X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 08:20:13 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc2-s11.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.147] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2924203 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 15 May 2008 22:12:18 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.246.147; envelope-from=bill_kennedy_3@hotmail.com Received: from BAY128-W32 ([65.55.133.67]) by bay0-omc2-s11.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 15 May 2008 19:11:40 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: bill_kennedy_3@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_21c84e46-7204-4e58-8873-1485998cbb6a_" X-Originating-IP: [71.111.143.173] From: Bill Kennedy X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Crash, fueling nozzles and training X-Original-Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:11:39 -0700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 May 2008 02:11:40.0671 (UTC) FILETIME=[2DCF78F0:01C8B6FA] --_21c84e46-7204-4e58-8873-1485998cbb6a_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:40:21 -0400 From: vtailjeff@aol.com Subject: [LML] Re: Crash, fueling nozzles and training Have you ever done it for real?=20 Yes, I've done it for real. However I was a couple of miles away from my ai= rport when the engine quit. I'd never had an engine failure before and didn= 't know for certain that it wasn't putting out some power (it quit windmill= ing as I slowed from my glide speed, so at that point it was obviously not = working). It was my first flight in my just finished Lancair 320. I was mor= e bothered by not knowing the handling characteristics of the plane than by= the engine problem. I was about two minutes into my first flight and hadn'= t even done a stall series yet. Anyway, I made an uneventful landing, fixed= the problem and continued the checkout. I didn't trust the plane for about= ten hours. You couldn't get me out of gliding distance from the field for = a while. But, have I done it from 200'? Never -- couldn't do it. Have I done it from= 500'? Only in practice, but I know I could. More important, I know I can s= afely maneuver the aircraft, with or without power, to take advantage of wh= atever the situation offers. --_21c84e46-7204-4e58-8873-1485998cbb6a_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
To: lml@lancairo= nline.net
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:40:21 -0400
From: vtailjeff@aol.c= om
Subject: [LML] Re: Crash, fueling nozzles and training

Have yo= u ever done it for real?


Yes, I've done it for real. However I = was a couple of miles away from my airport when the engine quit. I'd never = had an engine failure before and didn't know for certain that it wasn't put= ting out some power (it quit windmilling as I slowed from my glide speed, s= o at that point it was obviously not working). It was my first flight in my= just finished Lancair 320. I was more bothered by not knowing the handling= characteristics of the plane than by the engine problem. I was about two m= inutes into my first flight and hadn't even done a stall series yet. Anyway= , I made an uneventful landing, fixed the problem and continued the checkou= t. I didn't trust the plane for about ten hours. You couldn't get me out of= gliding distance from the field for a while.

But, have I done= it from 200'? Never -- couldn't do it. Have I done it from 500'? Only in p= ractice, but I know I could. More important, I know I can safely maneuver t= he aircraft, with or without power, to take advantage of whatever the situa= tion offers.



= --_21c84e46-7204-4e58-8873-1485998cbb6a_--