X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:52:21 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from nm27-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.91.187] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTPS id 6010901 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:22:37 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.138.91.187; envelope-from=casey.gary@yahoo.com Received: from [98.138.90.48] by nm27.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jan 2013 13:22:01 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.171] by tm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jan 2013 13:22:01 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1027.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jan 2013 13:22:01 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 475139.48949.bm@omp1027.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 57588 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jan 2013 13:22:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ZTCyCA8JQIHg2fxN2xIaNCx8orpz8i7bDLKM1JwAO8vYxjJwasma9IV61Sa5cP3p2l934L9iZHy/JsxAfRaFo/4upwhwxW887FsouxD685nlN/QCpx02dJMpvpd73PhBj8uqgzrqOke5wND/iU59+1LisBbAl9y6Nbs+ZsLjGOI=; X-YMail-OSG: TsA1B6wVM1kTXhRmLM7KdmPCQv57QAYkFQISQQ4cUSdIeJn q.xmS6NbhcDFUzxvvyj5KFAy86um0XuicjAeKz5DNfNG.VAf8eF_QUEUCZiG ds0o5aHb8VqghvbB.ljna2PGHUKHGmsRHid4OpfT5x2F8UWURrRtkWJ2N9CS .7jUR.ku_DC5wiDN5vUdeiNFrZHcwlu5z1r1baY5n651MdBaUM9HTThBgRUJ 2_KZuxXQCRPx7MvH8f5BCdGs6MiiA6I6l9yfOe7_7paYF5M8wSXBW8704b0X zY4xMYiKKmyDcFB40fIc0NjmzjwqyoBDIDu1JXK.1Cm8dReNb801MiNrPIv9 sdBb8otgNG9SPLY6_VrF4BHwyU1iO65E6i4ZpRTGrL0v8iwsDGLWwzFG0O93 p7dCVCO4VzHBXVXsZqEO2rbsa6sEc2V0lRIUtjD3oktsR2LuIZ3xrtKike5h DntICsAY3ztwzgPEw0ssRc0pbXFHhlQYjpV_dyzLq8DqCjgFrsEqabSQJiMI gQVpcQlOr1In7Vjwn4D06lev.fw-- Received: from [71.208.242.135] by web120105.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:22:01 PST X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 001.001,SSBoYXBwZW5lZCB0byBiZSBhdCB0aGF0IG9uZSBwbGFjZSBHcmF5aGF3ayB0YWxrcyBhYm91dCBvbiBhIGNvb2wgZGF5IGluIE5vdmVtYmVyLiDCoEkgaGFwcGVuZWQgdG8gbm90aWNlIHRoYXQgdGhlIHRlbXBlcmF0dXJlIHdhcyBhYm91dCA1OUYsIHRoZSBiYXJvbWV0ZXIgd2FzIGFib3V0IDI5LjkyIGFuZCBuYXR1cmFsbHksIHRoZSBodW1pZGl0eSB3YXMgYWxtb3N0IHplcm8uIMKgQW4gb3Bwb3J0dW5pdHkgdG9vIGdvb2QgdG8gcGFzcyB1cC4gwqBTbyBJIHRvb2sgb2ZmIGZyb20gRnVybmFjZSBDcmVlayABMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.130.494 References: X-Original-Message-ID: <1358169721.88340.YahooMailNeo@web120105.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:22:01 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Casey Reply-To: Gary Casey Subject: Re: LML roots X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-1460980517-1484065195-1358169721=:88340" ---1460980517-1484065195-1358169721=:88340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I happened to be at that one place Grayhawk talks about on a cool day in No= vember. =A0I happened to notice that the temperature was about 59F, the bar= ometer was about 29.92 and naturally, the humidity was almost zero. =A0An o= pportunity too good to pass up. =A0So I took off from Furnace Creek in my C= ardinal (a little below gross, I'll admit) and held it down to 200 AGL (zer= o MSL) over the salt flats until the speed stabilized. =A0It got up to with= in a knot or two of the factory-claimed top speed. =A0I took a picture of t= he airspeed indicator and altimeter for a keepsake. =A0So it can be done.= =0AGary=0A=0AFred,=0A=A0=0AYep, and flying in the ETE or backwards is no he= lp.=A0 The problem=A0of flying at sea level over land is well known as the = only place in the US is abnormally hot too.=A0 Equine power (HP) is another= weirdo since the FAA, in concert with the aviation-industrial complex, use= s sea level (baro setting)=A0with dry air at 15C=A0to rate it.=A0The SAE is= a bit more reasonable in that they use a higher temperature and a lower ba= ro (I think they try the dry air trick also) that would lower the HP=A0rati= ng of aircraft engines by 5% (?, could be more) using their formulation.=0A= =A0=0A=A0=0AEgads, I blather on............=0A=A0=0AGrayhawk ---1460980517-1484065195-1358169721=:88340 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I happened to = be at that one place Grayhawk talks about on a cool day in November.  = I happened to notice that the temperature was about 59F, the barometer was = about 29.92 and naturally, the humidity was almost zero.  An opportuni= ty too good to pass up.  So I took off from Furnace Creek in my Cardin= al (a little below gross, I'll admit) and held it down to 200 AGL (zero MSL= ) over the salt flats until the speed stabilized.  It got up to within= a knot or two of the factory-claimed top speed.  I took a picture of = the airspeed indicator and altimeter for a keepsake.  So it can be don= e.
Gary