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Old 3rd Feb 2014, 21:51
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Agreed, OK465, the FPV is great SA device. In the Global, we have it, too. Coasting in on northern South America sometime back around 1am local, we plunged into an ITCZ storm that didn't show on radar or lightning detection--severe turbulence, lost about 1,500'. The "moose antlers" we're the clue to start down, now! Shaker fired for just a second, but I'd already started unloading. The FPV showed exactly how much pitch down it would take to stay out of the stall. Anyway, popped out into the clear.
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