"Mike" wrote in message
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"John Mullen" wrote in message
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"Emilio" wrote in message
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It is hard to believe that F-15 can fly formation with Piper Cub.

http://www.pipercubforum.com/intercep.htm

Do F-15 fly by wire system prevent the aircraft from stalling at that
low
speed? Last time I saw an aircraft with fly by wire system did such a
stunt, Airbus plowed right in to the forest at the end of the forest!

That was more to do with the poor planning and complacency of the pilots
than the FBW system.

John



The pilots had a) ignored the 'low altitude' warning, b) thought they were
flying at 100 feet rather than the actual 30, and c) hadn't anticipated or
allowed for the delay in pushing the throttle and the engines actually
responding.

They had also lined up on the wrong runway for the display they were doing,
and disabled the alpha floor function (?) which normally protects the
plane's speed.

A common theme in a lot of these modern crashes is the immense over reliance
pilots place in the automated systems.

If you point the plane at the ground and turn off the engines, it will still
crash. A sobering thought.

John