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Old 10-02-2004, 09:35 PM
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rw Guinn
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Default RE: How does this happen"

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"Stuff happens" There was a crash here in SW Florida where a "Vertically challenged" pilot had a booster seat cushion slip and wedge the stuck in a foward position during an inverted spin...... no recovery.. So "How does this happen?" We may never know, but I will be willing to bet the pilot did every thing he could to prevent it.
I'm sure he kept flying till it was over. I have witnessed such things at air shows/air races, and it leaves you wondering, and hurt. Thank God they are infrequent.
I should have prefaced it, perhaps, with "How do we let news ijits get away with pseudo-science and half truths, or am I missing something"
I guess I had in mind a turnaround or the back side of a square loop-nose down. And since a spin is a stalled manuever, the particular series of events would seem unlikely. I was hoping for a fuller description.
I hate it when things go this badly wrong, and my sympathies go out to his family and friends.