X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 17:29:48 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.137.3] (HELO imo-m22.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1121116 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 20 May 2006 09:07:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.3; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id q.1bf.4690199 (39332) for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 09:06:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <1bf.4690199.31a06e58@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 09:06:32 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: IVP Crash, Lancair handling characteristics X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1148130392" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1148130392 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 In a message dated 5/20/2006 6:00:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, =20 jackcowell@optonline.net writes: True, Peter Garrison is a writer for an aviation magazine that largely=20 deals with GA aircraft and related topics. Garrison also has built and=20 flown at least two of his own experimental Melmoth airplanes however, so=20 it wouldn't seem that he has much of a bias against experimental aircraft. and =20 In a message dated 5/20/2006 6:11:17 A.M. Central Standard Time, =20 tom.gourley@verizon.net writes: I'm generally in agreement with your posts, and enjoy your writing style, =20 but I'm inclined to think Peter Garrison is not unduly biased against =20 experimental airplanes. True, he does write for Flying, but he has designe= d and built=20 two of his own airplanes. That sounds pretty experimental to me. =20 Jack and Tom, =20 Yeah, see what happens when someone goes off half cocked (or was that =20 crocked). I did read this: =20 Peter Garrison=E2=80=99s Melmoth 2 After 21 years of on again, off again construction time, Flying magazine=20 writer Peter Garrison finally completed his all-composite Melmoth 2=E2=80= =94and after a=20 last minute paint job, flew it to Oshkosh where it was displayed in front o= f=20 Flying=E2=80=99s colorful pavilion. Powered by a 200-hp Continental TSIO-36= 0-A,=20 Melmoth 2 is a long distance cruiser: its wing holds 142 gallons of fuel! =20= =20 Peter=E2=80=99s article on the airplane was the cover story in the August 2= 003 issue=20 of Flying.=20 And also:=20 _http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/pr/030528_melmoth.html_=20 (http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/pr/030528_melmoth.html) =20 I am sure he thinks his airplane is superior in every way. So I will chang= e=20 my argument to one that would take into account his self-interest in his=20 self-crafted craft. Perhaps a different bias.=20 Otherwise, here we are just 5 months into 2006 and I am wrong again. OK, I= =20 withdraw all commentary about Mr. Garrison leanings since I have not read h= is=20 stuff. Here, at the institution, the library is limited to magazines like=20 Psychiatry Today with articles such as "Flights of Fancy are Almost Normal"= , =20 "Meditation Can Lead to Less Navel Lint" or "Medication Can Calm Your Nerve= s=20 When Someone Else is Landing the Plane." Hmmmm, did I mis-place some title=20 words?=20 Grayhawk=20 Oh, they are coming to up my meds now........ -------------------------------1148130392 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

In a message dated 5/20/2006 6:00:38 A.M. Central Standard Time,=20 jackcowell@optonline.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>True,=20 Peter Garrison is a writer for an aviation magazine that largely
deals= =20 with GA aircraft and related topics. Garrison also has built and
flown= at=20 least two of his own experimental Melmoth airplanes however, so
it=20 wouldn't seem that he has much of a bias against experimental=20 aircraft.

and

In a message dated 5/20/2006 6:11:17 A.M. Central Standard Time,=20 tom.gourley@verizon.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>

I'm generally in agreement with your posts, and enjoy your writing st= yle,=20 but I'm inclined to think Peter Garrison is not unduly biased against= =20 experimental airplanes. True, he does write for Flying, but he has=20 designed and built two of his own airplanes. That sounds pretty=20 experimental to me.

Jack and Tom,

Yeah, see what happens when someone goes off half cocked (or was that=20 crocked). I did read this:

Peter Garrison=E2=80=99s Melmoth 2
After 21 years o= f on again,=20 off again construction time, Flying magazine writer Peter Garrison finally=20 completed his all-composite Melmoth 2=E2=80=94and after a last minute paint=20= job, flew it=20 to Oshkosh where it was displayed in front of Flying=E2=80=99s colorful pavi= lion.=20 Powered by a 200-hp Continental TSIO-360-A, Melmoth 2 is a long distance=20 cruiser: its wing holds 142 gallons of fuel! =20

Peter=E2=80=99s article on the airplane was t= he cover story=20 in the August 2003 issue of Flying.

And also:

ht= tp://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/pr/030528_melmoth.html

I am sure he thinks his airplane is superior in every way. So I wil= l=20 change my argument to one that would take into account his self-interes= t in=20 his self-crafted craft. Perhaps a different bias.

Otherwise, here we are just 5 months into 2006 and I am wrong=20 again. OK, I withdraw all commentary about Mr. Garrison=20 leanings since I have not read his stuff. Here, at the institutio= n,=20 the library is limited to magazines like Psychiatry Today with articl= es=20 such as "Flights of Fancy are Almost Normal", "Meditation Can Lead to=20= Less=20 Navel Lint" or "Medication Can Calm Your Nerves When Someone Else=20= is=20 Landing the Plane." Hmmmm, did I mis-place some title words?

Grayhawk

Oh, they are coming to up my meds now........

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