Whirlybird
Thank you for your frank account on the R22 over speed thread.
I wasn’t really looking for people to admit any liability or tell us all of their worst nightmares, just for them to share some of the lessons they have learnt the hard way.
I have found that it is the personal accounts of others that tend to stick in my mind. So often when I am checking an instrument or considering where to make that emergency landing should I need to, I think to myself of the time my instructor told me he had an engine die and had to land etc. The experiences of others just seem to put things into perspective and make you realise these things will happen and you will need to deal with them. I personally believe these stories should not be used to apportion blame or to get at someone as some try to do but as valuable learning aids that benefit everyone. For example I never knew that the governor had an upper limit I do now and have you to thank for that.
Grainger
Thanks for the good advice.
