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Join the flight levels club
Since we've got the "200 knots" club and it's been around for a while, I thought we should have this one as well. I know quite a few of us have been up there with our RV's, and a couple of us have gone WAY up there.
Anyway, here's my entry, coming back home from Reno 2018, was picking up a trace of ice in the top of a layer at 17,000 so requested FL190 to get clear. ![]() |
Nice numbers :)
170mph at almost 29mpg... hard to beat that!
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Nice numbers :)
170mph at almost 29mpg... hard to beat that!
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That IAS looks like you are flying a U2 :D
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Funny you should mention this. 4 days ago I went up to flight level 180. I wanted to catch a decent Tailwind.
If I had asked for a vector I would have gotten a better one. Here's the video clip. https://youtu.be/70WtaQTKD0c :) CJ |
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Fair enough, Matt.
I did not switch to standard pressure because ATC was waiting for me to reach that altitude and then clear me for my descent and to Plymouth. I guess I was too hasty and should have continued to climb in order to make it an official 18000 at standard pressure. :cool: CJ |
John,
We need to delete your post😂 |
Of course, this assumes NA airspace. In the rest of the world, reaching ?flight levels? is much easier. :)
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Flight Levels begin above 17,500 msl. When the altimeter setting is below 29.92 FL180 is unusable.
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