I have grave concerns following the OSH fatal prang a couple years
ago. The Europa concerned was on a first-time approach during the fly-in.
The aircraft was on short final crosswing on final turn when it spun too low
for recovery.
This si not to denigrate the skills of the pilot, but he's on a
tight right for 27. I've been out there listening to the chat on freq, and
many are asked by final field controller to "waggle for ident". If the pilot
had a tad of inside rudder on for correcting to centreline, and was asked to
waggle - there you have a perfect stall storm - some inside rudder and you
add bank for 'waggle' - inside wing slows to stall - spin entry for sure.
If asked to waggle - ensure the rudder neutral first.
Cheers, Ferg
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