X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:04:02 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO ustek.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4170170 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:31:36 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=r.simon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CAC68E.D64B77EA" Subject: RE: More on Ed Smith's accident Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:33:31 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: More on Ed Smith's accident Thread-Index: AcrGjtYQkYjpn7AnS9uXz+abq0n+Yw== References: From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com>, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CAC68E.D64B77EA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Schiavo is also know in the industry as "Scary Mary". She planted fake bombs in her luggage to test airport security and shut down the Columbus airport for hours until they figured out what wa going on. You or I would have been shot on sight - justifiably. She has virtually no knowledge of aircraft and damn little on aviation. What could you expect of a political apointee? =20 Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES ________________________________ From: John Barrett [mailto:2thman@cablespeed.com]=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:05 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: More on Ed Smith's accident Who on earth is this person Schiavo? Was she misquoted? It's become normal to expect comments like the turbine engine and 387 mph errors made in the reports, but the quote below is really ridiculous coming from anyone who knows anything at all about flying an aircraft with an engine out, even a slow one but especially for any Lancair. =20 "Even with oil smeared on the windshield, Schiavo, the former NTSB official, said Smith should have been able to see through a small window on the side of the plane and possibly yell out to anyone below. Still, there may have been little time to try to avoid hitting the jogger, she said. She said Smith made the right choice in landing on the beach rather than the water. The aircraft likely wasn't carrying flotation equipment. "Planes like this sink like a rock," she said." This quote from an article on AP. =20 =20 Regards, =20 John Barrett, CEO Leading Edge Composites PO Box 428 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 =20 www.carbinge.com =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CAC68E.D64B77EA Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Schiavo is also know in the industry as "Scary = Mary". =20 She planted fake bombs in her luggage to test airport security and shut = down the=20 Columbus airport for hours until they figured out what wa going = on.  You or=20 I would have been shot on sight - justifiably.  She has virtually = no=20 knowledge of aircraft and damn little on aviation.  What could you = expect=20 of a political apointee?
 
Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES

From: John Barrett=20 [mailto:2thman@cablespeed.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, = 2010 10:05=20 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: More on Ed = Smith's=20 accident

Who on earth is this person Schiavo?  Was she=20 misquoted?  It’s become normal to expect comments like the = turbine engine=20 and 387 mph errors made in the reports, but the quote below is really = ridiculous=20 coming from anyone who knows anything at all about flying an aircraft = with an=20 engine out, even a  slow one but especially for any = Lancair.

 

“Even with oil smeared on the windshield, Schiavo, the former = NTSB official,=20 said Smith should have been able to see through a small window on the = side of=20 the plane and possibly yell out to anyone below. Still, there may have = been=20 little time to try to avoid hitting the jogger, she said.

She said Smith made the right choice in landing on the beach rather = than the=20 water. The aircraft likely wasn't carrying flotation = equipment.

"Planes like this sink like a rock," she said.”

This quote from an article on AP.

 

 

Regards,

 

John Barrett, CEO

Leading Edge Composites

PO Box 428

Port Hadlock, WA 98339

 

www.carbinge.com

 

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