X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:19:58 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-ia0-f170.google.com ([209.85.210.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTPS id 5996039 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:24:04 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.210.170; envelope-from=mdpilot982@gmail.com Received: by mail-ia0-f170.google.com with SMTP id i1so14335679iaa.1 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:23:28 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.214.2 with SMTP id nw2mr31766igc.110.1357341808552; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:23:28 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from MikeSmithPC (c-75-72-250-131.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [75.72.250.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id vq4sm775049igb.10.2013.01.04.15.23.27 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:23:27 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael D Smith" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Safety and Behavior affects us all X-Original-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:23:28 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <2256A880380541AB9D57B696667BDD21@MikeSmithPC> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0037_01CDEAA0.3697D700" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Ac3qxqSgNVPOIFyJQyuFER5AXtVo5AACPK6g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CDEAA0.3697D700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm as safety conscious and risk mitigating as any reasonable person would be, and I don't want to really wade into the stall-no-stall back and forth discussions, but I do know for a fact that what one guy does or doesn't do plays out for the rest of us. By this I am referring to the fact that despite my IV is not particularly hard to fly- I have over 1200 hours on it, and I basically consider myself an average pilot (the flight instructors say I'm great, but somewhat cynically I think they just want the repeat business down the road) I don't see a need to operate it near the envelope and invite trouble. I rarely exceed 230KIAS (even though its been test flown to 274KIAS) and almost always I am wings level looking at a runway below 100KIAS Others may disagree and I can respect that, but if they fail and bend something, or kill somebody or hurt somebody on the ground, needlessly so, we all grieve the losses, patch up what can be fixed, and then I land up paying double for insurance. Until the insurers say we're done with this market sector. This has happened. 10 months ago with 1100TT my insurance was doubled due to loss rates on a IV. I wonder if they're doubling down again as we speak. I can imagine what they're talking about with the turbine market. Michael D Smith ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CDEAA0.3697D700 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’m as safety conscious and = risk mitigating as any reasonable person would be, and I don’t want to = really wade into the stall-no-stall back and forth discussions, but I do know = for a fact that what one guy does or doesn’t do plays out for the rest = of us. By this I am referring to the fact that despite my IV is not particularly = hard to fly- I have over 1200 hours on it, and I basically consider myself an = average pilot (the flight instructors say I’m great, but somewhat = cynically I think they just want the repeat business down the road) I don’t see a = need to operate it near the envelope and invite trouble. I rarely exceed 230KIAS = (even though its been test flown to 274KIAS) and almost always I am wings = level looking at a runway below 100KIAS Others may disagree and I can respect = that, but if they fail and bend something, or kill somebody or hurt somebody = on the ground, needlessly so, we all grieve the losses, patch up what can be = fixed, and then I land up paying double for insurance. Until the insurers say = we’re done with this market sector. This has happened. 10 months ago = with 1100TT my insurance was doubled due to loss rates on a IV. I wonder if = they’re doubling down again as we speak. I can imagine what they’re = talking about with the turbine market.

Michael D = Smith

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