http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=2518 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=2518&cpage=1#comment-106088 dennis Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:00:32 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=2518#comment-106088 One area where the Mythbusters gang really blew it was that they flew it at 5ft AGL and declared victory. In the “aftershow”, they claimed that “the airplane doesn’t know where the ground is” therefore it will fly at higher altitudes. That is simply not true. The test pilot flew it in ground effect. Grant, being an RC pilot, ought to have known that.

]]> http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=2518&cpage=1#comment-105941 James Carlson Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:59:19 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=2518#comment-105941 They’ve done several aviation-related episodes now. In this one, they also got a chance to talk a little about control surfaces, weight and balance, cross-wind limitations, and test flight safety. None of it was particularly in depth, but it’s great to see this on a mainstream program.

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