There's a great story (from memory) from a book on pioneer aviation…
The pilot and passenger took off on a test flight of a prototype
aircraft. The passenger was an apprentice who had very recently joined
the company. The aircraft was an open twin cockpit biplane with two
pusher props. The
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None of which tells us about the actual weight and balance state of the
aircraft at the time.
Still sounds
Last sentence. A clue?http://www.kfdm.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tx/32466fe1-www.kfdm.com.shtml___
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At 07:47 AM 4/07/2012, you wrote:
Last sentence. A clue?
http://www.kfdm.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tx/32466fe1-www.kfdm.com.shtmlhttp://www.kfdm.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tx/32466fe1-www.kfdm.com.shtml
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attached the wb for an American IS28 fyi
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than help. [except perhaps airbrakes out.]
We can leave parachutes in 2 seaters to another day. ;]
Tom
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Update US incident.http://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.php___
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At 06:32 AM 3/07/2012, you wrote:
Update US incident.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.phphttp://www.chron.com/news/article/Dispatcher-radioed-abort-abort-abort-3679265.php
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None of which tells us about the actual weight and balance state of the
aircraft at the time.
Still sounds like a stall /spin.
The engine on a DG-400 weighs about 60 kgs and sits entirely behind
the CofG of the glider. If you remove it completely, to compensate,
you fit just a 1 kg weight just
