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To Mr. Lancair in charge of safety:
Respectfully I am suggesting you
review information on the link atl@atlinc.com.
None of the recent posts re
Shannon's accident focused on the actual cause of the
fatality, but instead -- on the causes of the engine failure
in-flight.
The final cause of the fatality
was fire.
Racecars costing as much or more
than our beautiful Lancairs, hit the wall and each other at speeds far in
excess of those at which force-landing-Lan cairs are impacting the ground and
light poles,and the drives walk away.
The reason is that the cars do
not burn. Their tanks are carefully and thoroughly engineered, and
equipped with multilaminar fuel bladders and foam for baffling,and check valves
to prevent spillage when inverted, etc.
All that technology is fully
developed and is purchasable now.
My spouse and I bought an
incomplete project which we are now finishing,and I intend to modify the header
tank, and if possible the wing tanks, to assure that we survive whatever we may
hit at 80-mph, under control but having to land 'whereever'.
Years ago I read hundreds of
NTSB reports,and foujdn that more than half of all GenAv fatalities occur AFTER
survivable crashes, because of fire.
Gliders don't burn.
`Spurred by the recent spate of
accidents I read the link pages at ATL and believe there is no reason these
features can't be adapted to our Lancairs, which seem to be begging for
it. Check it out and see if you agree.
Terrence O'Neill
L320 N211AL
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