HI THERE

i have 180 Lancair 4 hours in the last 14 months.

AND
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B i ne= ver forget=3B =3B flying the 4P is like the responsibility of a loaded = gun

<= font style=3D"" color=3D"#AC193D" face=3D"Comic Sans MS">WHEN
=3B =3B =3B&nbs= p=3B Taking off=2C steering and speed have my undivided attention. <= font style=3D"" color=3D"#AC193D" face=3D"Comic Sans MS">
=3B =3B =3B= =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B i fly from bigger ai= rports and rotate at 85knots

AND=
= =3B =3B =3B =3B in the pattern=2C i am never=2C never ever=2C&n= bsp=3B below 120 knots and if in a turn i consider it an imperative that th= e turn is coordinated=2C the ball is centered.
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AND
=3B =3B =3B =3B on landing i am 120 knots until s= hort final and then 100 knots across the "fence"

THIS IS MY LANCAIR RELIGION=2C
=3B =3B =3B =3B i= do not prey=2C i obey=2C

AN= D
=3B = =3B =3B i love my 4P and wear it like a glove and make smooth transitio= ns from 270knots in descent to 140knots down wind.
=3B =3B =3B and fly hard I= FR

BUT
=3B =3B =3B like all= aviation=2C flying is unforgiving of inattention and carelessness

UNIQUE
=3B =3B =3B the Lancair di= fference is things happen more rapidly then we are used to from our trainin= g and experience in other GA airplanes

peter

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>=3B To: lml@lancairo= nline.net
>=3B Date: Tue=2C 24 Dec 2013 07:39:58 -0500
>=3B From:= pete@leapfrogventures.com
>=3B Subject: [LML] Re: 1992 "HOW TO KILL Y= OURSELF IN A HOMEBUILT"
>=3B
>=3B I think it would benefit all o= f us if we stopped crowing about how safe each of our Lancairs are because = we have not personally had serious accidents. Lancairs are more dangerous = than planes like 172's because of how unforgiving they become when errantly= flown outside of their envelope. IMHO=2C most accidents occur after a seq= uence of mistakes by a fallible pilot that ends with departing the safe env= elope. In a 172=2C recovery is easier - in Lancairs=2C not necessarily so.= Flying our high performance unforgiving airplanes does take a level of di= ligence that is above what many pilots I know possess. Training is critica= l. But even more important is not making mistakes on a routine basis that = can cascade into catastrophe. We fly high performance unforgiving aircraft= that are inherently dangerous relative to most other planes. We need to c= onstantly remind ourselves of that and treat every flight=2C no matter how = benign=2C accordingly.
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>=3B Pete
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