Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
That's straight forward, but, if you are in the middle of nowhere and cannot get the local altimeter setting before taking off, is it OK / sufficient to use the GPS altitude to set your altimeter prior to takeoff?Comment on "Flying 14,000 feet through San Juan Mountains, Colorado"
ULtrikeoilot, thank for your nice comment on the movie. I don't think yu have any issue to take from Mineral Counrty Airport. Especially, the air temp is lower than 50 degree in early summer morning, which makes density altitude lower.Comment on "white eagles first engine out in soaring trike at elk river fly in"
Guess what!! This trike engined out on me at E...ot; typing this now. It was at high density altitude (and I could use some Lipo my...gth for takeoff, but was not where I wanted to be altitude-wise at 1/2 field (short fiel...