there is no ridge to make lift. |
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