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Old 11-22-2010 | 05:47 PM
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Default RE: Downwind turn Myth


ORIGINAL: H.Dale

I wasn't assuming any kind of turn. If you are flying straight and level near stall speed and experience an extreme abrupt tail wind before the plane could react to the change wouldn't that possibly cause it to stall and possibly spin?
Absolutely. That's why its poor judgment to fly low AND slow.