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Density Altitude

Inspire

JANUARY 18, 2022

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Steve Krog discusses the importance of understanding and accounting for density altitude in his latest column. The post Density Altitude first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Hangar

Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather

The Sum of All Factors

Inspire

JULY 7, 2022

Rossier discusses the impact of density altitude on aircraft performance. The post The Sum of All Factors first appeared on Hangar Flying. In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N.

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Density Altitude Hangar

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

I spent a few months researching aircraft performance and high altitude airport flying techniques. Density Altitude Piston engines, wings, and propellers lose efficiency as they climb to less dense air at higher altitudes. Pressure altitudes were converted to density altitude.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator

Centerline, centerline, centerline

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. Even though this was late May, it was early enough in the day that the temperatures and density altitude hadn’t climbed to outrageous heights—yet.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway

New Garden for Service

Gary's Flight Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Something about the best laid plans… I didn’t go back to the hangar last night to plug in, I should have. Density altitude was -1,800 feet. It took awhile to start, and then warm up 3 Tango Charlie. I set up four cameras this morning so I hope the video turns out interesting and entertaining.

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Density Altitude Firewall Runway Approach

High Country View

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. I don’t recall how we did it, 50 years ago, but I still remember being told not to pound on the C172.

Knot

Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed

Why Did I Buy a V3M? Plus: Was It the Right Choice?

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Self-launch from high-altitude airports, not just from Boulder but also after a possible landout at another airport. The density altitude can be several thousand feet higher. There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. Boulder is at 5,300 ft, Salida at 7,500, Leadville at 10,000.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway

High Country View

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. I don’t recall how we did it, 50 years ago, but I still remember being told not to pound on the C172.

Knot

Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed

Unbolted in Fairfield (Update on the 2022 Bell 407 GXP Crash)

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The operator had a surveillance camera inside the hangar to capture the work and the preflight inspections. As a result, the checks were much more informal: usually the Director of Maintenance would check the work performed by the mechanics and he would ask the mechanics to check his work.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot

Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

And the finest example of a Cirrus SR22 is not going to want to lift a full load out of a backcountry strip on a warm afternoon with a density altitude reading five digits. 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.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Airplanes Pilot Wind Shear

Cold Cases

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The airplane’s engine, propeller, and wings, which have struggled all summer against the ravages of high temperatures and density altitude, are now in their happy place. Ramps need plowing, the T-hangar door is frozen closed, the fuel truck won’t start, and there is a waiting list for deicing.

Ceiling

Ceiling Airplanes Weather Density Altitude

Cold Cases

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The airplane’s engine, propeller, and wings, which have struggled all summer against the ravages of high temperatures and density altitude, are now in their happy place. Ramps need plowing, the T-hangar door is frozen closed, the fuel truck won’t start, and there is a waiting list for deicing.

Ceiling

Ceiling Airplanes Weather Density Altitude

Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

It was 87° F, a density altitude of 7300 feet and we ended up with four people, 120 gallons plus baggage, and we got off in 2400 feet with naturally aspirated engines. At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar.

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