"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz *AT* adelphia *DOT* net wrote in
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Man, I hope you've got better seat cushions than I'm sitting on.
After about 90 mins, my ass is asleep in the R22..

Yep, Call Oregon Aero http://www.oregonaero.com/ they make these magic
portable seat
cushions that are a total godsend.


If I had a 600SHP turbine behind me instead of 124hp of Lycoming 4
cylinder, I could get much higher.

I dont have 600HP... Im only allowed to use 275 of the available horsies in
cruise
because doing otherwise tends to rip the teeth off the transmission.

THIS is one of my greatest fears in flying. Right now, if I even see
a tower of any kind, I fly right over the top of it.

I dont mean to be preachie, but you've got to be carefull when going
straight over
the top of a tower, especially on lower viz days. Sometimes the lights are
out of service
and you cant see the actual top. BTW: never trust the charted tower
heights, they are
frequently very wrong. ( I reported one to NOAA that was about 800 ft taller
than
what the chart said, and its still not fixed two years later.)

CYA,
Bart