I have been asked about my comments above off Forum.
To be clear I am not pointing a finger at the pilot in this case at all, I am making a point that VRS gets blamed for lots of things, quite often questionable performance issues coupled with a high ROD are not necessarily VRS. Sometimes it gets blamed because the pilots cant come up with anything better. Having read a lot of accident reports , a fair proportion of them which are based upon 'Form submitted by pilot' cite the cause as VRS.
This guy may have had all the ingredients for it, he may have not I wasn't there I just don't jump on the bandwagon too easily, particularly having spoken to pilots who have observed accidents which are subsequently blamed on VRS when in fact the root cause was poor technique or operating overweight (once again not commenting on this case).
Completely Off Thread Now.
I am planning to put this in as a subject in the safety evenings with some pretty strong supporting evidence, I know there are instructors out there who are scared of it and hate demoing incipient stage recovery. A bit more understanding can do none of us any harm. I might even be able to persuade a test pilot or two to throw their comments in to the mix.
Last edited by VeeAny; 17th May 2010 at 10:45.