Density Altitude Poem - Hot and High up in the Sky -

by T Lithgow (2012), (KZN, SA)

I am not a fancy pilot
 And I don’t have fancy wings
 I mostly fly small trainers
 One engine only, sings
 
 One hundred horse’s power
 May sound like quite a lot
 But they don’t feel like working
 When the day is very hot
 
 At 35 degrees outside
 Tar melting in the sun
 Altimeter says sea level
 The engine says it’s not!
 
 VSI shows one hundred foot
 per minute, rate of climb
 Full power, airspeed seventy,
 The sun it at its prime
 
 The heavy aerie labours on,
 The pilots get quite hot
 They wonder maybe they should land
 And await a cooler slot
 
 When hot, you’ll find good pilots know
 The air is very thin
 And engines don’t perform as well
 Without a turbo in
 
 It’s fine to get away with it
 But one day you might not
 So check your density altitude
 And aircraft performance plot.
 
 
 Here's a quick way to work out your density altitude

(PS thank you for the kind encouragement from the two people who left a comment on my previous site...)

Aug 06, 2015

Rating 5 stars

I love when people are getting creative...

by: Pibody

Creativity and inspiration always come together.

This is why as a person, who's obsessed with self-growth and motivation I can tell you:

I love this poem!

We at our writing group are getting inspired by work of each other. This is why I understand why author came up with an idea to write a poem on flights.

Bravo!

Feb 20, 2012

Rating 5 stars

Density Poem

by: B

Density altitude explained most appropriately, Lovely poem! Keep up with this type of explenations as it is very satisfying and rewarding!