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Old 2nd February 2017 | 11:44
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maxred
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From: GLASGOW
One effect of doing a low level turn is that your lower wing can be in air moving at a different speed to the air in which your upper wing is moving - due to wind shear. That can cause one wing to stall, followed by a spin and an impact with the ground.
I think I may now have seen it all........
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