Return-Path: Received: from [65.173.216.71] (HELO mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2630171 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:51:02 -0400 Received: from picker.com ([149.59.192.105]) by mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with SMTP id 2003100911472825:32531 ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:47:28 -0400 Received: from [149.59.251.202] (HELO Philips.com) by picker.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3b1) with ESMTP id 16498176 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:50:53 -0400 Sender: rob Message-ID: <3F8583CA.2D60AD83@Philips.com> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:50:34 -0400 From: Rob Logan Reply-To: Rob@Logan.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en, pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: IFR [in a lancair] References: X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 10/09/2003 11:47:28 AM, Serialize by Router on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 10/09/2003 11:47:36 AM, Serialize complete at 10/09/2003 11:47:36 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > These Lancair airplanes, although capable, are really only meant for > enjoyment, fun, and convenience. Nothing more. ouch! > I know how to avoid ice completely near ORD? wow, your good... around CLE its extremely hard to avoid ice... sort of like that merine layer thing.. but boy, the lancair's climb performance is much better than the tiger so getting out of ice is alot easier.. > I enjoy "VFR on top" yup, the trick is get there without too much ice :-) http://rob.com/lancair/2003.09/ in the L4 one could always find ice.. ~18k or so, so the trick is to avoid visible moisture, but often times that's impossible... -- Utopian Maturity: Eternity, Liberty, Equality now Fraternity & Altruism.