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 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 as possible.

I have taken spin awareness, avoidance and recovery classes, I plan to take an aerobic class to learn how to deal with unusual attitudes. I am all to conscious of the dangers of a spin in a Legacy, or any other plane for that matter. It's something I will try to avoid. But in life, especially when you are closer to the edge as pilot are, unexpected things happen with bad consequences. I could fly into the wake of a 747 or bad wind shear, I could loose my rudder or an aileron, I could accumulate ice, structural failure. all these events could lead to a spin. The point for me is; if there is chance of something bad happening it is my responsibility to myself and passenger to do what I can to avoid it and what I can to deal with it if it happens. Who knows if I will be able to get out of the plane due to the G forces, but I will try my damnedest. There have been plenty of pilots that have gotten out of planes in a spin, just because you have never heard of anyone baling out of a Lancair or RV is meaningless to me. How many have the ability to eject their Canopies? How many have parachutes? There must be a reason why the FAR’s call for a parachute when pilots do "an intentional maneuver involving an abrupt change in an aircraft's altitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight." Or “A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon" or "A nose-up or nose-down altitude of 30 degrees relative to the horizon”. What's important is pilots die in spins and I will do what I can to survive.



Kevin Kossi
Legacy 55%
New York