---------------------------------------------------------- Allegro-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 02/04/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:18 AM - Re: Allegro incident 2005Allegro incident 2005 (Thom Riddle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:18:29 AM PST US From: Thom Riddle Subject: Re: Allegro-List: Allegro incident 2005Allegro incident 2005 Malcom, Apparently, the Probable Cause finding was posted very recently because it was not there when I looked after you brought up the question. In my experience, there are no inherent design problems in the Allegro that would necessarily lead to mystery crashes. Spin training is no longer required in the USA. Is it in England? I've been in one inadvertent spin in our Allegro. I was trying to climb up through a rather small hole in the broken overhead cloud deck to fly over a Class C airspace instead of through it. The hole was so small all my attention was outside the cockpit in order to avoid the clouds. The result was that I was not paying close attention to the airspeed. It stalled and entered a spin from which I recovered in less than one complete turn. Since I had spin training back in the old days, it was a non-event for me. But it proved to me that even with the quite loud stall warning system in the Allegro, one has to pay attention to notice it when you are distracted. The moral of course is never let yourself be distracted from airspeed monitoring when close to the ground. I hope the weather there in Mid-England is better than here today. 3F this morning with a wind chill of -16F but bright and sunny. Last night the Buffalo-Niagara Falls International Airport (KBUF) was zero/zero for awhile with winds gusting to 40 knots. Thom in Buffalo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message allegro-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Allegro-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/allegro-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/allegro-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.