On Oct 16, 12:29 pm, "Kev" wrote:
Nor is the heat as good (if any!). In the winter, you can freeze to
death in the back seat of a small plane without a blanket. while the
pilots' toes are roasting.

I was flying back from a day on the beach at Galveston one evening... I
had just been wearing flops, but I don't like the feel of them when I'm
flying, so I toss them in the back and fly barefoot... It was late in
the year and had gotten a bit cool, so I turne on the heater... Didn't
need my feet on the pedals, so they were flat on the floor... The route
back to my home airport didn't require much in the way of banked turns,
so I never had to move my feet... I'm doing a straight in approach for
27 at AXH and I then needed to operate the rudder pedals once I got on
short final since there is *always* a crosswind at AXH... Let's just
say that it was an interesting experience... I couldn't keep my feet on
the rudder pedals for more than a couple of seconds because they were
so hot... I quickly turned the heat off, but they weren't going to
dissipate that heat very quickly... End result were some rather toasty
areas on the bottom of my feet and a longer rollout than normal... And
a note to myself to not do that again... grin