Posted for "Taylor, David" <dtaylor@crescentpark.com>:

 Jack:
 
 Your comments make sense.  Not sure what you mean by "respect the
 aircraft" though.  Most pilots are too afraid of their airplanes at low
 speed and high angle of attack and need much more practice in that,
 including stalls and spins.  I assume you mean this.
 
 After recurrent and complete stall / spin training in airplanes
 certified for that, what specific training should Lancair pilots do in
 their Lancairs?  It seems like the cause of most of these accidents is
 pilots not being able to fly their airplanes without power, ie glide
 them properly to the ground.
 
 If you've never practiced gliding your plane to the ground without
 power, and you do this for the first time in an emergency engine out
 situation, off airport and/or low to the ground, I think you odds of
 surviving are 50/50.  We're lucky these engines are so reliable.
 
 Do you teach power off flying and landings in IV's or Legacys or 360s?
 
 D Taylor