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An interesting thing happened as I was sitting in the plane after a successful
engine run.  It was last Sunday about 3:30 pm in Michigan (about 43 degrees
lattitude) and the plane was facing North-East.  With the canopy raised (forward
hinge mount) a bystander noticed the leather on the IP dust cover starting to
smoke.  Sure enough, the canopy was catching the sun and focusing it nearly
perfectly on the dust cover.  Bloody _ _ _ _!  The plane was facing almost
exactly away from the sun.  

Something to keep in mind.

Ed de Chazal
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