Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #55612
From: <Lehanover@aol.com>
Subject: Flutter me this
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:42:00 EDT
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

From today's ANN.

Perhaps the term "Aileron fluttering to the ground" is accurate.

 

Experience And Cool Save Airshow Performer

Wed, 06 Jul '11

John Klatt Lands Safely After Shedding Aileron During Snap Rolls

Spectators at the Battle Creek Balloon Festival Airshow in Michigan got a disconcerting look Sunday into the risks faced by aerobatic performers. John Klatt's Panzl S330 lost its left aileron during a series of snap rolls, but he was able to level out even as the control surface fluttered to the ground.

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