Draker
Well Known Member
Not really Vans or experimental related, but Air Safety Institute recently posted a new "Accident Case Study" video on the topic of density altitude. As someone who did almost all of his flying in Florida, density altitude has always been this abstract concept to me: something I learned the math on as part of my PPL, but have never practically encountered its effects. I suppose it's one thing to draw the graphs of horsepower and climb performance vs. density altitude, and another thing to deal with it in the air. Maybe this topic is obvious to you highly experienced pilots, but I found the video eye opening. Definitely something to take seriously now that I'm a stone-throw from the Sierras.