December 2, 200520 yr Originally posted by angry tanker: 485 in the kc-135, couldn't get the pressurization to hold any hirer. What model tanker? Just curious if it was an R-model with the better pressurization system.
December 4, 200520 yr Sunrise from FL430; and not by much but you COULD see the curvature of the earth. -WARHAWK-
December 4, 200520 yr Originally posted by SUMA: Rocker- Is that Pinacle Mt. in Arkansas? Yep. Been there? Great little short hike, especially if you go up the backside (STS).
December 4, 200520 yr I accidentally kissed the top side of FL500 going through TPS in a Light Grey Eagle... also flew the U-2, but can't talk about that one. As for the lowest... I've touched 30' AGL at 540 KIAS (just shy of .95M) in a T-38 in the Edwards tower fly-by line.
December 4, 200520 yr Rocker- Been there? Roger that. Great hike. I need to be there when another slick does a low-level.
December 20, 200519 yr Originally posted by FourFans130: Where's a U-2 Pilot when you need'm?Checking in, sir,.... at FL700+
December 21, 200519 yr Haha...."+" Clearedhot, how would you handle a go-round in this situation lol?
December 21, 200519 yr Originally posted by war007afa: Haha...."+" Clearedhot, how would you handle a go-round in this situation lol?Well, I'm not CH, but my guess is that you pull back on the stick and enter a closed traffic pattern. Managing energy and knowing where the thermals are around the field help. Never done it, but I've seen it.
December 21, 200519 yr CH, I've been to FL 200 in a TG-3 at the Academy. Denver Center actually opened the wave window for us in the middle of summer. It was probably one of the coolest experiences ever. Got there in a thermal that started at 9k with 2000 VVI and the VVI was pegged passing 180.
December 22, 200519 yr 270 in a tweet, took half of the cross country leg to get there tho. we basically had to crack the canopy and start ditching crap we didn't really need. been much higher in a viper but it just doesn't seem as cool with all that effort...
December 22, 200519 yr Vetter, I've never done the wave gig. I made FL190 in a thermal...it was a wild ride. I hoped to do some wave soaring while I was in New Zealand last month, but the conditions were aweful. I may skull out west to Mindin NV this summer and give the wave gig another shot.
December 22, 200519 yr Originally posted by RedDog: TG3, is that a glider? If so, I assume you have O2 going that high? Of course.
December 22, 200519 yr Hmmm...been known to smoke a fat bowl of crack from time to time (apparently)... [ 21. December 2005, 21:09: Message edited by: zrooster99 ]
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