Re: Fatalitys in Namabia

[glen]

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:29:42 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> Those of you that have flown in NZ probably know these men. They will be missed.http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/63733381/Kiwis-die-in-Namibia-glider-crash

Does anyone know what happen on this flight to kill two very experienced pilots?
Glen

[Surge]

We'll have to wait until the investigation results are out but the things that usually kill experienced pilots is the simple stuff such as a stall and spin-in close to the ground.
Hopefully there will be some GPS traces to help investigators figure out what went wrong.

Does the ASH-25 EB28 have the same limitation as the Nimbus 4's where you can exceed VNE or overstress the airframe if you try to recover from a vertical nose down attitude?

[krasw]

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 08:53:29 UTC+2, Surge wrote:
> We'll have to wait until the investigation results are out but the things that usually kill experienced pilots is the simple stuff such as a stall and spin-in close to the ground.
> Hopefully there will be some GPS traces to help investigators figure out what went wrong.
>
> Does the ASH-25 EB28 have the same limitation as the Nimbus 4's where you can exceed VNE or overstress the airframe if you try to recover from a vertical nose down attitude?

I would like to see a glider which you cannot overstress during vertical nosedive.... SG-38? Space shuttle?

[Surge]

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 11:19:54 UTC+2, krasw wrote:
> I would like to see a glider which you cannot overstress during vertical nosedive.... SG-38? Space shuttle?

That's not what I meant.
I meant can the ASH-25 EB28 recover from an accidental spin/wing drop situation (where the nose is pointing at the ground), without exceeding VNE or over stressing the airframe?

[Chris Rollings[_2_]]

Wouldn't get certification if it couldn't.

At 11:25 11 December 2014, Surge wrote:
>On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 11:19:54 UTC+2, krasw wrote:
>> I would like to see a glider which you cannot overstress during
vertical
>nosedive.... SG-38? Space shuttle?
>
>That's not what I meant.
>I meant can the ASH-25 EB28 recover from an accidental spin/wing drop
>situation (where the nose is pointing at the ground), without exceeding
VNE
>or over stressing the airframe?
>
>