John,

It doesn't take a "Superman" to fly a Lancair safely. However, it is prudent
to understand what the flight envelope of any aircraft is. Anyone who tries
to fly any aircraft "outside" of its envelope will certainly endanger
himself. So, stay within the envelope of your plane and you will be fine.
One other point, because of the speed of the Lancair product vs most general
aviation products, you will need to think/plan farther ahead in the progress
of your flight.

Best Regards, Lynn Farnsworth

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Subject: [LML] Re: 1992 "HOW TO KILL YOURSELF IN A HOMEBUILT"

Peter--

With all due respect, since I know you've been flying Lancairs for a long
time, do you think that those of us who haven't flown yet really want to
hear how the Lancair is a dangerous plane and chances are good that we're
going to die on our first flight - or most certainly by the second one? I
understand that your intention in posting that Falco piece was to prod
people into getting some flight time in a similar aircraft before launching
off, but I'm really getting sick of people telling me I'm going to die soon.
I've built the best plane I knew how and fully intend to get some stick time
in a 360 before I fly mine. What I could use right now, though, is a little
moral support. From my 6 hours at the controls of Clarence Grubbs 69CG, the
235 is a sweet flying plane and not dangerous at all if one respects the
differences from a C-172. But it seems that all I get more experienced
pilots is FUD [Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt]. Several months ago I attended
an EAA meeting at Asheville, NC, and it was the same with those guys (mostly
spam-can RV builders). I went there for some support, and all I got was FUD.
I haven't been back since.

/rant


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