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Old 31st Oct 2002, 08:39
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teeteringhead

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I am too young (not a phrase I often use these days!) to have had the privilege of flying the Meatbox, but am of an age which ensures that most of my basic QFIs had flown her.
I'm sure I recall from an early "Instruments" lecture at Syerston that unforeseen acceleration error on the AH (and the ears!) was responsible for some IMC overshoot crashes in the Meteor.
Logic was thus: greater available acceleration induced a "pitch up" error in the semi circular canals, and a "roll right" error on the AH. Net result after "correcting" was a hole on the left hand side of the runway. Driffield I think was mentioned as the Station in question ... the story may be BS but it made us all remember that vital piece of information ... the direction of rotation of the AH gyro!!
Any truth in this line?
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