Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:17:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1715260 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:22:51 -0400 Received: from mail8.carolina.rr.com (fe8 [24.93.67.55]) by smtp3.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g7VHMWga004607 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:22:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from computer ([24.74.36.249]) by mail8.carolina.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:22:51 -0400 From: "Matt & Bobbi Hapgood" X-Original-To: Subject: Returned from trip... X-Original-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:22:51 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <008a01c25113$0922f6b0$6401a8c0@HappyDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: The wife and I just returned from our month long vacation. What a great time and a tremendous flying experience. We really appreciate all the advice and words of wisdom from the fellow listers. We flew from our home in Charlotte to Kansas City, Aspen, Boulder, Las Vegas, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Memphis and then back home. A total of about 30 - 40 hours of flying (I haven't added it up yet) that went wonderfully well - only one minor problem the whole time. The plane ran beautifully, and although still a too slow it has tremendous cross-country capability (900 NM legs are no problem... for the plane!). We returned to Charlotte to land in IFR minimums - the only crappy weather landing of the whole trip. Although did have some fairly severe IFR leaving Aspen, at which time I experienced the shocking sensation (literally) from my Bose headset. Must have built up some static electricity and the headset shocked me, fairly seriously, numerous times. Zap, zap, zap. One ear then the other. Had to remove the headset and wear my wives (hers wasn't having a problem - maybe because mine is a hard-wired version and hers is battery operated???). I also had a problem with the AOA freaking out in that same situation. It started making a loud buzzing noise and the display started freaking. Cleared up when I got out of the pouring rain. Next trip is to Japan, Australia and New Zealand in late October... unfortunately, not in the Lancair. Any builders in those areas want to catch up?? Matt Matt