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Canopy seperation Discussion Separation-- the true story!

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:37 pm    Post subject: Canopy seperation Discussion Separation-- the true story! Reply with quote
Nick,

I am the one who experienced the canopy problem in Australia. It happened in my MCR-01, VH-SIP, on November 6, 2003 near the village of Tintinara in South Australia, about one hour east of Adelaide.

I was cruising at 134 kt IAS (about 153kt TAS, or 176MPH) at 4500ft when I ran into moderate turbulence. Then suddenly the plexiglass broke up in front of me. Hit by such a sudden breeze, glasses blown away, headset torn off, charts and all departed the cockpit. I pulled back on the stick to reduce speed and snap rolled into a spin to the right. The wonderful MCR responded to my spin recovery input (you all know that, don't you!!) and after a few turns she pulled out at about 1200ft. I was now piloting a vibrating machine with gauges hard to read through my tearful eyes. My loving wife was by my side, very anxious to get on the ground!

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