Pilot's decision to fly alone cost 8 lives, coroner says
Grandpa Aerotart
Sorry MOR but most people finding themselves inverted or nearly so the first time will, at lowish level, (below 1000') spear straight into the ground. Pushing forward to keep the nose up is not a normal, instinctive response. It feels uncomfortable and unnatural so 'most' people wont push hard enough nor use top rudder to help roll rate and hold the nose up passing through wings verticle.
Below 500' no-one short of a trained aerobatic pilot will get away with it...and maybe not even then.
The quality of and the way 'most' pilots wear their seatbelts suggests to me they would be lucky to retain enough control to have any positive effect.
As far as this accident is concerned I don't think the fact he was alone is the kicker. Training and standards are the issue...plenty of people have logged many 1000s of hours SP IFR and lived.
Just plain stupid was probably the biggest contributing factor.
Below 500' no-one short of a trained aerobatic pilot will get away with it...and maybe not even then.
The quality of and the way 'most' pilots wear their seatbelts suggests to me they would be lucky to retain enough control to have any positive effect.
As far as this accident is concerned I don't think the fact he was alone is the kicker. Training and standards are the issue...plenty of people have logged many 1000s of hours SP IFR and lived.
Just plain stupid was probably the biggest contributing factor.
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MOR, I completely agree.
I almost choked reading that wake turbulence article. Why describe a recovery technique and then disclaim that it doesn't apply to 99% of the audience. Better to focus on the avoidance of low level wake turbulence.
The CAA is clearly not doing their job, and now the government is starting to sit up and notice. Perfect time for all of us to lobby for change. What can we do?
I almost choked reading that wake turbulence article. Why describe a recovery technique and then disclaim that it doesn't apply to 99% of the audience. Better to focus on the avoidance of low level wake turbulence.
The CAA is clearly not doing their job, and now the government is starting to sit up and notice. Perfect time for all of us to lobby for change. What can we do?
