[NSRCA-discussion] Flying into the sun????????????????

[jonlowe at aol.com]

This happened during practice before the contest started, early in the 
morning.  The sun was near one end of the box, and he pulled up, got 
dazzled, and lost it.  Exactly the same thing happened to another flyer 
at the Huntsville, AL contest last year.  Flyer is concentrating on his 
line, and doesn't realize how close he is to the sun.  Not hard to do, 
but has dire consequences.  Heck, I did it last year at an SPA contest 
during a 3 turn spin.  Didn't mean to, but it endied up spinning right 
thru the sun.  Fortunately, I was able to recover and complete the 
manuever without harm when it spun out the bottom.  I have no idea how 
many spins I actually did, but I got a good score as I remember!

Jon Lowe

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Hail <itsbenhail at yahoo.com>
To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Thu, 11 May 2006 05:44:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Flying into the sun????????????????

The other day, I noticed a post about a pilot that flew into the sun 
and lost his plane. I think it was the Pensacola contest. I've been 
flying for a long time, and have never flown even near the sun. Why and 
how is that possible, I just don't understand how anyone could do such 
a thing.
 
Thanks, Ben....


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