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Warm weather had to get out of MN! Cold!

aaronk25

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Took off yesterday in the mooney from Rochester MN and flew 190 all the way to KHRL down near the southern tip of texas in my J.

It was so nice to get some warmth and feel a little humidity. We still have 20+ inches of ice in MN.

Interesting enough I was going to commitment about the IAS when I left it was -10c and it was 25c down here and although I have flown in both temp extremes, with alot larger spread than that, I have never done it in a day. There was a noticeable IAS loss of about 5kts. This makes me think about some posts in the past where it seems like I am always running a bit faster at a given power setting, which I realize now I'm not, it's just its colder in MN than the south where a majority of mooney spacer's live.

I also love the cheaper gas down here.

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Little basket ball not much....several small airports have gas at $4.75 and one at $4.20. I skirted around the front side of that weather system on the way down. Ill be glad when were out of ice season.

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