----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ravinski" <mjrav@comcast.net>
To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: some thoughts on accidents


> I flew through a thunderstorm once.  It was in 1972 during Air Force
flight
> training in a T-38.  There was a war on and weather services were not so
> good as today either.
> My instructor called me a pussey for not keeping the bird right side up
but
> he could not either.  I have no doubt that my 360 lancair would have come
> unglued in there and it was not a very big cell.
>
> I would suggest that whatever training program is used would have some
> emphasis on unusual attitudes and spin recovery techniques.  I've done
deep
> stalls many times in my bird.  ONCE it snap rolled inverted.  Go figgure -
I
> could never get it to do that again.
> All the other times, it just wanted to spin if held in a really deep
stall.
> I can't speak for other Lancairs but I think unusual attitude and spin
> prevention / recovery training will help offset all those loss of control
> accidents even if the training is in a Super Decathilon.  Do some turns at
> slow flight while you're at it.  If you find these practice maneuvers
> uncomfortable - maybe you haven't done them enough.

Mark Ravinski
360   1444 hrs
>