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Letters: August 2012

I was really taken with your article on VGs in the June 2012 issue. I put them on my first Cessna 310 over 25 years ago. Checking them out, I feathered the right engine, put full power on the left and pulled into a steep climb. Pulled until the airplane stalled at about 5 knots slower than before. I still had positive aileron and rudder control. The stall was smooth, straight ahead. Next, restarted the right engine, let it warm up, shut down the left and repeated the process with the same results. I was really impressed and pleased with my decision to install them. Since then, I’ve been a real advocate and have even proposed that there be an AD to require them on all light twins. I still feel that way. I hope your article makes a believer out of more people. Could save a lot of lives.

Aviation Consumer Staff
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A Bike We Overlooked
I’m a long-time subscriber to your magazine who still has all the back copies for reference. In your current issue (see July 2012 Aviation Consumer) you review folding bikes. I had two Montague bikes for years (which I still have), but last year I bought a Phantom X Electric. (http://snipurl.com/2492tfw).

What a great bike. She folds so nicely that it’s easy to put inside my Prius as well. Seven speeds plus the electric for the same $1100 or so of the others. It won’t fit a Mooney, but it’s a real bike.

Aviation Consumer Staff