Posted for "jim stanton" <jimstanton55@hotmail.com>:

I visit the Lancair forum occasionally. The NY accident was of
particular interest to me- for one reason because I used to be based at Orange
County Airport and know the area quite well. Orange is an old Stewart AFB
auxiliary field. Stewart is further to the east. Orange has two runways, the
longest 5000'. Stewart is 11,800'. Both are listed as having ILS approaches.
The area where the Lancair crashed is relatively flat terrain, but not a great
area for forced landing. The departure point is in NJ near the NJ-NY state
line. Orange and Stewart are both in NY. I had one flight a few years ago in a
Lancair 360 and thought it was a delightful airplane. I would like to see some
posts on typical Lancair fuel systems and possible modifications. Is it
possible to run a tank dry and still have fuel onboard??? A few years ago I
flew a Glasair I for about 60 hours. I ran a tank dry in the pattern, but
managed to get it running quickly. There are many airplanes where this is a
potential problem, among the worst being the Cherokees with four tanks.

 Jim