I went up today in our Cherokee 180 to knock some rust off. Had full fuel,
but was by myself. Tried to do a short field take-off, but after rotating &
pitching up to an insane attitude, I was still about 5 knots above Vx.

Cool.


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
And you don't have to climb to 10,000 just to get some cool
air out of the vent.


"Leonard Ellis" wrote in message
t...
| Amen. I took off to play a bit on Friday afternoon and
pulled the Skyhawk
| out of the hanger for some fun. I love her performance
when the weather is
| cool and clear and I'm flying by myself at half fuel.
Certainly more fun
| than a full gross takeoff in August!
|
| Cheers,
| Leonard
| "Jay Honeck" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| Anyway, after enough ground idle to get the oil
temperature into the
| yellow,
| plus a run-up for a couple of bonus degrees, off I
went, and what a ride!
| Off the ground, keep it low, 140+ knots at the other
end of the runway,
| and
| up, up, up in a climbing turn into the crosswind... It
is amazing how
| much
| more performance the airplane has in 20F, compared to
90F.
|
| Ain't it great? I tell everyone I meet how great winter
flying is, and
| am often met with stares of incredulity. It seems a lot
of guys park
| 'em in the fall, and break 'em out in the spring, and
never touch 'em
| in between. I think they're missing the best flying
weather of the
| year.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|
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