I reckon a flight in the Turbo Raven would have done me See
http://www.waynehandley.com/archive.html and http://www.waynehandley.com/index.html The idea of being able to do 78 inverted flat spins, climb to 3000m in 1 minute 9 seconds (from brake release), and an minus 18 degree reversible pitch propellor must have made that baby one wild ride. The NTSB investigation indicated that the pilot failed to keep suffucient airspeed during the maneouvre that led to a mush/stall crash into the ground while on landing approach. Cheers Jason On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:12:59 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote > At 08:00 AM 17/02/04 +0800, you wrote: > >Bert Rutan does it again. Have a look at this and drool! (Especially the > >photos) > > > >http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ > > > >Wonder if they'll take a Hornet as a trade-in? > > > >Regards, > > > >John Welsh. > > Not news, but oh my they must be having fun! > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
