A few minutes ago, I stumbled across a YouTube video of a Cirrus accident caused by attempting to do a roll at 200 feet. The ensuing thread of reader comments brushed right past the aerobatics and centered immediately on the accident rate of the Cirrus and how dangerous they claim it to be (the airplane isn't dangerous, but some of its pilots are). Well, I have a news flash for anyone seeing that video: An aileron roll at 200 feet in any airplane, be it a Pitts Special, Extra or Cirrus, is damned dangerous. In fact, it's crazy dangerous. Obviously, the really dangerous component in this accident, wasn't the airplane, but the pilot's total lack of judgment. And you can't teach, engineer or legislate judgment. Stupid is as stupid does.
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