REFLECTOR: Flying Magazine - 2009 Velocity accident

[Dave T Nelson]

Thanks for the correction, Larry -  Your memory is better than mine!

Dave

Dave T. Nelson
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On Oct 10, 2012, at 11:22 AM, "Laurence Coen" <lwcoen at hotmail.com> wrote:

      Dave,

      It wasn't a thunderstorm, it was wake turbulence and he came down
      inverted which is likely why it was fatal. All else is accurate.

      Larry Coen
      N136LC

      From: Dave T Nelson
      Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:42 AM
      To: reflector at tvbf.org
      Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Flying Magazine - 2009 Velocity accident
      (Mark Magee)



      The author got other basic facts wrong.  It wasn't Rutan that mounted
      an EZ on the back of a truck to investigate deep stall... it was
      Danny Maier, and it was a Velocity.  Also, the one other fatal deep
      stall mentioned in the article was a Velocity where the builder had
      modified the fuel tanks by removing the rear wall of the tank and
      allowing the fuel to go all the way back to the spar to gain more
      fuel capacity.  That, and the fact that he flew into a thunderstorm,
      caused the accident.

      Geez....

      Dave

      Dave T. Nelson
      T/L 553-4327, Voice 507-253-4327, Fax 507-253-3648
      Program Director, ISC ECAT NPI & Test Engineering
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