video clearly shows fuselage impacting with the wing some
distance and on fire,
see link http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/2093752.html


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James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P



"Mike H" wrote in message
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| wrote:
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| tscottme wrote:
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| A Chalks Airways Grumman Mallard (Turbine Mallard)
crashed during takeoff
| near Miami, FL today.
|
| Watching TV coverage of the aftermatch it's certain two
things will
| happen
| after such an event. The TV networks will report a
fiery explosion
| before
| the crash and Mary Shiavo will be on-air demonstrating
she's an
| ignorant, uh
| what's the word, media whore? The TV networks would be
better served
| just
| directly airing the first homeless guy they can find.
|
| Hey did you know that according to MSNBC the Mallard is
a
| "hydroplane". All
| the years I dealt with them I thought they were
seaplanes.
|
|
| Then again, maybe someone will focus on the inherent
danger of flying
| paying passengers in an airplane that can't maintain a
takeoff flight
| path with one engine inoperative.
|
| The Mallard may well have some unusual flight
characteristics that I'm not aware of
| but I believe your statement applies to the vast majority
of lignt-medium twin
| aircraft. In most of these, VMC is higher than stalling
speed in take-off
| configuration. Any pilot that allows the aircraft to
remain in this dangerous
| flight realm is asking for problems.
| Of course, it appears that the subject aircraft flew
several miles after takeoff and
| was then reported to be in flames and a wing came off
prior to the actual crash, so
| I doubt that your comments (or mine) have any bearing
whatsoever on this crash.
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