Phil was for us a very sweet Friend , enjoy, fairplay, enthousiast. his knowledges and experiences professionnal aero was great....Bad day, no luck, Engine problem, at the bad area ( hangar zone..),.. and little Mto....
If anyone on here , could tell us some more about Phil Balligand , that would be interesting , he seems like a very capable person. Would be interesting to know what other machines he built , and what happened that he ended up crashing. Thanks in advance.
@mrhulot101 The accident was a combination of bad weather, still willing to fly home and too low height (flying below low clouds). Sadly he had not enough height to recover from a heavy turbulence. The day of his death there was a fierce storm over Belgium. So it sad to say, but ...it was a pilot error. He should have stayed on the ground.
Why in the world didn't he do weight and measure to find out the CG was too far aft? That is a tragedy...I would do the Weight and balance before flying any plane homebuilt
Phil was for us a very sweet Friend , enjoy, fairplay, enthousiast. his knowledges and experiences professionnal aero was great....Bad day, no luck, Engine problem, at the bad area ( hangar zone..),..
and little Mto....
Would be cool to hear some more about Phil.
There's a article in kitplanes Magazine about how the original design was designed wrong, later fixed.
Very tidy little aircraft with some beneficial modifications.
If anyone on here , could tell us some more about Phil Balligand , that would be interesting , he seems like a very capable person. Would be interesting to know what other machines he built , and what happened that he ended up crashing. Thanks in advance.
@mrhulot101 The accident was a combination of bad weather, still willing to fly home and too low height (flying below low clouds). Sadly he had not enough height to recover from a heavy turbulence. The day of his death there was a fierce storm over Belgium. So it sad to say, but ...it was a pilot error. He should have stayed on the ground.
Could you post some more info about Phil and the planes he built, would be awesome to learn more.
Always check your center of gravity and maintain that air speed.
Why in the world didn't he do weight and measure to find out the CG was too far aft? That is a tragedy...I would do the Weight and balance before flying any plane homebuilt
did he die in the flea or a non airplane accdent?
@mrhulot101 I believe he was killed flying this flea.
so does that mean he was nose heavy? 1.6%