X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:29:55 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta11.charter.net ([216.33.127.80] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.6) with ESMTP id 3094638 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:35:33 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.33.127.80; envelope-from=farnsworth@charter.net Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080826173453.EKCI21239.mta11.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:53 -0400 Received: from Farnsworth ([75.139.158.86]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080826173452.FGSO29012.aarprv06.charter.net@Farnsworth> for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:52 -0400 From: "farnsworth" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] ....thoughts on accidents "Flying slow is not for the uninformed, and maybe not for most" X-Original-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0077_01C90780.6F3A9B90" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Thread-Index: AckHkyWm8rppSDHJS6CU85pDIhrFqwADFEqA X-Original-Message-Id: <20080826173452.FGSO29012.aarprv06.charter.net@Farnsworth> X-Chzlrs: 0 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C90780.6F3A9B90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _____ "Flying slow is not for the uninformed, and maybe not for most." Guys, if you can't fly slowly, you can't fly that airplane! You need a training or a more simple airplane. How do you handle a traffic pattern and landing if you can't fly slow? If you are not able to do everything required for a biannual, including slow flight, with proficiency, you aren't qualified to fly your plane. Get training, not gadgets! Bill, I can fly as slow as the next guy, but why. What is your definition of slow flying? 1 knot above stalling AOA, 2knots or maybe 10 knots? What? This discussion started with trying to figure out how not to crash a Lancair. Normal traffic pattern speeds are not my idea of "slow flying". As a result, when someone talks about doing "slow flying, in a Lancair, at traffic pattern altitudes the hair on the back of my neck starts to rise. IMO, Lancair airplanes should only be flown in the "slow flight" envelope above an altitude from which you can recover from the worst possible outcome of flying in that envelope. Lynn Farnsworth ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C90780.6F3A9B90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

 

"Flying slow is not for the uninformed, and maybe not for most."

Guys, if you can't fly slowly, you can't fly that airplane! You need a = training or a more simple airplane. How do you handle a traffic pattern and = landing if you can't fly slow? If you are not able to do everything required for a biannual, including slow flight, with proficiency, you aren't qualified = to fly your plane. Get training, not gadgets!

 

 

Bill,

 

I can fly as slow as the next guy, = but why. What is your definition of slow flying? 1 knot above stalling AOA, = 2knots or maybe 10 knots? What?

 

This discussion started with trying = to figure out how not to crash a Lancair. Normal traffic pattern speeds are = not my idea of “slow flying”. As a result, when someone talks about = doing “slow flying, in a Lancair, at traffic pattern altitudes the hair on the back = of my neck starts to rise. IMO, Lancair airplanes should only be flown in the = “slow flight” envelope above an altitude from which you can recover from = the worst possible outcome of flying in that = envelope.

 

Lynn = Farnsworth

 

 

 

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