X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:30:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO server1.USTEK) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.4) with ESMTP id 1401092 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:45:04 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=rsimon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Low Alt. Bailout Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:45:42 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: Low Alt. Bailout Thread-Index: AcbXN3HAJSGfraB4RFmf7PIHajn6TQAAbzJw From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Hamid A. Wasti Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:19 AM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Re: Low Alt. Bailout . . . You seem to have placed all your faith in the belief that a parachute will=20 save you in whatever jam you find yourself in. . . .=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D This is exactly the situation with a ballistic recovery parachute - aka the Cirrus panacea: =20 Stall/spin - pull the 'chute. VFR flight into IMC - pull the 'chute.=20 Fuel exhausted - pull the 'chute. Icing - pull the 'chute. Rough engine - pull the 'chute? Sure, the blossoming silk might save a pilot in the unlikely event of the engine falling off or the wing spar breaking, but I would rather commit time and money and payload on training and instrumentation than on a parachute of either type. And as Dennis Miller would say, "That's just my opinion - I could be wrong". Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES