Rocinante Chapter 19

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Rocinante
Chapter 19 of 30
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Time frameJune 1971
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Locations

Characters

  • Duke, a railroad engineer
  • John, a pilot at Leadville Airport

Summary

After a few days, Mark and Jackie leave Waverly and head for Leadville, hoping to do some high country backpacking. Duke and John take them up in "Dirty Thirty", their Cessna 182 and they see that everything is still covered with snow. The reduced air density due to the altitude at Leadville (9927 ft, 3025m) significantly increases the runway length required for a takeoff, and they aren't able to take off that afternoon. Just before daybreak, a breeze comes up, and they just make it off the ground and fly to Salida for gas.