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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

At one point, we entered a region of sufficient turbulence that I disengaged the autopilot to hand-fly. Caught in series of up and down drafts, the autopilot pitched the Warrior aggressively to maintain altitude and the indicated airspeed trended too high in each updraft.

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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack

Air Facts

That produced a strange traffic pattern with roller coasters at the corners.)

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Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

Chess In the Air

Without knowing the horizontal wind direction and speed at this point it is impossible to say what his indicated airspeed was. The ADSB trace shows Shmulik’s ground speed of 92 kt as he began his final turn. 1000 ft AGL, planning to fly a very steep final approach.

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