Mmmmmm,
Just thinking out loud here, but what did he expect to happen to the flaps on the flight test, that wouldn't happen on the ground? Perhaps he hoped the air pressure would help to force them up?
Take off with 2 stages(short field landing config) of flaps isn't advised on the Baron, as you will be airbourne before VMCA.
However, if you decided that you were going to get airbourne, wouldn't it have been better to return to lusaka where there would be emergency services and maintenance, and he could have arranged another a/c to pick up the pax?
Hindsight is great for looking at these things, but aren't they a little obvious?
Anyway, that's enough of me being a skygod.
Sermon over, Cheers
JF
Bravo190, where have all the pigeons gone???
Last edited by Jockflyer; 29th Oct 2004 at 11:59.