Posted for Jack Cowell <jackcowell@optonline.net>:

 OK, Mr. Ayers, I promise this is my last posting on this subject.
 
 Through all of the emails on this accident, I will admit that I have lost the
point you were trying to make. Here is my point:
 
 I'm an average pilot who has had the benefit of above average training. In
500 hours in Lancairs, whenever I follow the pilot instruction guidelines the
likes of Mike Mahar and Pete Zaccagnino have instilled in me, my IVP flies
like a jewel.
 
 My bottom line: A Ferrari is not a Toyota Camry.  It is not designed or
supposed to be, and it's a fool's errand to try to make it one. In my
experience, if a Lancair is constructed according to recommended
specifications, it performs like any other high performance vehicle. If you
are a competent pilot who has had competent training, you and your Lancair
high performance aircraft will perform consistently, predictably, and as
advertised.
 
 Your bottom line: If you can produce a high performance aircraft that is
superior to a Lancair, do it.  The buyers will fly a path to your door.  If
you cannot, your efforts will have been in vain and your investment
 will not have been profitable.
 
 No, let's all get on with other -- and hopefully more positive and
productive-- pursuits.