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Published: 2018-05-21 00:32:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 385; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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Description August 2017

Mountain Flying! KLXV, located in Leadville Colorado, is the highest elevation airport in North America. N2366N is seen here parked at an altitude 9,934 feet above sea level (3,028 meters). The Cessna 182S preformed very well in the thin air.
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mop700000 [2025-06-12 09:02:29 +0000 UTC]

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slowdog294 [2018-05-21 06:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful bird.

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eightyator In reply to slowdog294 [2018-05-21 17:26:01 +0000 UTC]

She is Although, she's real stubborn sometimesΒ 

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slowdog294 In reply to eightyator [2018-05-22 07:07:21 +0000 UTC]

She has an attitude. You could say she is hawkish...

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eightyator In reply to slowdog294 [2018-05-22 07:18:30 +0000 UTC]

I appreciate the attempted pun But she's a Skylane not a Skyhawk

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slowdog294 In reply to eightyator [2018-05-22 07:46:21 +0000 UTC]

I stand corrected.

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eightyator In reply to slowdog294 [2018-05-23 00:10:38 +0000 UTC]

If there's three prop blades, it's usually a 182 and not a 172. From the profile view, the 182 is noticeably longer as well, especially in the nose.Β 

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slowdog294 In reply to eightyator [2018-05-23 14:21:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, The hawk is smaller...

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