Re: [Aus-soaring] ATSB

2017-10-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
I should have said mute the sound. But the test area is the one I was thinking of. Lots of habitation, built up area below. Mike At 12:03 PM 11/1/2017, you wrote: The music? :) As a Qlder previously noted in the comments, the choice of test area perhaps. On 1 November 2017 at 07:27, Mike

Re: [Aus-soaring] ATSB

2017-10-31 Thread A J W
The music? :) As a Qlder previously noted in the comments, the choice of test area perhaps. On 1 November 2017 at 07:27, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > There's a preliminary report from ATSB on the Diamond DA-40 spin in in > Queensland. > > http://www.atsb.com.au/publications/investigation_ > report

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA's response to an enquiry about the service life of Lark IS-28B2

2017-10-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
It seems the life limit was promulgated in 2004. Charming. Most of those would have been manufactured before Ceaucescu and wife met their thoroughly deserved ends, at a time when the company was owned by the Romanian government. The FAA clearly thinks there were no engineering reasons to ba

Re: [Aus-soaring] ATSB

2017-10-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
There's a preliminary report from ATSB on the Diamond DA-40 spin in in Queensland. http://www.atsb.com.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-096/ AFAIK the aircraft is placarded against intentional spins although there is a nice video around of the spin testing. https://w