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From: Don Barnes <don@cellarideas.com>
Subject: Re: Legacy crash - speculation
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Happened to Scott and he did what you're supposed to. Fly the  
airplane. Calmly come back, land and latch.


On Apr 16, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Alan K. Adamson wrote:

> I'm not one for speculating what happened, but from accounts and  
> now this
> picture (takeoff shot of the Legacy that crashed at SNF)... .It  
> appears that
> at least part of the trouble was the canopy wasn't latched...
>
> Ok, so who knows how these things fly, if they fly when it comes  
> unlatched
> while in flight or in this case, appears to be unlatched prior to
> takeoff....
>
> Darn, I feel for the family, but we all need to learn from mistakes  
> and it
> appears that "5 alive" wasn't done in this case prior to takeoff : 
> (.... Sad
> and probably avoidable...
>
> http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file? 
> id=536888751&filename=phpxexrtQ.jpg
>
> Alan - Thanks to Jon Socolof for sleuthing out the picture
>