It seems to me that we have all been scared to death by the
admonishments to never stall these planes. As a result, nobody does any
stall testing or training. We will die if we stall the plane! Only do
stalls above 10000 feet because you will not be able to recover prior to
impact!
If this stuff is true, then it is not a judgement or training issue. A
plane that is too dangerous to stall is too dangerous to fly. A pilot
needs to be able to recognize an impending stall in any plane he is
flying. If we are scared to stall these Lancairs, we will eventually
stall close to the ground and become a “training issue”.
I am not yet flying my Legacy, but you can be damn well certain that
stalls will be part of the second flight! The first flight will be one
circuit, land, get out and kiss the ground!
The other problem I think is flight into ice. There have been
several planes that have suddenly fallen out of the sky. I suspect that
is ice. I don’t have thousands of hours, but so far, I have never
encountered ice in any plane I have ever flown. I don’t plan to
change that with my Legacy.
Bill B
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of marv@lancair.net
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009
10:09 AM
To: lml
Subject: [LML] Re: FAA RESCINDS
INFO LETTER
Posted for "Bruce Gray" <Bruce@Glasair.org>:
Does this mean the information is wrong or someone applied political
pressure?
Bruce
www.Glasair.org
[It probably just means that the common sense applied by our anonymous LOBO
person must have sunken in... hardly any accidents have been caused by airframe
failures... in other words, it's not the airplane's fault, it's a training and
piloting issue. Remember many years ago when they called the
Bonanza the "doctor killer"? Same principal... lack of
training, poor judgment, just because you're good at one thing doesn't
automatically make you good at (and prepared for the challenges of) everything
else. <Marv> ]
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Tom McNerney
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:08 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] FAA RESCINDS INFO LETTER
See link:
http://www.eaa.org/news/2009/2009-10-08_lancair.asp
Tom
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