ping Dan Thomas/weird crashes.

On Apr 1, 8:19 am, Dan wrote:
On Apr 1, 12:06 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:



On Mar 31, 11:02 pm, "Private" wrote:

"Private" wrote in message

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Piper Malibu down east of Edmonton 5 sob

FYI

http://news.google.ca/nwshp?hl=en&ta...577933&topic=h

http://discussions.flightaware.com/v...?p=47890#47890

http://www.aviation.ca/component/opt...temid,306/func...

Condolences to family & friends.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...80329/alta_pla...

http://news.google.ca/nwshp?hl=en&ta...577933&topic=n

This is news to me,http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...d=1c6483cc-309...

So in IFR in dense cloud, the AH starts going funny,
one still x-checks against the heading indicator and
the altimeter/rate of descent.
Finally there's the magnetic compass that is fool-
proof, (not idiot proof-Bertie couldn't find it ;-).
For rate of descent, the power setting vs, KIAS gives
a fair good idea of the rate of descent.

That all works for a 1/2 ass pilot, however if the cabin
pressure had a slow leak, and the pilot slowly looses
mental faculties, (Bertie is a typical example), that
could lead to pilot confusion.
Ken

And the last time you flew partial panel in IMC was....?

I was blind-folded, and the instruments were in Brail.
That excersize was conducted at night in clouds with
total electrical failure. To play it safe I did an extended
flare over the numbers, that's because I had two dead
jet engines and had to dead stick without flaps, SOP.

How about you Dan?
Ken