Joe Horton wrote: >The real problem that I found was that the airplane its self was a real >handful above 16K
Amen to that! Trying to fly a squirrelly plane is why I didn't take note of the 100 fpm point. At that kind of altitude, the max attainable indicated airspeed and the stall speed get awfully close together, so it's a fine line between stalling and climbing any higher... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------