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Major Nikon

(36,922 posts) Wed Aug 2, 2017, 08:32 PM Aug 2017

Gonna go get high in CO next month

Over Labor Day weekend, I'm going to land (and hopefully take off) from the highest elevation airport in the US in my private plane:

http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/lists/2014/08/10-highest-airports-in-the-united-states/

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Gonna go get high in CO next month (Original Post) Major Nikon Aug 2017 OP

I knew it had to be something to do with your plane. Kali Aug 2017 #1

I may not need any Major Nikon Aug 2017 #2

Here's the video update from yesterday Major Nikon Sep 2017 #3

Was that you I saw in the little canard aircraft yesterday? bluedigger Sep 2017 #4

The closest I got to there was Salida Major Nikon Sep 2017 #5

Kali

(56,362 posts)

1. I knew it had to be something to do with your plane.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 12:29 AM

Aug 2017

I still have an urge to do a road trip just for the thrill of a legal smoke, even though I rarely indulge at all anymore.

Major Nikon

(36,922 posts)

2. I may not need any

Reply to Kali (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 09:23 AM

Aug 2017

The airport elevation is already close to the legal altitude limit you can fly in a non-pressurized aircraft without supplemental oxygen. The higher the temperature, the greater the effect will be.