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Old April 26th 07, 03:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dylan Smith
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On 2007-04-26, john smith wrote:
From that we learned that the g-loadings only applied to wings level
flight.

High angle of bank and high airspeed will result in wing failure below
the manufacturers publish g-loading limit.


Almost but not quite - it wasn't bank angle but roll rate. You can't
pull as many Gs while rolling at the same time.

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