Lancair crash at SnF Stefan <stefan@mus._INVALID_.ch> wrote in news:9f9a3$481106d6$54487369
$14456@news.hispeed.ch:
> WingFlaps schrieb:
>
>> (the stall is now damn close -better
>> hope there's no significant wind)
> ...
>> Now we add in the energy losses from having to
>> accelerate with the wind and to glide speed.
>
> Arrrgh! Not the old "turn into downwind" legend again! Better work out
> your understanding of physics before publicly reasoning about turns.
>
>> There is nearly always somewhere flat to put the plane
>
> The operative word in this sentence is "nearly".
so you've done this, have you?
Bertie |