Graeme, It is often much more comfortable flying above the
thermal layer and if you are going a few hundred miles
then climbing up to 5 or 6 thousand feet may be well
worthwhile. Winds at that level are often much the same as
at 2000ft., but with a GPS giving you ground speed you can
always check you re not getting increased headwinds. If
you have a 914 then you actually save a fair amount of
fuel, although this is not the case with non turbocharged
engines.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
"graeme bird" <graeme@gdbmk.co.uk> wrote:
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> I notice it seems to be popular to fly at highish
>altitudes. I must admit even with an IMC and when I had
>an IMC legal plane I have always been reluctant to spend
>the time climbing, feels the winds are stronger higher,
>the scenery is less interesting and the engine
>performance is worse.
> On the other hand the air is thinner and maybe the
>engine performance is not so bad, though its not turbo
>charged. I may have it wrong, any views?
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