New To The Flight Levels?

摘要

The high teens and low twenties are popular altitudes to fly but come with their own challenges. It's just enough different that you may need this refresher. Flying a Baron 58P at Flight Level 250 some time ago, it occurred to me that there is no federal requirement for training in this pressurized, turbocharged twin beyond the Multiengine-Instrument ticket I earned years before in a 150-hp Piper Apache. Later, in unpressurized, turbo-charged airplanes I was regularly flying at 20,000 feet using supplemental oxygen, and giving the only checkout new owners of similar airplanes would likely get in flight "up there."