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Old 26th Oct 2016, 18:01
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Two comments from the radio article, one of which may be quite telling.

She accuses the Entebbe ATCO for turning her into restricted airspace, may I remind her that it is the PILOTS responsibility, not ATC. My instinct tells me that this just might be one of those limited occasions where Ewald was not up front; I cannot see him not knowing what was around him. Can anyone verify if this was at the end of one such "solo" legs; if so then it certainly outlines one of the reasons for EG "holding her hand" so to speak.

She mentions something about engine failure and how she would land on a road if necessary. Really? Seeing as she wasn't even capable of landing on the remaining runway at Winslow. By her own words she was at 50ft having accelerated and climbed normally.
Can anyone confirm just how much runway should have been in front of her? (I think I saw something about this earlier)...OR... was there more to the crash that we are not being told. Was she perhaps flying to impress.

Just a thought or two.
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