X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:57:56 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from raven.ravenwebhosting.com ([72.9.254.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5088081 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:33:58 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.9.254.67; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from s01060017ee00b6c0.cg.shawcable.net ([174.0.115.173]:51053 helo=[192.168.15.7]) by raven.ravenwebhosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrAmZ-0003EI-Uo for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:33:24 -0400 From: paul miller Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--324264416 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Re-doing my panel - carefully thinking through failures X-Original-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:33:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - raven.ravenwebhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail-3--324264416 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii My flight yesterday in the Legacy (2000 nm Daytona to Calgary) was = marked with light showers all over near my stops in Alliance NE and = Great Falls MT. It was a decision to push through these showers (you = could easily see the other side) or detour around these areas. I = decided in most cases to stay low (4500 feet from Florida) and get the = plane washed. I was VFR the entire trip because I can make my own = decisions on altitude and routing. I did have flight following most of = the way. In two cases, lighting did strike within 10 miles in heavier = rain areas. I suppose it could have been in my area too since I was in = precipitation. I don't think you have to be in a thunderstorm nor = exercising poor judgement in order to risk being struck. Paul Legacy Spruce Creek and Calgary >>=20 >> I suppose I should have been more specific - I assume that pilots of = experimental aircraft will exercise sufficient judgment not be flying = into thunderstorms, and thus the likelihood of in-flight lightning = strike is nearly nil. >=20 --Apple-Mail-3--324264416 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii My = flight yesterday in the Legacy (2000 nm Daytona to Calgary) was marked = with light showers all over near my stops in Alliance NE and Great Falls = MT. It was a decision to push through these showers (you could = easily see the other side) or detour around these areas. I decided = in most cases to stay low (4500 feet from Florida) and get the plane = washed. I was VFR the entire trip because I can make my own = decisions on altitude and routing. I did have flight following = most of the way. In two cases, lighting did strike within 10 miles = in heavier rain areas. I suppose it could have been in my area too = since I was in precipitation. I don't think you have to be in a = thunderstorm nor exercising poor judgement in order to risk being = struck.

Paul

Legacy

Spruce Creek = and Calgary

I= suppose I should have been more specific - I assume that pilots of = experimental aircraft will exercise sufficient judgment not be flying = into thunderstorms, and thus the likelihood of in-flight lightning = strike is nearly nil.

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