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Old 30th Dec 2014, 22:22
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Vilters
 
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Always avoided rough weather.

But once I had an issue flying my (ex) D-120.

The Jodel D-120 has light wings with all the mass centered in the fuselage.

At 4.000 ft, below an airway, without warning, the plane did 1.5 rolls and I ended up on my back with the nose about 30°high, still at cruise speed.
Continued the roll to level flight and landed at next airport.

No damage found, and I flew back to home base.
The girlfriend took the buss home.

The best we could think off is that I accicently crossed a vortex of an airliner.
The aera was between Brussels and Maastricht, they decend both ways in landing config.

Som ask; Why learn aerobatics? I was happy I did, and got out.

Ach, many, many moons ago. Too old to fly now.
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