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I received this series of emails from the Sport Air Racing
League concerning a problem one of the Legacy pilots had recently. I thought
some on the LML might be interested.
Lynn
Subject: Fwd: [SARL-Racers]
Lancair Gear Inspection
Here's a bit more......
Linda
From: "Alan
Crawford"
Date: March 25, 2012 11:36:18 AM CDT
>
Subject: Re: [SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear Inspection
Ernie
.... I AM a registered owner and I EXPECT MORE from Lancair ..... I talked to
Lancair at length Friday and they have done nothing to alert the owners. When I
HAD TO PAY LANCAIR to register as an owner (what good was
that???) ... They took my $$$$ MONEY, name, email and physical
address from this process. In other words they have me and all registered
owners in a data base ... THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM (see
picture)... It would have been nothing to send an email out on this
OR any problem .... I can tell you Glasair does this when there is a
problem and does an excellent process of keeping their owners informed. I
have talked to several other Legacy owners since Friday and they only
found out about it through word of mouth!!!!! One person landed and a
person walked up to him and asked him if he had fixed his yet??? ... that
was the first he had heard about this problem ..... This is PURE BS!!!!
I
have a Baron, two Cessna's and a Piper PA11 ... anytime there is a problem,
Alert, or Service Bulletin .... I get an email followed by a "Hard
Copy" in the mail to insure everyone is aware of the problem ...
I
will continue my conversation with Lancair Monday with higher ups and hope
to convince them to fix this communication problem they seem to have .... In
the words of another Legacy owner I contacted .... "I don't feel the Love
from Lancair right now!!!" .....
Ernie,
looking forward to flying with you and getting ready for Rookie School this
spring ... I have downloaded the application and will be sending it in this
week .... hope you have time in the next couple of months to do some flying ...
Blue
Skies ... Alan .. Race 2
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Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 24,
2012 1:44 PM
Subject: Fwd: [SARL-Racers]
Lancair Gear Inspection
Just as a forward note... All Lancair owners should be
registered with Lancair. This will ensure that they are aware of all necessary
maintenance issues.... This has been out for a while. It requires
modification or good inspections. Ernie
From: Linda Street-Ely
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Date: March 23, 2012 12:49:11 PM MDT
To: ernestsutter
Subject: Fwd: [SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear Inspection
Ernie,
FYI..... see below
-----Original Message-----
From: AnnElise Bennett
To: SARL-Racers <SARL-Racers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 12:51 pm
Subject: [SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear Inspection
Good morning folks. Alan Crawford, Race 2, landed at KTRL today, and his
main landing gear "broke". Fortunately it failed in the
gear-down position, and he and the bird are okay. However...the part that
broke is where the actuator connects onto the airplane. It appeared to
have been cracking over time, as there was rust at the beginning of the crack,
and inspection revealed cracks on the other side as well. SO...any of you
folks with Lancairs, or friends with Lancairs, (don't know if it's a Lancair
thing in general, or a Legacy thing) need to give that area of your landing
gear a very good look. I'm sure Alan will be able to provide more details
later, but we wanted to bring this to everyone's attention a.s.a.p....
--
AnnElise Bennett
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