Ron Garret writes:

I don't fly a baron, but I guarantee you that you will be dead.

Well, I simulated it. Ninety minutes in heavy turbulence with the
autopilot off, with the aircraft trimmed for straight and level
flight. Throttles were set to allow for neutral elevator trim.

The aircraft bounced around a lot, but it lost only 200 feet in
altitude, and apparently it intended to stay there. It burned about a
quarter of its fuel. It held very approximately a straight line to
the southeast, although it drifted back and forth by 10-20 miles at a
time. Despite turbulence that sometimes had the aircraft rolling by
20 degrees or more, it remained level overall. There was no tendency
for it to flip over.

This is pretty much what I expected. Offhand, I can't see any reason
why an aircraft would suddenly destabilize itself and spin out of
control.

At the time I stopped it, it was about 1000 feet above rising terrain
(the mountains were coming up, but the aircraft was at a constant
altitude).

575 hours of flying real airplanes.

How much time have you spent with a simulator?

Lousy excuse. You can fly round trip from Paris to LA for less than
$650.

That's a month's net pay, if things go well.

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