Taming the Graveyard Spiral - A lecture by John F. Crawford

Thursday 04/10/2025

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Conference Center East, Room Rom

English

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While flying a Schweizer 1-34 over San Francisco Bay, I noticed that the aircraft would pilot itself in a spiral, apparently quite stably. This talk follows up 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 start a group to investigate and publicise it, with the aim of getting it into the repertoire of every pilot in the world.

Daily Programm, Vortrag, AERO GA Academy, Flight in Practice

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