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Taking a Piper Cherokee 180 up for a couple of hours of practice time.
Fly the local pattern, do some touch and goes, fly over local landmarks,
etc. Winds are light at 11, couldn't ask for a more clear day!

It is 29*F. At a loss of 3*F per 1000 feet of altitude, I wouldn't
ascend too high.

No chance of icing, humidity is very low. The Cherokee has decent heat.

I remember a plane ride I took a number of years ago. It was in a B-50
with supercharged engines. Me and 8 of my friends took a flight up to
18,500 in about 14 minutes. We opened the door, it was a cloth door, and
we exited the plane. If was freaking cold, something like -30 or =35 at
altitude.

I'm staying in the plane!

The problem is that Black Bert, I was known as White Bert for obvious
reasons, had his main open up and go over the top of the right
stabilizer while he went under the stabilizer which torqued the tail
making the B-50 nearly un controllable. The rest of the jumpers bailed
out and the pilot was able to land the plane. I still don't like getting
on planes without a parachute.