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12-31-2018, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
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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. 
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12-31-2018, 01:46 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Cottontown, TN
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Nice numbers :)
170mph at almost 29mpg... hard to beat that!
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12-31-2018, 01:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Cottontown, TN
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Nice numbers :)
170mph at almost 29mpg... hard to beat that!
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12-31-2018, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Hilton Head Island
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That IAS looks like you are flying a U2 
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12-31-2018, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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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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12-31-2018, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 300
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain_John
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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I don't mean to burst your bubble, but you were really at FL174 or so. When hitting FL180 you switch to 29.92 on your altimeter.
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12-31-2018, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: KPYM
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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.
 CJ
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12-31-2018, 03:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
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John,
We need to delete your post😂
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01-01-2019, 03:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: CYQA Canada
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Of course, this assumes NA airspace. In the rest of the world, reaching ?flight levels? is much easier. 
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01-01-2019, 08:07 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Sherman, CT
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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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