Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:06:42 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d10.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.1) with ESMTP id 1886454 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:11:28 -0500 Received: from TByrnes133@aol.com by imo-d10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.bc.2fbc0775 (24895); Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:11:26 -0500 (EST) From: TByrnes133@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:11:26 EST Subject: Lancair IV test flying X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net, rbyrnes@ameritech.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10637 To all Just a few notes about the testing and my check out in my new Lancair IV. I entered this phase with much trepidation. Charlie Kohler made this a very enjoyable experience. He is extremely anal about the inspection which is probably why he has so few of problems with First flights. He also is the best instructor that I have ever flown with. My IV now has 12.9 hours on it and not a scratch on it. The engine seems to be 90% broken in and I am completely checked out. The IV is extremely fast and a blast to fly. As I said yesterday the hardest thing for me is the speed down low. My past experience is about 350 hours in a LNC2 but I had not flown hardly at all since I sold it two years ago. As you can probably tell, I am one happy camper. The cost to have Charlie do the test and checkout, while not cheap, is the best money that I ever spent. Tom Byrnes Lancair IV N54TB 100% with just paint and interior to go