X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:05:41 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTP id 5459568 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:56:41 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.66; envelope-from=colyncase@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=RuMuqAxtGdLG1cYAx6v9HcSps9ZbsITKEeSftEtiM4HP6RH4IxA3yl/ZrRVUu754; h=Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [70.20.47.198] (helo=[192.168.1.24]) by elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1SCsQ1-0007iO-Ko for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:56:05 -0400 From: Colyn Case Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-712-297363413 Subject: Re: [LML] Crankcase "venting" after flight X-Original-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:56:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <7FE0D6A1-2D01-442E-BCC1-6ABEF7BFD44D@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-ELNK-Trace: 63d5d3452847f8b1d6dd28457998182d7e972de0d01da9409216699fc9fd01c5627767044546f960350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 70.20.47.198 --Apple-Mail-712-297363413 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii He should have had a dipstick flag right in front of the windshield.... On Mar 27, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Steve Colwell wrote: =20 A couple of years ago we heard Roswell Unicom call a Aerostar twin. = They found one of his dipsticks laying on the ramp. He was back on the = ground when we landed. Oil was all over the left cowling. He spent = most of and hour trying to keep the engine running to get to a meeting = in Houston. Fortunately he was unsuccessful. His wife was giving him a = ration for sitting in the cockpit with 95 degree ramp temp while he = cranked. As is so often the case, it would not have been his first = mistake that would have killed him. =20 Steve Colwell Legacy =20 =20 --Apple-Mail-712-297363413 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii He should have had a dipstick flag right in front = of the windshield....

On Mar 27, 2012, = at 11:32 PM, Steve Colwell wrote:

A couple of years ago we heard Roswell Unicom call a = Aerostar twin. They found one of his dipsticks laying on the = ramp. He was back on the ground when we landed. Oil was all = over the left cowling. He spent most of and hour trying to keep = the engine running to get to a meeting in Houston. Fortunately he = was unsuccessful. His wife was giving him a ration for sitting in = the cockpit with 95 degree ramp temp while he cranked. As is so = often the case, it would not have been his first mistake that would have = killed him.

Steve Colwell = Legacy