From what I've read, the stall speed for the Glassair is 25 or more knots
higher than for the 172, and it sneaks up on you. I'd keep the 172.


"tony roberts" wrote in message
news:nospam-5D0519.21044901082005@shawnews...
Hi Jay

Yes, that's him.
A 6000 + hr pilot getting too slow & spinning in?
He hadn't even started the photoshoot - so he wasn't exploring
performance envelopes. I start to question the validity of my own
stall/spin training, when pilots of his level stall/spin. In fact if my
wife even saw this report there would probably be a really nice 172 for
sale.

He was one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet, and one of
the best pilots in mountain/extreme flying - that is what he taught at
Mission Aviation Training Academy.

Kinda makes me feel particularly vulnerable right now.

Tony
C-GICE





In article dmBHe.231980$nG6.203566@attbi_s22,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Mike Crowell who operated Mission Aviation Training Academy, and also
ran the mountain flying forums at the Arlington EAA Fly-In was killed
in
a GA air crash this week.

This is the guy doing the photo shoot in the new Glassair, no?

Very sad. No one knows for sure what happened, but witnesses report that
he
got too slow, stalled and spun in.




--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

In article dmBHe.231980$nG6.203566@attbi_s22,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Mike Crowell who operated Mission Aviation Training Academy, and also
ran the mountain flying forums at the Arlington EAA Fly-In was killed
in
a GA air crash this week.

This is the guy doing the photo shoot in the new Glassair, no?

Very sad. No one knows for sure what happened, but witnesses report that
he
got too slow, stalled and spun in.




--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE