Yes, and you might see the increased air density effect at Furnace Creek
(L06) as well with a airfield altitude of -220 feet. (But probably not in
summer, I've seen OATs in excess of 120F there).
Keeping with the western paradigm, please allow me to share an aphorism taught
in medical schools: "When you are in cabin without windows on the high plains
of Colorado and you hear the massed hoof beats of a herd
outside, your first thought should not be of Zebras!"
Altered air mass and cylinder charge effects occur but I thought it relevant
to point out that they are rarely the life safety issue of a faulty ignition
system. Remember another great aphorism in the immortal (but
probably apocryphal) words of Willy Sutton (1901-1980): That's where
the money is!"
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