Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:34:36 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1711283 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:38:21 -0400 Received: from colwell (host-227-34.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.227.34]) by rook.innercite.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7P3cKO07243 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 20:38:21 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <00c101c24be8$f1e1d400$dce3de9e@colwell> From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Test Flight X-Original-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 20:38:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C24BAE.44E44B00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C24BAE.44E44B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > If you can't fly it the first time, you should not have built it!=20 I sincerely hope no one believes this. There have been many First = Flight Fatalities and damaged airplanes as a result of Builders who were = not qualified to test fly their projects. Some probably thought they = were up to it and others painted themselves into a corner by telling = their friends during construction, then did not want to back down. =20 I watched Dave Morss go through his very thorough check list, = preflight setup and runway hop routine before he committed to flight. = Then there are the stories of aircraft that were saved when the engine = quit at about 300' after takeoff. You better be a GOOD test pilot to = save the airplane or know when to not try to make it back (see First = Flight Fatalities above). Don Goetz had about 13 engine outs and saved = the airplanes, plus cockpits full of smoke, gear problems and numerous = other emergencys the average pilot would not handle well. If the = airplane has no major problems you may not need a test pilot, = but---if---it---does. Steve Colwell Legacy 2K Placerville,CA (530) 621-3408 ------=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C24BAE.44E44B00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> If you = can't fly=20 it the first time, you should not have built it!

I sincerely hope no=20 one believes this. There have been many First Flight = Fatalities and=20 damaged airplanes as a result of Builders who were not qualified to = test fly=20 their projects. Some probably thought they were up to it and = others=20 painted themselves into a corner by telling their friends during = construction,=20 then did not want to back down.

I watched Dave Morss go = through his=20 very thorough check list, preflight setup and runway hop routine = before=20 he committed to flight. Then there are the stories of aircraft = that were=20 saved when the engine quit at about 300' after takeoff. You = better=20 be a GOOD test pilot to save the airplane or know when to not try to = make it=20 back (see First Flight Fatalities above). Don Goetz had about 13 = engine=20 outs and saved the airplanes, plus cockpits full of smoke, gear = problems and=20 numerous other emergencys the average pilot would not handle=20 well. If the airplane has no major problems you = may not=20 need a test pilot, but---if---it---does.

Steve = Colwell Legacy=20 2K Placerville,CA (530)=20 621-3408

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