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Elliott wrote:
Question re Hobbs from an avid lurker: As college student I worked summers in the Hobbs area oil fields under the l06 degree searing heat typical now. I am curious to know what temperatures you might experience up at altitude. Glenn Glenn, It depends on the day and the altitude, but it tends to be very comfortable at typical soaring altitudes. This spring, when it was very warm on the ground at Hobbs, I had a bit of trouble with the canopy frosting up at 17,500 feet. I heard a story of crew person (spouse) quitting forever when they found out about this. They said "you mean it is cool up there?" |
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![]() Larry Pardue wrote: Elliott wrote: Question re Hobbs from an avid lurker: As college student I worked summers in the Hobbs area oil fields under the l06 degree searing heat typical now. I am curious to know what temperatures you might experience up at altitude. Glenn Glenn, It depends on the day and the altitude, but it tends to be very comfortable at typical soaring altitudes. This spring, when it was very warm on the ground at Hobbs, I had a bit of trouble with the canopy frosting up at 17,500 feet. I heard a story of crew person (spouse) quitting forever when they found out about this. They said "you mean it is cool up there?" It's definitely cool! In more ways than one. When I took her up in the UK, my S.O. was enchanted to find that a lot of Brits in East Anglia had swimming pools (1980). Freezing level today in Colorado was about 17833MSL. Lift went above FL180 in the mountains. Frank Whiteley |
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