wrote:

tscottme wrote:

A Chalks Airways Grumman Mallard (Turbine Mallard) crashed during takeoff
near Miami, FL today.

Watching TV coverage of the aftermatch it's certain two things will
happen
after such an event. The TV networks will report a fiery explosion
before
the crash and Mary Shiavo will be on-air demonstrating she's an
ignorant, uh
what's the word, media whore? The TV networks would be better served
just
directly airing the first homeless guy they can find.

Hey did you know that according to MSNBC the Mallard is a
"hydroplane". All
the years I dealt with them I thought they were seaplanes.


Then again, maybe someone will focus on the inherent danger of flying
paying passengers in an airplane that can't maintain a takeoff flight
path with one engine inoperative.

The Mallard may well have some unusual flight characteristics that I'm not aware of
but I believe your statement applies to the vast majority of lignt-medium twin
aircraft. In most of these, VMC is higher than stalling speed in take-off
configuration. Any pilot that allows the aircraft to remain in this dangerous
flight realm is asking for problems.
Of course, it appears that the subject aircraft flew several miles after takeoff and
was then reported to be in flames and a wing came off prior to the actual crash, so
I doubt that your comments (or mine) have any bearing whatsoever on this crash.