So is the Lynx really a widow maker...? is it safe to fly? would you get in one?
IMHO, no it's not. A widow maker that is. I've been flying it for quite a long time and if I or all my muckers didn't consider it to be safe, we wouldn’t go near it. Unfortunately, some who thrive on 'shock horror' headlines like to push the issue that it is unsafe. These people generally do not know what they are talking about or jump on the media bandwagon.
As has been mentioned on this post and countless others before, its record is actually very good considering it's time in service, role and amount of hours it's flown. I'm pretty sure there are far more 'unsafe' aircraft out there than the Lynx.
It would be interesting to hear what the experience or knowledge of certain posters are with the aircraft as opposed to finding 'Key Lynx Crashes' on news websites then posting them as an unbalanced 'fact' of the cab being a widow maker. Statistics are only of any relevance if they are put into a balanced context.
Mmmm, wg13_dummy;
WG-13 (Lynx) dummy (crash test)
As your name would suggest, perhaps my freind you are more onside that you would like us all to believe.?
Well, glad you’ve wrapped that one up then SS! (Psst, not all user names are literal you know) My log books would suggest I am not ‘onside’. And I never owned one of the infamous Wastelands crash test dummy badges either. Must have me mixed up with someone else.
It would be nice if not a little boring if people posted all the flying hours and dates that the Lynx flew without fault since it came into service.....but that’s not sensational enough I suppose.
