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I shopped around when I bought my three-blade simitar Hartzell prop too, but nobody else could come close to Lancair's price. When I told American Propeller that I had a much lower quote from Lancair they said, "We can't compete with Lancair. They buy the props in quantity, but we have to by them one at a time!"

Rod

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From: Lancair

To: lml@lancaironline.net

Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 7:52 PM

Subject: [LML] Insurance for greybeards

I read a comment on the LML that a pilot over 70 would no longer be insurable. It was the first I had heard of such a thing so I went to the source: Scott at SkySmith Insurance. He added some clarification, see below:

It gets more difficult to get insurance in complex aircraft the older you get. Typically if you are insured and stay with the same company after 70, you just get more requirements. I have a 75 year old in Legacy, 310 and 414. I also have a 70 something in a 421. A 70 something in a TBM 700 and so on.

Usually you will need to be insured with someone and stay there. They will start requiring a medical every year and by 80 they will probably require a second qualified pilot in the aircraft.

It didn't help that the Continental pilot that died in the air was only 60. That will create knee jerk reactions in the industry that old (above 60) pilots shouldn't fly commercially or complex aircraft.

Robert M. Simon

Lancair ES-P

N301ES

(And let's all hope that no pilot in his 20's dies in flight or all commercial pilot slots will be filled by teenagers!)

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