Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:02:20 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m19.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.11] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3193565 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:45:41 -0400 Received: from DSRADO@aol.com by imo-m19.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.3.) id q.c1.3fd6fca7 (16930) for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:45:08 -0400 (EDT) From: DSRADO@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:45:07 EDT Subject: Re: 511WD Accident X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1083084307" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5107 -------------------------------1083084307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 4/27/2004 9:19:49 AM Pacific Standard Time,=20 Joe@goldenchoice.com writes: Guys, our Lancair brother didn=E2=80=99t perish because of his panel, he per= ished=20 because he flew into weather. I don=E2=80=99t care what kind of a panel you= have; Lancair =E2=80=99s are not all weather aircraft. We fly single engine, home-built a= ircraft=20 with very expensive, fancy panels. Why do we insist on loading them up with= =20 de-ice systems and all of the other goodies available to the space shuttle=20 people and NASA? These aircraft, including the IVP and IVP Turbine are grea= t VFR=20 and light IFR aircraft. For those of us who insist on flying into weather=20 systems, I wish I could be put me into your wills. Isn=E2=80=99t it apparen= t from the=20 number of weather related deaths that we don=E2=80=99t belong there? I have= flown with=20 numerous Lancair pilots (IVP=E2=80=99s) during training and it never ceases=20= to amaze me=20 how someone now believes that he can now go anywhere, anytime because he is=20 flying a Lancair. I think that the Lancair training syllabus should stress=20= the=20 hazards of weather flying rather than developing systems that will encourage= =20 pilots to try their luck! As to the comment about getting through=20 thunderstorms being 90% God and 10% pilot skill, I prefer to think of it as=20= 100% stupid. =20 And yes you might ask, I have also fit into this category. Fly safe, fly=20 smart and come back to fly tomorrow. =20 sent on behalf of Joe Rodriguez -------------------------------1083084307 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en
In a message dated 4/27/2004 9:19:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, Joe@gold= enchoice.com writes:

Guys, our Lancair brother didn=E2=80=99t perish bec= ause of his panel, he perished because he flew into weather.  I don=E2= =80=99t care what kind of a panel you have; Lancair=E2=80=99s are not all we= ather aircraft.  We fly single engine, home-built aircraft with very ex= pensive, fancy panels.  Why do we insist on loading them up with de-ice= systems and all of the other goodies available to the space shuttle people=20= and NASA?  These aircraft, including the IVP and IVP Turbine are great=20= VFR and light IFR aircraft.  For those of us who insist on flying into=20= weather systems, I wish I could be put me into your wills.  Isn=E2=80= =99t it apparent from the number of weather related deaths that we don=E2= =80=99t belong there?  I have flown with numerous Lancair pilots (IVP= =E2=80=99s) during training and it never ceases to amaze me how someone now=20= believes that he can now go anywhere, anytime because he is flying a Lancair= .  I think that the Lancair training syllabus should stress the hazards= of weather flying rather than developing systems that will encourage pilots= to try their luck!  As to the comment about getting through thundersto= rms being 90% God and 10% pilot skill, I prefer to think of it as 100% stupi= d.  And yes you might ask, I have also fit into this category.  Fl= y safe, fly smart and come back to fly tomorrow. 

 sent on behalf of Joe Rodriguez

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