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To: PROCON

If that’s the plane that person flew - amazing!! It’s the type of plane I use as the jump plane on weekends and believe me, you really have to know what you’re doing flying that thing.


60 posted on 05/11/2022 7:23:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: SkyDancer

Never flew or rode in one, but the length and the ability to carry weight along with a powerful engine tells me that pitch trim would be a serious requirement every time there is a power adjustment. Reduce power and the nose goes down dramatically as the aircraft will seek to maintain trim speed. That would startle a non pilot.

I suspect that is why in the close-up photo of the plane immediately after landing, you can see the flaps are retracted. Better to land fast on a long runway than to cause a non pilot to get a wild variation in pitch with the corresponding variation in air speed on final. Something experienced pilots do without even thinking about it.

The “pilot” has a cool head, but Morgan, the ATC guy, must be one of the best instructors ever.


62 posted on 05/11/2022 7:56:21 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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