Originally Posted by
RVDT
Operating outside the approved envelope is the territory of ETP's. Joe Pilot doing this stuff proves what exactly? You get away with it once, you get away with twice you get away with it...................................?
And don’t forget that those ETP’s operate dedicated , instrumented aircraft of which the critical parts can be monitored either in the cockpit or in a telemetry room full of engineers who can call “STOP” at any time during those tests…