Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
" Her exit from the bottom of the cloud, minus wings, cost her her life. It appears she had found a way of exceeding whatever the true limits were on that aircraft, assisted by the nature of a violent piece of weather
As I understood it, she had entered cloud and the accident report surmised she had entered a spin with the wings parting company at about 11g.
I knew the lady concerned.
Sobering stuff K.
As for the A10, it's "strength" comes from it's simplicity and that it's designed to fly with significant bits missing here and there...
As for the wingless F-15 who would have believed that?