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Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

We may be the best pilot ever born, but we can’t force a tired Skyhawk to climb above its genuine absolute ceiling, undefined by any performance chart. Can you fly a zero-thrust, single-engine approach to minimums today? But the reported ceiling was only 400 feet at the appointed hour. Probably not without some practice.