"Duane MacInnis" writes:

To offset that is the comfort in the summer. An aircraft cockpit is
like a solar oven, and in this regard the Grumman is a real sweetie.
Open the canopy, and we are coooool. Pipers, which I use for
training, are just awful. I can't understand why people who design
and build airplanes in a hot place like Wichita, would build one
without cross ventilation -- like TWO DOORS.

Fair enough, but my Warrior is comfortable on a hot day as soon as I
start the big fan on the front then stick my little plastic scoop out
the pilot-side window to channel the wind inside. A sliding canopy
would be great, of course, but there are easy ways to cope -- if you
don't have the air scoops on the training Pipers, you might suggest
that the owners install them.


All the best,


David

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