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Originally Posted by Mister Moose
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.
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As I recall the conversation, It was in spring and the weather was much warmer. Taking off earlier when the air was cooler and denser was the only solution. I remember something else odd about the the plane, It was built by Piper, but the gauges were all marked Taylor. Taylor had been flooded or something and had sold everything to Piper. As I recall, the J 2 was originally a Taylor, not Piper.
Terry