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Subject: Re: [LML] Legacy crash
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Here is an article from pittsburgh where the plane was from=0Ahttp://www.po=
st-gazette.com/pg/08215/901378-52.stm=0A=0AI was up in pittsburgh 2 weeks a=
go visiting an IA friend up there that is friends with the mechanic that wo=
rked on the plane.  The owner stated he was scared of this plane.  He just =
bought it a few months ago from GA.  This is the legacy FG that was on trad=
e a plane for the last 2 years.  It was finished in OR but did not have an =
interior.  I will look at my photos again but believe it had chelton efis a=
nd AOA pro in it.  The airframe was low time and the statements from my mec=
hanic friend was that the previous owner was also scared of the plane and w=
as selling it because his airports runway was not long enough.  The man fro=
m washington PA that was also killed in the crash was a homebuilder but no =
experience in lancairs.  Both pilots were private pilots with instruments r=
atings.  The owner was said to only have 4 hours in the plane, the flight f=
rom GA where he bought it and another local flight before going to OSH.  I =
offered my instruction services to the IA friend of mine to help this gentl=
eman but obviously not in enough time.  The article says he owned it for a =
year and a half but that is not what I found when I was up in pittsburgh.  =
It is all too bad yet a recurring theme lately.=0APlease please get a quali=
fied instructor to fly with you.  Even one without lancair experience per s=
ay is much better than 2 unqualified private pilots trying to figure out ho=
w to fly a fast plane.  I as well as many other instructors love to help ne=
w pilots fly their aircraft safely and professionally.  Maybe it is well be=
yond the time to make a database of lancair proficient instructors for the =
community to use.  I do not flight instruct for a living or for the money, =
I only want to see people be safe.  I see too many "specialized" instructor=
s trying to charge ridiculous fees for "high performance" training and that=
 does nothing but force pilots to try it on their own.  I remember a doctor=
 up north that charged 50 dollars an hour, 10 years ago, for "specialized b=
onanza instruction".  The end result he only served as a second pilot for o=
wners with no medicals, who could afford him. =0ABe safe.=0ALuke Alcorn