KR> Flying high

2014-01-30 Thread peter
Making a list of advantages vs disadvantages of flying high or low ondistance flying, I can't think of a single thing to put on the "low"list, The view is always better down low, so if you're not going anywhere in particular, or are near a mountain Like volcanic Mt.Hood, or the pacific, wha

KR> Flying High

2014-01-30 Thread laser147 at juno.com
Looks like the link got broken to the regulator info. It's a DeVilbiss PD1000. There were at least two other makers of pulse-dose regulators at the time I got mine so there's several choices. The PD1000 works extremely well in my experience but I imagine the other ones are just as good. Mik

KR> Flying high

2014-01-30 Thread laser147 at juno.com
Brian said, "I think you have a lot of guts flying at the lower altitudes. When I am over 10,000' I can almost always glide to an airport or choose between several. At 3,500' you are looking for the best looking road and hoping there are not power lines you can't see." Amen. Even more importa

KR> Flying high

2012-07-30 Thread laser...@juno.com
For anyone who appreciates the advantages of flying routinely at 10K and above, I'm prompted by the current thread on density altitude to report on my roll-your-own oxygen system I put in the plane the middle of 2010. The text below the line are excerpts from a post of mine in anothe