The rest of the story about SWMBO's fingernails digging into inner thigh:
In July of '75, I had flown SWMBO and daughter from Sault Ste. Marie, MI, to
Greenville, NC, aboard a Cessna 182 for daughter's college freshman
orientation weekend. Returning to The Soo mid-afternoon Sunday over Ohio
headed toward Detroit. At about 13 kft on top of nearly solid undercast;
thunderstorms to 60 kft all around and ahead in Detroit area; altered course
to the east in tending to cross middle of Lake Erie and Ontario between
Lakes Huron and Erie; radio above my left ear talking continuously about the
thunderstorms to 60 kft. Suddenly, the sound of, stall warning horn got our
attention! Quick glance at instruments showed what I already knew: straight
and level, good airspeed, etc. Pushed slight forward pressure on control
column to descend and accelerate slightly, etc., no change in pitch and
intensity of stall warning. Glance out at stall warning "device" on leading
edge of left wing revealed nothing unusual. Sound of slipstream, airspeed
indication, altimeter, etc., showed that airplane was doing exactly what I
asked it to do. The loud sound in my ears said, "You are stalling!"
Everything else told me, "You are NOT stalling, you have complete control of
the aircraft." I pulled back on control column to purposely and
significantly change angle of attack, climb, slow down, etc. Pitch and
intensity of stall warning never changed. Meanwhile, while I was still
descending slightly, SWMBO looked down through hole in clouds below us and
saw Lake Erie. She grabbed my right thigh, digging fingernails into inner
part and nearly screamed, "We're going down, we're going down! We're over
water, we're over water!" I replied, "I know we're going down; I pushed it
down; I have complete control of the aircraft. Hush!" About this time, I
pulled back and began to climb, slow, etc. SWMBO spotted Detroit
International Airport and said, "There's an airport, YOU LAND RIGHT NOW!"
I replied, "We're OK; I have control of the aircraft. We're OK." She said,
fingernails still digging in, "Well, explain that noise, then!" I replied,
"I can't explain it, but I have control of the aircraft - we're OK." Again,
I glanced out at stall warning "device" on left wing leading edge. As I
brought my vision back inside, I noticed the ram air scoop/register near the
upper left corner of the windshield and near leading edge of the left wing.
I reached for the ram air scoop/register and pulled it out slightly; "stall
warning" ceased instantly. On takeoff after refueling at Mansfield, OH,
there was too much air blowing on me, and I had reached up and pushed the
vent closed; over Lake Erie, it had finally open enough to vibrate and sound
exactly like stall warning.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Asiana
On 20/07/2013 9:54 PM, WILTON wrote:
No. Like I said, regardless of auto this or auto that, there is no
excuse for not monitoring attitude, airspeed and altitude, especially in
critical stages of flight, and, no matter how bad things may get
(weather, SAM's, SWMBO digging fingernails into inner thigh demanding to
know, "What is that noise?" etc.) you must continue to fly the airplane.
Wilton
Sort of like driving a car.
It has become much easier with automatic transmission, automatic choke and
now fuel injection, automatic climate control, etc BUT at the end of the
day, you still need to keep the vehicle on the road between the ditches
and avoid other cars.
Randy
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