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

[jivey61 at bellsouth.net]

I'm spinning,spinning,spinning..........OOPS.

Jim I
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From: <jonlowe at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Flying into the sun????????????????


> 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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