Message-ID: <007401c0a3a5$3aa81840$df38de9e@colwell>
From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" <colwell@innercite.com>
To: "a" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
References: <20010303052549.24511.qmail@web10003.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: IV-P Lightning Strike
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:46:00 -0800
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Reuven Silberman
To: Claudette Colwell 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: The Bird


> Steve & Claudette,
> 
> LeAnn and I miss seeing you. Thanks for including us
> in on the Legacy Letter.  A Walters or Pratt & Whitney
> Turbine would be ideal for your plane. It definately
> would satisfy Claudettes go-fast button. 
> 
> By the way I have photos of a Lancair 4P that took a
> lightning strike on the leading edge of the right
> wing. The entry hole is about 2" in diameter, but it
> damn near blew the rudder off. The rudder is trashed.
> The right wing may also be scrap. I was told it also
> blew out all his radios except the GPS but I cant
> confirm that. In my opinion the pilot was extremely
> lucky the wing did not blow off. Have they addressed
> lightning protection for your aircraft? You need to
> look into that.
> 
> We look forward to seeing you soon.
> 
> Reuven & LeAnn


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