Dan, et al,
Maybe us mature Lancair pilots should get together at the Branson fly-in
(October 2011). We could trade stories; i.e. Some of the things I
like about flying is that I can turn up my headset volume to compensate for
hearing loss, enable a traffic alerting witch to watch for what I
might miss seeing (if I remembered to put my glasses on), engage Otto (the auto
pilot) to take care of flight disruptions from the shakes, activate
the automatic header tank filler to overcome selective memory lapses,
use the AOA nag to awaken me during mid-flight naps leading to attitude
problems and the panoply of squealing idiot lights tied to scads of
sensors to take the place of mindful scans (hmmm... attention disorder?).
Grayhawk
PS: I sent a request to Garmin to add a "nearest hospital"
function to the 430W.
PPS: I am adding detailed "symptoms" and "actions" to the
emergency checklist computer.
PPPS: While I supply my passenger with an O2 cannula just like
mine, their's is not hooked up to anything. I prefer they go to
sleep and not bother me during my daydreams.
In a message dated 1/15/2011 9:11:05 A.M. Central Standard Time,
dfs155@roadrunner.com writes:
C'mon
guys (and gals) - I'm still flying my 235 at 77 and my hangar partner,
a
retired Navy pilot, is 81 and flys his Falco about as many hours a year as
I fly my Lancair. Lots of $100 hamburger flights (in the summer) and
several
trips each year from my home field in Coeur d'Alene (Pappy
Boyington Field)
to cenral California to visit my niece and nephew in
Santaq Rosa. Planning a
trip to southern Texas this coming summer to visit
old friends and to just
enjoy the experience. The only thing I've done as
a result of flying at this
age is to add oxygen to N235SP for cruise legs
- which for my 235 is best at
9.5 to 12.5 k - a small price in my
opinion.
I once promised the wife, in a unthinking moment when I was
much younger,
that I'd hang up the ticket when I turned 80 - assuming I
was still around
at the time - but the closer I get to it the more I'm
inclined to let that
slip my mind. I'm now inclined to fly as long as the
AME signs the medical
each two years.
Keep flying!
Dan
Schaefer
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