X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:18:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from QMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.243] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTP id 3582716 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:24:59 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.27.243; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.35]) by QMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ftm41b00K0lTkoCADzQQsd; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:24:24 +0000 Received: from [10.128.90.198] ([75.151.125.133]) by OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id fzQP1b0032soXEK8QzQPSW; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:24:24 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.15.0.081119 X-Original-Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:24:21 -0700 Subject: Re: [LML] In the News today -- I believe it was the Zodiac Light Sport From: John Hafen X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [LML] In the News today -- I believe it was the Zodiac Light Sport Thread-Index: Acm+IU4Vw85zNQfTpE6TYxEDTbcCQA== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3322657462_1685084" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3322657462_1685084 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Art: I think they were referring to the Zodiac Light Sport. Seems to come apart while airborne. Last I checked, that was a bad thing. John Hafen IVP 413AJ 110 hours NTSB calls for grounding of Zodiac light sport aircraft The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on the FAA to immediately ground the Zodiac CH-601XL, a single-engine, light sport aircraft designed by Zenair Inc. and sold as a kit. The agency says six of the airplanes have broken up in flight in the past three years, killing 10 people, and evidence is strong that aerodynamic "flutter" preceded some, if not all, of the fatal accidents. CNN (4/14) On 4/15/09 3:39 PM, "Art Jensen" wrote: > FAA urged to ground small aircraft involved in fatal incidents. > > This was on Headline News today. Does anyone have any information to add? > What is the rest of the story? Who is urging the FAA to ground the small > aircraft? > > --B_3322657462_1685084 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [LML] In the News today -- I believe it was the Zodiac Light Spo= rt Art:

I think they were referring to the Zodiac Light Sport.  Seems to come = apart while airborne.  Last I checked, that was a bad thing.

John Hafen
IVP 413AJ 110 hours


NTSB calls for grounding of Z= odiac light sport aircraft
The National Transportation Safety B= oard is calling on the FAA to immediately ground the Zodiac CH-601XL, a sing= le-engine, light sport aircraft designed by Zenair Inc. and sold as a kit. T= he agency says six of the airplanes have broken up in flight in the past thr= ee years, killing 10 people, and evidence is strong that aerodynamic "f= lutter" preceded some, if not all, of the fatal accidents. CNN (4/14)  



On 4/15/09 3:39 PM, "Art Jensen" <flycassutts@yahoo.com> wrote:

<= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:11pt'>FAA urged to ground small aircraft involved in f= atal incidents.
 
This was on Headline News today.  Does anyone have any information to = add?  What is the rest of the story?  Who is urging the FAA to gro= und the small aircraft?


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