cnoe Posted July 27, 2015 Report Posted July 27, 2015 Come on Paul; when you live down here you have to EMBRACE the climate! And the ice-cube air-conditioner works great for me too! A friend and his wife visited this weekend so I spent Saturday giving him a tour of the area by air. The FBO at Houston Southwest filled my 5-gallon Home Depot bucket with free ice which Tom @ SuccessAviation delivered to the plane via golf cart. Fire up the engine and immediately start the AC with all vents/door closed. Barely broke a sweat. Made a hasty climb to 7,500' to reach the mid-70s and turned off the AC to save ice. Intercepted the beach near Surfside and followed it eastward across Galveston then Bolivar peninsula making a 180 at High Island with a slow descent back into Galveston (KGLS) running the AC again below 2,500'. The line crew there gave us a courtesy golf-cart ride to Moody Gardens and back for lunch (modest tip appreciated). From there it was north (with AC) past the San Jacinto Monument at 3,500' (a bit warmer saving AC ice for the later descent back into KAXH). At the Monument we turned back through the VFR corridor between KHOU and KIAH over downtown Houston. Houston Approach was great clearing us through the corridor (actually into Bravo airspace) at 2,500' before turning us direct back to Houston Southwest RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF DOWNTOWN about 1,500' AGL over Chase Tower. They had NEVER given me that route before and the view was GREAT! Thanks Houston Approach! We turned on the AC again descending through 2,000' and rolled all the way to the FBO with the vents and door closed. As we unloaded I checked the ice box to find no ice remaining, but the water was still cold. Plus 1 for the ice units! P.S. Can't wait to hear all the tales from Mooney Caravan 2015! 1 Quote
MyNameIsNobody Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 I just realized why I live in the north and visit in the winter. It it hot enough up here. I too get High to stay dry. Quote
Bob_Belville Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 After flying NC-ME-NC this month I'm thinking to have find curtains for my old E. The holes for the curtain rods are still there. Nancy suffered going NE and I got the sun yesterday flying SE. Hot @ 10,000 with OAT of 12C. FL/TX? Don't think so. Quote
1964-M20E Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 Fly high!! The only draw back is take off and landing especially if ATC keep you down low for a while. The only time I'm below 6000 is if my flight is less than 1 hour and if the fight is less than 1 hour I will tend to drive but there are exceptions. Quote
StinkBug Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 After flying NC-ME-NC this month I'm thinking to have find curtains for my old E. The holes for the curtain rods are still there. Nancy suffered going NE and I got the sun yesterday flying SE. Hot @ 10,000 with OAT of 12C. FL/TX? Don't think so. I got 4 of those tinted static cling window shades they make for car windows with small children inside. cut them to fit the Mooney windows and just stick em on when needed. You can still see through, but it helps a ton with the sun. The back ones stay on all the time now and I just put the front ones up as needed. 2 Quote
Marauder Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 I did a Pilots N Paws trip this month to New England. At altitude the humidity was low and the temps were great. On the way back, we descended below the cloud deck about 30 miles out and were greeted by Dante's 7th level of Hell. Never had experienced such a dramatic temperature and humidity change. Good thing was we had no pups with us. It would have been miserable for them. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
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