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Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon

Australian former businessman

Jan 27, 2026

5:05
But whether it's icing in the winter, density altitude in the summer, high winds, do you have some rules of thumb or some personal minimums you use for managing weather in your Cessna 210 as some things that are just rough rules of thumb that keep you safe when you're talking about mountain weather?
5:19
Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a risk-reward, whatever you want to call it.
5:23
And especially as I've gotten older, I've gotten more conservative.
5:27
But when you fly around Aspen, the MEA is 16,000 feet.
5:31
So almost any precipitation or cloud cover you're getting into, it's icing.
5:35
And icing is incredibly complicated and with not much reprieve if you make a mistake.
5:43
My 210 has a hot prop, which I think is if you had to have a... boots or a hot prop, I think I might choose a hot prop.

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16:23
So I assume you would agree with that quote, but what is it about this aerial view, especially for somebody who's not a pilot, that makes people think in new ways? Yeah, I was going to

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