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Seawind crash
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb...33/1006/SPORTS
*Lovely* quote: "Newer models of the 30-year-old plane are known to be finicky and even have engine problems, said Norval Dawson, 74, a retired flight instructor from Cortez. "It's a touchy airplane to fly," Dawson said. Everything has to be just right -- the speed and the pitch, for example -- for a smooth landing with a Seawind 3000. "I wouldn't fly it because I didn't think it was safe enough for the average person." Dawson said he is also wary of homemade planes. "There's a lot less problems with a factory-made airplane than there is with a homemade plane," Dawson said. "I wouldn't fly them. I value my neck." I wonder if Mr. Dawson has ever flown a Seawind? Certainly he values his neck more than he trusts his abilities as a builder. Pilot identified: http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb...NEWS/506200302 What chaps my rear, apart from the gratuitous quote from Mr. Dawson, is the large number of headlines that touted, "Homebuilt plane hits school." At least one got it right: "Pilot steers to land in open, dies in crash" |
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