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Spool up the projector... great FAA density altitude video

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Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:55 am

Re: Spool up the projector... great FAA density altitude vid

Update: A friend is flying out west right now with some forecast heat so I was obligated to send him Harry Bliss and his Bonanza adventures. I've updated the dead video link. Back to page 1...>
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Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:02 pm

Re: Spool up the projector... great FAA density altitude vid

Today Mammoth Yosemite Airport has a DA 10,181 FT (ISA +54F). Gusts up to 25kts with turbulence. The Sierra Mountains are beautiful but deadly.

Don’t get caught with Steve Fossett syndrome:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett#Death

On July 9, 2009, the NTSB declared the probable cause of the crash as "the pilot's inadvertent encounter with downdrafts that exceeded the climb capability of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the downdrafts, high density altitude, and mountainous terrain."[97]


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