An accident happened about twenty year= s ago or so and was reported in Aviation Safety. It's one that you nev= er forget because the perfectly running Cessna slammed into mountainous terr= ain while basically flying straight and level. The female occupant end= ed up with her head somewhere under the pilot side instrument panel and the p= ilot's clothing was in sufficient disarray that the diagnosis was fairly cle= ar. You just have to wonder after all these years if he was able to ac= hieve the happy ending before the lights went out. No report in the ar= ticle about body fluids so we are left to ponder.

Darwin awards are always there for the winning.

Sent from my iP= ad

On Jul 24, 2013, at 8:33 AM, "Lynn Farnswort= h" <farnsworth@charter.net&= gt; wrote:

Doesn=E2=80=99t the mile high club only require you be at= or above 5280=E2=80=99 in elevation??? Simple solution; find an airport tha= t is at or above 5280=E2=80=99, park in a dark corner and have at it! No wor= ries about autopilot, ATC, ROP, LOP etc.. (:

= From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of <= /b>swaid rahn
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:58 AM
To:= lml@lancaironline.net
Su= bject: [LML] Re: MH Club Membership for Lancair Pilots=

= Sounds un-professional and a lack of good judgement in this model of high pe= rformance aircraft doing 5 miles a minute. You can't safely fly if you are n= ot mentally engaged.
Everyon= e has their opinion and this one is mine,
Swaid Rahn
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM, jeffrey liegner &= lt;liegner@ptd.net&= gt; wrote:
I have a pilot friend at the= local airport that has bragged to me about his repeated renewal (in his twi= n Baron) of his membership in the Mile High Club. I won't bore you wit= h the details.

But when asked with a certain level of disbelief, he c= omments that the membership requirement could easily be fulfilled in my Lanc= air IVP, and encourages me to do so with certain positional methods and advi= ce. I remain speculative, given my level of Situational Awareness and u= nderstanding the space available in the Lancair. Still, he believes it= is very possible.

Has anyone joined that Club in a Lancair, and how d= id you manage throttle/prop/mixture (especially LOP operations) during the m= embership drive? Any autopilot issues? Other insights would be i= nteresting.

I recently completed my annual recurrency with LOBO, but I= didn't discuss this crew resource management issue with my instructor.
<= br>Jeff L

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