Originally Posted by
43Inches
.. WGI into Launy
Yes, I do remember reading that one. Specifically the part about how a Chieftain will not maintain altitude in a turn with full flap at anything less than 28". I remembered this fact while I was sedately plodding around the circuit in GV in a Chieftain that had a full flap runaway on takeoff, and that alone made me leave the thing running flat out until mid base.
As you are saying, the trivial you pick up from crash comics can be put to use much later on. Nowadays, so many accident reports from a dozen different sources are available on-line, but how much use is made of these ?