Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:38:26 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2561695 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:18:19 -0400 Received: from dialup-67.31.197.76.dial1.tampa1.level3.net ([67.31.197.76] helo=earthlink.net) by pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19sj8q-0006zj-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:18:17 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <3F4F5306.9040905@earthlink.net> X-Original-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:20:06 -0400 From: Capt D User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: lml Lancair Columbia 400 crash Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It is very ironic that the aerodynamic features which make an aircraft 'spin resistant' can also make it neary impossible to recover from a spin if it does occur. My vote is to keep the tried and true 'standard' flight qualities, and let the pilot deal with it. Anyone who disagrees with me should install a 150 lb non working parachute like Cirrus. ha D. Story, ATP