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Rutan Around. That sort of knowledge is unlikely to be passed on in detail these days.
StickWithTheTruth, the C210 accident from Merimbula you may be thinking of was due to entering icing conditions over the ranges enroute to Albury.
The C210 inflight breakup that you are probabaly thinking of was N of Roma in VH-WBZ. Reading the report and findings of the wreckage is interesting in the fact that the wreckage including departed wing sections were all located within a 350m area and the fuselage was relatively level on impact although slightly nose down with a right roll.
PLovett, it's definitely been confirmed that there were 2 pilots onboard.
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The question that has been raised in investigations many times before raises its ugly head again. Are 2 pilots better than 1 when assessing adverse weather?
Compressor Stall, you mention staying low in the afternoon during the buildup due cloud level etc, this is what I have always done too. You're also generally unlikely to outclimb the bumps at this time of year anyway.
Interesting to note that the LiveATC recordings reveals that VH-HWY received clearance to climb to 9500' and eventually got clearance to deviate up to 20nm right of route. It's unclear but unlikely that they managed to reach 9500' before it went pearshaped but also disturbing that there was no mayday transmitted, whatever happened must have happened quickly.