X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:06:01 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4180045 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:55:40 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.67; envelope-from=douglasbrunner@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=ZAKF6oAiX4RABn52uTJGe3sHdrnQEy+f2+FJ3Vq+xUg96MjYxBQbAaGGcKyUuDnk; h=Received:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [74.93.196.177] (helo=DougsLaptop) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NvFcV-0007tu-CD for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:55:03 -0400 From: "Douglas Brunner" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] FAA safety warning in the news X-Original-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:55:02 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <000901cacd1e$39941740$acbc45c0$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000A_01CACCFC.B2827740" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcrM4C/KYN7v/q1kRbGOJMYAG1JRcAAO9iFw Content-Language: en-us X-ELNK-Trace: ad85a799c4f5de37c2eb1477c196d22294f5150ab1c16ac0da8416a478439239daf91f2af2d5c6ef69756f0d5610fbc6350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 74.93.196.177 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01CACCFC.B2827740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My basic rule with respect to articles in the news on aircraft accidents is that they are always wrong. It is generally a safer bet that the author has garbled most of the facts than to assume the author has gotten any of them right. Here are the basic aviation facts that most people (including reporters) "know": 1) An aircraft "stalls" when its engine stops. 2) When an aircraft "stalls" it immediately plunges straight toward the ground in a "death spiral". 3) By having 2 engines, you can prevent an aircraft from stalling, since the other engine will keep running. 4) Therefore twin engine planes are much safer. 5) All airplanes have bathrooms. 6) All pilots and passengers in small planes wear parachutes, since it is easy to jump out of a small plane. 7) People who fly experimental aircraft are crazy. (actually the last one is correct) D. Brunner N241DB 400 happy and accident free hours in a Lancair Legacy ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01CACCFC.B2827740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My basic rule with respect to articles in the news on = aircraft accidents is that they are always wrong.  It is generally a = safer bet that the author has garbled most of the facts than to assume the = author has gotten any of them right.

 

Here are the basic aviation facts that most people = (including reporters) “know”:

 

1)      An aircraft “stalls” when its engine = stops.

2)      When an aircraft “stalls” it immediately = plunges straight toward the ground in a “death spiral”.

3)      By having 2 engines, you can prevent an aircraft from = stalling, since the other engine will keep running.

4)      Therefore twin engine planes are much = safer.

5)      All airplanes have bathrooms.

6)      All pilots and passengers in small planes wear = parachutes, since it is easy to jump out of a small plane.

7)      People who fly experimental aircraft are crazy. =

 

(actually the last one is correct)

 

D. Brunner N241DB

 

400 happy and accident free hours in a Lancair = Legacy

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