On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:50:38 -0400, Ray O'Hara wrote:

"Sam" wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:51:22 -0400, vaughn wrote:

I've heard that claim in regards to several airshow accidents and I
seldom
believe it. If a plane is out of control, you simply can't control it,
so
therefore you can't control where it crashes. From the tiny bit of video
I saw,
that plane appeared far beyond any control from the pilot. I concede
that in
cases of engine failure or fire there may be room for some pilot heroics.

Concur. OOC is, by definition, NIC of the PIC.


engine failure doesn't mean totally out of control.

Reductio ad absurdum and the slippery slope? Sir, you have a
refutation of an argument by carrying that argument to its logical
end and so reducing it to an absurd conclusion.

Or not.