X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:03:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail116c7.megamailservers.com ([69.49.98.216] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0c1) with ESMTPS id 5719704 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:23:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.49.98.216; envelope-from=hjjohnson@sasktel.net X-POP-User: a_authtest.testsitesc7.hostopia.com Received: from mail116c7.megamailservers.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail116c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q7KEN6rP005183 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:23:07 -0400 Received: (from webmail@localhost) by mail116c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.12.2/Submit) id q7KEN6ht005180 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:23:06 -0400 Received: from static184-169-52-50.wb.rev.accesscomm.ca (static184-169-52-50.wb.rev.accesscomm.ca [184.169.52.50]) by webmail.sasktel.net (Webmail 5.0 V.V.I.) with HTTP for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:23:06 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <20120820082306.cpkaux9nc4cg40cs@webmail.sasktel.net> From: "=?utf-8?b?SmFycmV0dCBKb2huc29u?=" X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Floatation Devices (or full survival gear) flying overthe Great Lakes X-Original-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:23:06 -0600 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Webmail 6.0 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=9uDXZg0bxfCkR1YZT6F6d6ruZMz/HDytWIMNa6LHsxs= c=1 sm=1 a=Q5QLeeme7KwA:10 a=6sY4m1O-vYgA:10 a=YxfxW3ofkq8A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=ws6BVsOx3XMA:10 a=upxSRtdB2imoQKVfWHPO4g==:17 a=qrFA_WvyAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=wNmyhY9NUgDIXP_t_mwA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=CVU0O5Kb7MsA:10 a=bdmcM0_chmsA:10 a=WkljmVdYkabdwxfqvArNOQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.5032484B.0056,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 I've flown the length of Superior many times as well as Erie and Ontario w/out the use of floatation equipment. However that=C2=A0was in a Conquest, I'm not sure how I'd feel about doing it in a single regardless of what the rules or the calculated numbers=C2=A0say. For a simple crossing [say E/W across Michigian] I'd prob be ok but much more than that and I'd most likely just plan around it [take a different route]. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Fwiw =C2=A0 J. Johnson 235/320 55% [and holding] =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:07:01 -0400, jeffrey liegner wrote= : My wife has asked how many of you have floatation devices or full survival gear in the plane when transiting over the Great Lakes? > > I'll be at FL220-FL230 and have a 20:1 glide ratio (LIVP, Feathering > Prop). I understand the math. > > But how many of you carry floatation devices? > > Jeff L > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.ht= ml > > =C2=A0