![]() Weather Ahead… We knew when we were planning the route that morning that we were going to have to get around a cold front that was slowly falling south from Canada. ![]() As we were departing, the controller even asked if we were going to Oshkosh… he sees a lot of RV’s stopping there during Airventure week. As expected with the high density altitude, we rolled a lot further down the runway before lifting off, but soon we were climbing out and heading east. ![]() Long Roll… After “holding short” for a few planes on final, we were finally give clearance to takeoff and get out of this sweltering heat. So, on this day, at this location and temperature, with the wheels on the ground our plane would climb like it is already at 7,000 feet… not too good, but well within her performance limits. The higher a plane climbs the harder it is to continue that climb. The automated weather at the airport was indicating a density altitude of over 7,000 feet… with a field elevation of 3,200 feet, thats a lot of DA! To the non-pilots out there, density altitude is a calculation that tells you basically where the plane “feels” like it is. By the time we packed everything up and loaded the airplane at KRAP it was 10:00 and the temps were already in the 90’s. This would make it hard to get into Oshkosh before the airshow closed the field, so we decided to get as close as we could, find a hotel, take good shower and spend the night in an air conditioned room. It was only a five hour flight, but we would would lose a time zone hour traveling east. So, we decided to break camp a day early and try to get as close to Oshkosh as we could. Density Altitude…It was Monday morning and the forecast was still looking a little nasty for the next few days.
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