If you’ve been following the travel news the last few days, as I have, you might have noticed that the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has had to cancel some flights because of record-setting high temperatures there this week.  Newser.com has a short article about it here.

If you’re interested in the science behind why planes can’t fly in very hot temperatures , Dr. Marshall Shepherd put together an informative blog post at Forbes.com at https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2017/06/20/the-science-of-why-its-too-hot-for-some-planes-to-fly-in-the-southwest-u-s/#6b795254cebe.

Source: Anders Sandburg, Commons WIkimedia