Utah trip

[DavidWhite]

Little bit of background information here: I'm a 16 year old student pilot stuck in aviation limbo. I cant get my license, even though I have the required hours. My parents bought a Cessna 172 for me to do my flight training in and let me go up to Utah to fly back with an airline pilot friend of the owner (and very knowledgable CFI)

Route of flight 42U-KTEX-KROW-KBAZ We expected to make an extra stop, but we had about 40 knot tailwinds for most of the trip.

Heres some pictures

Just taking off, ceilings were kinda low, but better to the south

Big mountain near Salt lake city

Final into Telluride Colorado. Since we wanted Self Serve fuel they charged us a landing fee. For every 1000 pounds of gross landing weight, they charged us........

2 Dollars. For a total of $5.45. I'd imagine it had probably been awhile since someone payed cash for a landing fee.

Boneyard at roswell. Everything from DC9s to 747s. Its sad to see all of those airplanes sitting out there.

Just thought I'd share my flight.

Fair skies and tailwinds,

David

 

[denverpilot]

Cool photos and story! Did you like the saddle-shape of the runway at TEX?

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Awesome! And you probably have a better appreciation of density altitude now than most pilots do...

 

[DavidWhite]

Awesome! And you probably have a better appreciation of density altitude now than most pilots do...

113 at Telluride when we landed. I was really suprised I wasnt hypoxic, as I live at 800 feet. The pilot was suprised too

 

[denverpilot]

113 at Telluride when we landed. I was really suprised I wasnt hypoxic, as I live at 800 feet. The pilot was suprised too

You probably were, to be quite honest. All you'd had to do to find out would be to jog once around the ramp. Your recovery time would have been anywhere from twice to four times as long, and you'd probably have developed a headache.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

113 at Telluride when we landed. I was really suprised I wasnt hypoxic, as I live at 800 feet. The pilot was suprised too

Cool. It was 12,200 when I landed at Leadville a couple years ago. Did you have a pulse oximeter? If so, what was it reading up there?

You probably were, to be quite honest. All you'd had to do to find out would be to jog once around the ramp. Your recovery time would have been anywhere from twice to four times as long, and you'd probably have developed a headache.

I remember stopping at the top of Vail Pass to chip all the ice off my windshield and wipers once - Getting down out of the truck and climbing back up onto the steer tire made me winded!

 

[Everskyward]

Cool photos and story! Did you like the saddle-shape of the runway at TEX?

They took some of the saddle out of the runway a few years ago so now it's only a mild saddle. It was definitely pretty pronounced before that. I landed there the first time, years ago, without being aware that it was going to be like that and it was a surprise!

 

[gismo]

113 at Telluride when we landed. I was really suprised I wasnt hypoxic, as I live at 800 feet. The pilot was suprised too

You probably were mildly hypoxic but not enough to make it obvious. FWIW, DA has no bearing on your blood oxygen levels, only PA as the air will be near your core body temp inside your lungs no matter what the OAT is.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

You probably were mildly hypoxic but not enough to make it obvious. FWIW, DA has no bearing on your blood oxygen levels, only PA as the air will be near your core body temp inside your lungs no matter what the OAT is.

Does it really change that fast? I know there have been many times where I've exerted myself and been huffing and puffing outside in the hot humid air, and going inside and breathing cool, air-conditioned air has been a big help.

Of course, this is huffing and puffing so the air is getting gulped into the lungs quicker - Normal breathing, yeah it probably doesn't make much difference.

 

[Everskyward]

Does it really change that fast? I know there have been many times where I've exerted myself and been huffing and puffing outside in the hot humid air, and going inside and breathing cool, air-conditioned air has been a big help.

But were you still exerting yourself inside? I think that if you stop exerting yourself you are supposed to be able to recover to your resting pulse in a few minutes, or else you are out of shape!

 

[flyingcheesehead]

But were you still exerting yourself inside?

No, but after I've stopped exerting myself outside and still have trouble breathing outside, breathing that nice cool air makes a noticeable difference.

I think that if you stop exerting yourself you are supposed to be able to recover to your resting pulse in a few minutes, or else you are out of shape!

Oh, I'm definitely out of shape.

 

[gismo]

But were you still exerting yourself inside? I think that if you stop exerting yourself you are supposed to be able to recover to your resting pulse in a few minutes, or else you are out of shape!

How can anybody be out of shape? Everyone has some shape but some are more round than others.

 

[AdamZ]

Nice photos. Lucky guy having your folks buy a 172 for training at age 16! Enjoy and appreciate it. Fly safe and welcome to POA!