- Aircraft Year
- 1974
- Aircraft Type
- 112 Hot Shot
- Reg Number
- N1144J
- Serial Number
- 186
What was the OAT at 7000'?
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- Thread starter sshore
- Start date
What was the OAT at 7000'?
Longview TX
- Aircraft Year
- 1995
- Aircraft Type
- 114B/115
- Reg Number
- N6105U
- Serial Number
- 14625
A balmy 80 degrees. Cooled down to 75 by the time we passed above Dallas. Once we got to 7000' the engine cooled down fine. I just did not feel comfortable climbing all the way to 9000'. Looking back, I might should have played with the mixture a little more. I may have been too lean, but I leaned for max power before TO since the DA was so high.
Jamesdub
New member
Enterprise, AL
- Aircraft Year
- 1978
- Aircraft Type
- 114
- Reg Number
- N114JA
- Serial Number
- 14365
One of my Army postings was Ft. Bliss (El Paso). When asked, most of us picked 'night flights' especially in the summer months. Starting out with a field elv of 4,000' and on those hot days the poor helo's were about at their limit. Recall one afternoon flying Nap of the Earth being at max power and settling onto a sand dune, bouncing off it the machine caught its breath and we were able to continue along . . .
And don't park that 10k pound helo on asphalt in the summer - the skids will sink into the ramp
Worst case I saw of that was at Bullhead City / Lake Havasu where the following morning the crews had to get the city to come out and basically chisel out the formed asphalt from around the skids.
And don't park that 10k pound helo on asphalt in the summer - the skids will sink into the ramp
Worst case I saw of that was at Bullhead City / Lake Havasu where the following morning the crews had to get the city to come out and basically chisel out the formed asphalt from around the skids.
BUFDRVR
New member
Tampa, FL
- Aircraft Type
- Other
One of my Army postings was Ft. Bliss (El Paso). When asked, most of us picked 'night flights' especially in the summer months. Starting out with a field elv of 4,000' and on those hot days the poor helo's were about at their limit. Recall one afternoon flying Nap of the Earth being at max power and settling onto a sand dune, bouncing off it the machine caught its breath and we were able to continue along . . .
And don't park that 10k pound helo on asphalt in the summer - the skids will sink into the ramp
Flew B-52s out of Barksdale AFB from 95 - 03. Our "backyard" low level route was IR-178. It started just southeast of El Paso and ran along the Rio Grande into Big Bend Park then headed north, then back west around Ft. Stockton. It was miserable flying that route in the summer!! Bumpy and HOT! We flew the route at 360 KIAS and the longer version (IR-178CK) took over 2 hours!! Poor navs downstairs were stuck in a windowless oven that bounced up and down. We flew with an Air Force Times reporter and that guy was puking the entire route. When we got back our navigators quote made his article."Navigating in a B-52 at low level is like being stuffed in the trunk of a '73 Impala and driven down a bumpy Texas road in summer while having to do math problems...and every once in a while someone jumps in the trunk with you to go the bathroom." It was an instant B-52 classic among the navigators union!
Jamesdub
New member
Enterprise, AL
- Aircraft Year
- 1978
- Aircraft Type
- 114
- Reg Number
- N114JA
- Serial Number
- 14365
Quick diversion -
Working with Memphis CTR one Sunday morning just around the Tenn / Bama border I received a traffic advisory. "Commander, traffic 'no-factor' at 12 o'clock, 7 miles passing right to left - TWO B-52's"
Not what you normally see on a day to day traffic call.
Chalk Two looked bored and was doing slow S-turns behind lead - but they looked GREAT and made you proud to be an American!!
Working with Memphis CTR one Sunday morning just around the Tenn / Bama border I received a traffic advisory. "Commander, traffic 'no-factor' at 12 o'clock, 7 miles passing right to left - TWO B-52's"
Not what you normally see on a day to day traffic call.
Chalk Two looked bored and was doing slow S-turns behind lead - but they looked GREAT and made you proud to be an American!!
BUFDRVR
New member
Tampa, FL
- Aircraft Type
- Other
Quick diversion -
Working with Memphis CTR one Sunday morning just around the Tenn / Bama border I received a traffic advisory. "Commander, traffic 'no-factor' at 12 o'clock, 7 miles passing right to left - TWO B-52's"
Not what you normally see on a day to day traffic call.
Chalk Two looked bored and was doing slow S-turns behind lead - but they looked GREAT and made you proud to be an American!!
LOVE that airplane and got an appreciation for how much the public likes seeing it when flying. I was going TDY from Minot, where I was stationed at the time, back to Barksdale. As I flew on United near Kansas City, the Captain came on and said "folks on the left side of the plane...if you look out your window you'll see a B-52 doing air refueling with a KC-135." I had to laugh as I knew exactly what AR track they were on. Flew many, many times commercially and never heard a Captain point out another military aircraft.