03 March 2006

Flying in the Top End

For all the flyers out there:

I can't remember if I've shared this little bit of equatorial flying trivia before: I was chatting up the pilot back at William Creek on the trip up to Alice Springs. You know, that Cessna 210 flight I did...

Anyway, he was talking about the conditions they have to deal with in Arnhem Land during the Wet (summer). Now Arnhem Land is a little corner of land northeast of Darwin that is owned by Aborigines. It gets hot there, as I've now experienced... coupled with the humidity, as I've now experienced... alright, very hot and very humid. What does that give you? Density Altitude!!

How does a 19,000' density altitude sound?

Hu-wah!

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