X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:53:49 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.210] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with SMTP id 1060299 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:11:42 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.210; envelope-from=elippse@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 21453 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2006 17:00:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@sbcglobal.net@71.148.3.223 with login) by smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Apr 2006 17:00:14 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <000501c6599b$971d2370$df039447@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: Subject: Grayhawk: roll steering X-Original-Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:00:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65960.E964AEE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65960.E964AEE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey! Grayhawk1! "Direct To" for cruise? Not this old fart! My GPS = IFR routes are "I Follow Roads"! From Santa Maria, CA going to Carson = City: N on 5 then R on 50. Wendover, UT? N on 5, then follow 80 through = all its zigs and zags. Or Casper, WY: E on 166, then N on 15, R at Provo = past Heber to 80, then N at Rawlins. Portland or Seattle or Arlington? N = on 5 all the way! Then there's 10 and 40 for E-W! No way I'm going = "Direct To" to Denver! Guess what? Most airports are along the major highways! I have also = spoken to several who have put their Lancairs down on a road, well, at = least in one case, on a truck's flat-bed trailer on a road. They lived = to tell about it. And the planes were repairable. I haven't yet heard = anyone tell me about his off-airport landing in a field of boulders. = I'll bet that GPSS would follow those roads quite well! Flying at 11,500 = or 12,500 with that 15:1 glide ratio puts lots of airports in range when = that engine starts making funny noises! Paul ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65960.E964AEE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hey! Grayhawk1! "Direct To" = for cruise?=20 Not this old fart! My GPS IFR routes are "I Follow Roads"! From = Santa=20 Maria, CA going to Carson City: N on 5 then R on 50. Wendover, UT? = N on 5,=20 then follow 80 through all its zigs and zags. Or Casper, WY: E on 166, = then N on=20 15, R at Provo past Heber to 80, then N at Rawlins. Portland or Seattle = or=20 Arlington? N on 5 all the way! Then there's 10 and 40 for E-W! No way = I'm going=20 "Direct To" to Denver!

Guess what? Most = airports are=20 along the major highways! I have also spoken to several who = have put=20 their Lancairs down on a road, well, at least in one case, on a truck's = flat-bed=20 trailer on a road. They lived to tell about it. And the planes were=20 repairable. I haven't yet heard anyone tell me about his = off-airport=20 landing in a field of boulders. I'll bet that GPSS would follow those = roads=20 quite well! Flying at 11,500 or 12,500 with that 15:1 glide ratio puts = lots of=20 airports in range when that engine starts making funny = noises! =20 Paul

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