Jim Logajan wrote:
"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote:


Jim Fallows, a former Cirrus owner and GA pilot with hundreds
of hours of experience, has written a series of excellent
articles on the crash. This article was highlighted in
today's AVWEB newsletter:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610u/lidle-crash-3


That's a nice article and the New York Times graphic that he links to is a
very nice and succinct summary of the flight.

I think this article is also less than accurate, especially the
statements about a stalled airplane going "straight down." Many
airplanes can be held in a stalled condition at an attitude that is far
from straight down. Even in a spin the airplane is seldom pointing
straight down and many airplanes spin in a fairly flat attitude.


Matt