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Jim

A '79 Tiger ehhhhh, nice

I was wondering about the heat in Plam Springs and if there are any
problems getting out of there when it is relatively hot during the
day. I know that at Tahoe we keep a very close eye on the temp with
the airport being at 6K+. I would like to come back home in the
afternoon and the temps are forecast to be in the mid '90s. Do you
have any experience trying to leave daytime? I just will not try to
fly VFR at night through the mountains at this point in my career. I
also have the concern that the Archer has a 180hp engine. It gets me
out of Tahoe OK, but real slow.

Thanks

Well, the altitude at UDD is 73 feet with a 5000 foot runway, and
with a temp of 104 according to the chart I'm looking at gives a
density altitude of about 3000 feet.

Getting off the ground shouldn't be a problem with an Archer.

UDD is about 20 some miles from the mouth of the pass so getting
to the 4000 feet or so minimum to get through the pass shouldn't
be a problem either.

All the times I've landed at PSP was before I bought the Tiger
and in a 172 and never had any problem getting to altitude
before the pass and PSP is a bit over 10 miles from the pass.

If it were the middle of the summer with temps well over 100
and flying something like a 152 at max gross, you might want
to depart to the south east to gain altitude then turn back
towards the pass, but the Archer should have no problem.

Going through Banning pass at night is no big deal. You just
follow the freeway through.


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Jim Pennino

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