I was clearing out a bunch of old files on my Mac and found these two photographs of a trip I took with a couple of friends many years ago. We flew a Cessna 182 RG (that is, with retractable gear) to go hiking in Wyoming. This Cessna - C-GMUG - had turbocharging, so she could fly really high - much higher than we could breath, so it was equipped with oxygen. In the photo below you can see the oxygen nasal tube connected to an outlet above and to my right. You can also see that we are flying at just over 13,500 feet.
The photo below is our short final approach on to runway 21 at Laramie,Wyoming. The field elevation is over 7,000 feet!! When we took off a few days later, the outside air temperature was just below 90 degrees F. Density altitude being what it is, the takeoff required a good bit of the runway - even with turbocharging.
The photo below is our short final approach on to runway 21 at Laramie,Wyoming. The field elevation is over 7,000 feet!! When we took off a few days later, the outside air temperature was just below 90 degrees F. Density altitude being what it is, the takeoff required a good bit of the runway - even with turbocharging.
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