How high can you fly a Cessna 172?

Newps wrote in message news:bZIdc.2682$rg5.27865@attbi_s52...
smackey wrote:

A few months ago I tried to see how high I could go. My plane is a
C172 with 180hp Airplains conversion. Just my wife and me aboard. I
was still climbing at 15,750 msl, but quit since I then needed to
descend at a reasonable rate to land. Nice cool day here in
southcentral Montana. I was still getting a reliable 200'/min climb.

When you gonna get a real hangar and stop letting Corporate Air leave
your plane out all day?

Didn't know they (Edwards, actually) were doing that!! I would really
like to know about it if/when it happens. I call them on my cell
phone when I land, and ask them to put it away, which they say they
will do right away.

smackey wrote:


Didn't know they (Edwards, actually) were doing that!! I would really
like to know about it if/when it happens. I call them on my cell
phone when I land, and ask them to put it away, which they say they
will do right away.

If you are in the front of the hangar and somebody else wants to fly
your plane gets dragged out. Sometimes it will sit on the ramp for
hours before they put it away. Often it will sit for hours after you
leave before they put it back in the hangar. Call Steve at Aerotronics,
many spots available in their 60x60's on the west end.