Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I am not a pilot (I could never understand why you couldn't look out over the dashboard), but: with severe headwinds, what about a stall with a small airplane? Just wondering. Ken On 3/7/2012 6:55 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Bob, > > As a pilot, I can't let this go unchallenged. An autopilot senses > airspeed, etc, with respect to the RELATIVE wind. A headwind would > cost the pilot speed over the ground, or groundspeed, but would not > affect the ability of the airplane and autopilot to maintain flight. > He would not settle to the ground except in two ways: 1) He > encountered rising terrain. Or, 2) He ran out of fuel. > > There has to be a better answer. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" > <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic--Stella Awards > > >> ==On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> >>>> >>>> I live in Oklahoma and have heard the Winnebago version, in various >>> incarnations, for probably 30 years now. There is also one about a >>> doctor >>> who put his airplane on autopilot and went back to take a nap. >>> >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >> There actually was a lawyer in Oklahoma City who would set the alarm >> on his >> wrist watch, set the autopilot and doze off for a while. >> >> When he finally had his fatal crash the assumption was he was asleep >> while >> he ran into a headwind and the airplane slowly lost speed and settled >> into >> the ground. >> >> This is a true story and, speaking as a lawyer who knew him, I'll say it >> was just more proof that you can't always fool Mother Nature. >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >