Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:34:38 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r06.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.102] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1253025 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:47:10 -0400 Received: from VTAILJEFF@aol.com by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id q.3c.1f079664 (4420) for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:47:09 -0400 (EDT) From: VTAILJEFF@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <3c.1f079664.2a292d3d@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 15:47:09 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Vacuum v all electric X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 113 "You pays your money and you takes your chances." What I am saying is that I see a couple of vacuum pump fatal accident cases a year. I also see a lot of GA instrument pilots for checkrides and refresher. IMHO if you you are going to fly IMC then you better think about having a backup horizon (not a turn and bank instrument). You also better have a backup vacuum pump or electric system. A B&C backup alternator for $400-700 is a great value. A RAPCO backup vacuum system will probably cost that much or more-- and all it can do is pump air (I think Brent Regan said it here first). Either way, a second AI and a second source of instrument power is important. Jeff