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Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

Let’s break it all down here: 400 feet of ceiling (broken/ overcast/obscured) means that you’ll remain under that cloud deck until your altimeter reads 5,200 feet and you will also need to have 2-1/4 miles of visibility. That’s a big difference from standard isn’t it? feet per minute). Multiply 1.5 Woah, can my Warrior do that?

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Flying a Skylane From Canada to Belize

Air Facts

This was indeed the case as I observed my GPS indicated ground speed to be 165 Knots. I encountered unexpected headwinds to start, slowing my groundspeed down to 75 knots at times. Additionally, the needle on my altimeter at one point was swinging through 500 increments!

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