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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:28:33 -0400
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From: Kevin Kossi <kevin@airforcemechanical.com>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Exiting a Legacy post crash
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Chatfield S. Danie" wrote:

  Just a comment.  Do you plan to wear a parachute every time you fly.
  And if you had a parachute, do you really think you could get out of a
  spinning airplane...especially one not designed for it.  To my
  knowledge, there has never been anyone to bail out of Lancair or RV =20=

for
  that matter.  Your time is better spent learning how to prevent a
  situation where you would want to bail.
   Chat Daniel
  Lancair Super ES
  RV-8


Yes, me and my passenger,  that's why I am making it as comfortable =20
as possible.

I have taken spin awareness, avoidance and recovery classes, I plan =20
to take an aerobic class to learn how to deal with unusual attitudes. =20=

I am all to conscious of the dangers of a spin in a Legacy, or any =20
other plane for that matter. It's something I will try to avoid. But =20
in life, especially when you are closer to the edge as pilot are, =20
unexpected things happen with bad consequences. I could fly into the =20
wake of a 747 or bad wind shear, I could loose my rudder or an =20
aileron, I could accumulate ice, structural failure. all these events =20=

could lead to a spin. The point for me is; if there is chance of =20
something bad happening it is my responsibility to myself and =20
passenger to do what I can to avoid it and what I can to deal with it =20=

if it happens. Who knows if I will be able to get out of the plane =20
due to the G forces, but I will try my damnedest. There have been =20
plenty of pilots that have gotten out of planes in a spin, just =20
because you have never heard of anyone baling out of a Lancair or RV =20
is meaningless to me. How many have the ability to eject their =20
Canopies? How many have parachutes? There must be a reason why the =20
FAR=92s call for a parachute when pilots do "an intentional maneuver =20
involving an abrupt change in an aircraft's altitude, an abnormal =20
attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight." =20=

Or =93A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon" or "A nose-up or =20
nose-down altitude of 30 degrees relative to the horizon=94. What's =20
important is pilots die in spins and I will do what I can to survive.


Kevin Kossi
Legacy 55%
New York