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Originally Posted by Terry, NJ
... I found out that in Colorado and some other states with a lot of altitude, after 9 am it was almost impossible to get out of "ground effect" I believe it had a 36 HP engine. That should tell you something!
Terry
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Sounds like a useless place to have that airplane.
I took off out of Denver in a 152 once at near gross weight in February. (ferry flight) I probably used 4,000 feet of runway and was at Vy doing maybe 150fpm climbing out. There's no substitute for excess hp at high altitude. Or a turbocharger. On that same trip I did have it up briefly to 12,000 to clear Wolf Creek Pass, so you can get up there if you have the time to climb.