wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (09/10/85)
> > The plane turned slowly and quietly and no amount of power would break > the spin. Realizing what was going on, the owner calmly opened the left > door (since there is no "headwind' in a flat spin) and started climbing > out over the lift strut. Half way over the strut the nose fell through > the horizon. He quickly got back in and recovered from a 'normal' spin. > > What amazes me is that the guy had the presence of mind to climb out. > I know the door/strut configuration very well and am not sure I could > have managed it with the plane sitting on the ground and the engine > turned off. > "Fear lent him wings," as the saying goes...:-). Ron W. (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "What am I supposed to tell them, Wiley...'They can kill you, but they can't eat you...'?"