Saturday 04/25/2026
10:00 am
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11:00 am
Conference Center East, Room Rom
While flying a Schweizer 1-34 glider over San Francisco Bay, I noticed that the aircraft would pilot itself in a spiral, apparently quite stably. This talk stems from that observation. I discuss why the effect might be expected, and present videos showing it from several flights in different aircraft, powered and unpowered. I would like to further investigate and publicise it, with the aim of getting it into the repertoire of every pilot in the world.
Speaker
Herr John Crawford
Daily Programm, Flight in Practice
