X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:43:43 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail15.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.61] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTPS id 6481287 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:07:19 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.12.160.61; envelope-from=domcrain@tpg.com.au X-TPG-Junk-Status: Message not scanned X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed X-TPG-Abuse: host=60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au; ip=60.241.193.89; date=Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:06:40 +1000 Received: from [192.168.0.3] (60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au [60.241.193.89]) by mail15.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from domcrain@tpg.com.au) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r8J568MB010596 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:06:40 +1000 From: "Dominic V. Crain" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F2683F60-7561-4AC4-9021-DBE20D75C8F4" X-Original-Message-Id: <2A345A80-98D8-4DB6-B13C-524ED59DA33F@tpg.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [LML] Legacy down in Geraldton, Western Australia X-Original-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:54:48 +1000 References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_F2683F60-7561-4AC4-9021-DBE20D75C8F4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Fred, Like to know more as it comes to hand - especially the import details. I know Lyn Farnsworth's Legacy had a rear hinged canopy with a release = handle so he could bail out. When I was thinking about importing one a = couple of years ago he offered it. Cheers Dom Dominic V. Crain domcrain@tpg.com.au Phone 03-94161881 Mobile 0412-359320 On 19/09/2013, at 12:32 PM, Frederick Moreno = wrote: >=20 > A friend sent me the news report and just called after phoning = contacts he knows at the Geraldton Airport which is about 200 miles = north of Perth on the Coast. An imported US-built Legacy crashed = shortly after take off, rolled on impact and burned. It was a training = mission, first report is crew badly injured. Airport personnel were = very quickly at the crash site. > =20 > My friend learned in subsequent phone calls that while Legacy aircraft = have the canopy hinged at the front, this one had the canopy hinged at = the BACK (mistake number one). At about 200 feet it popped open, but = did not break off and so created huge drag and probably blanked the = vertical stabilizer and rudder. Pilot attempted to turn back to the = runway (mistake number two). Sink rate soared during the turn and the = plane went down. > =20 > Two huge mistakes in a row. It beggars belief. > =20 > Fred Moreno --Apple-Mail=_F2683F60-7561-4AC4-9021-DBE20D75C8F4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Fred,
Like to know more = as it comes to hand - especially the import details.
I know = Lyn Farnsworth's Legacy had a rear hinged canopy with a release handle = so he could bail out. When I was thinking about importing one a couple = of years ago he offered = it.
Cheers
Dom

Dominic V. Crain
Phon= e 03-94161881
Mobile 0412-359320

On 19/09/2013, at 12:32 PM, Frederick Moreno <frederickmoreno@bigpond.com> wrote: