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Lorn,
Well, it's a matter of degree isn't it. The utility of an airplane would be
severely limited if we avoid even mundane IFR challenges, simply because our
single transponder is inop. You can't file to fly in the flight levels even
in severe clear conditions without a functioning transponder.
Rod
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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of
Lorn H Olsen
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:58 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Panel Question
Rod,
I would not put anything extra in the airplane that had nothing to do
with flying and just to do with regulations.
If your regulation required instruments start to go on a stormy
night, it is just not your day. Land. Get a room. Relax. Have a
drink. Watch a movie. Live to fly again another day.
My policy is to count the things that go wrong before a flight. Once
the count hits 3, I don't fly. Some days are just not your day.
e.g. 1) I forgot my coffee cup, 2) weather looks bad, 3) tires are
low. Thats it. No flying today.
Lorn
> Date: December 24, 2007 11:45:15 PM GMT-05:00
>
> John,
>
> If it were my IVP (or any other), I would definitely put the
> transponder on the bottom, and add an identical one below that as a
> matching pair. It appears that you have the panel space. A
> transponder is a go-no-go item for IFR. I wouldn't want to be
> forced to land in rural Podunk Airport on a Friday night in bad
> weather, and be stuck there until VFR weather resumes or until
> Monday morning, whichever comes first, to have the transponder
> fixed or replaced.
> Rod Pharis, Legacy 40% SEL/MEL, COMM, Inst
>
>> I am finalizing the setup of my instrument panel -- LIVP. Gary
>> Wirrell of Aerotronics wants to know if I prefer the Tru Trak AP
>> on the bottom of the
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, ASMEL, ASES, Comm, Inst
DynaComm, Corp., 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, FB90/92, O-320-D1F, 1,300 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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