Mike Welch
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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 Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:18 am Post subject: New flights stall/spin |
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| Quote: | Dennis, it was a few years ago. Scott, as I recall, was his first name, sorry I forget his last (England?) He and his partner
built a beautiful Mk IIIX. He was a new pilot with a Sport Pilot ticket and spun in when he stalled the airplane on the base to final turn.
Rick
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Robert Laird, the reference to a MkIIIX pilot that died on a maiden flight is as follows:
Rick G, Kolbers,
His name was Scott Thompson, Kolb-list frequent contributor, with building assistance of
his friend Paul (never knew Paul's last name).
BTW, just after Scott's maiden flight and subsequent crash, I talked to his wife. From what
I recall, it doesn't appear that Scott made "a LOT" of stall/spin practice maneuvers from her
description of his flying that evening. IIRC, all he did was "go out and fly around", and then
came back in for his first (and tragic) landing.
Frank's advice for a new pilot to do several stall/spin practice maneuvers is excellent
advice.
Mike Welch
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