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I was trained that in event of a fire on board to get out of the sky ASAP. Not dangle on a parachute for several minutes while cooking. We would practice 7000 ft / min decents with quick pull out and stick it on the earth while still cognizant enough to land it and hopefully no major parts melted off.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM, farnsworth <farnsworth@charter.net> wrote:

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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf of Ron
Laughlin
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:26 AM

"I wish he had had an airframe parachute. He might still be with us. I
guess he opted for Rob's extra 10 gallons of gas that gave him soooo
many more options....

RonL"

Since an airframe parachute option is not an OPTION on a Legacy, he had two
other options that may have allowed him to survive:

1. Wear a personal parachute
2. Install a feathering prop

I have both of those options with my Legacy. The prop is counterweighted and
so will feather with loss of oil pressure.

Lynn Farnsworth
Super Legacy #235
TSIO-550 Powered
Race #44
Mmo .6 Mach
Feathering Prop

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