X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:21:46 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from col0-omc3-s17.col0.hotmail.com ([65.55.34.156] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4180195 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:12:39 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.55.34.156; envelope-from=bill_kennedy_3@hotmail.com Received: from COL108-W11 ([65.55.34.135]) by col0-omc3-s17.col0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:05 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: bill_kennedy_3@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_a2f47bac-0c52-4923-aa38-cab7d56ba311_" X-Originating-IP: [71.111.123.227] From: Bill Kennedy X-Original-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Fox Article X-Original-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:05 -0700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Mar 2010 21:11:05.0687 (UTC) FILETIME=[D9054E70:01CACD28] --_a2f47bac-0c52-4923-aa38-cab7d56ba311_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You don't really expect 'news' from Fox News do you? Anyway=2C the FAA brief I read seemed to stress that Lancair pilots don't k= now how to recognize and recover from stalls=2C a fact demonstrated by thei= r accident rate. To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri=2C 26 Mar 2010 16:06:01 -0400 From: farnsworth@charter.net Subject: [LML] Fox Article My reply to Fox News =20 There is nothing holy=2C sacred or even significant about a 61 mph stalling speed. Why not pick 41 or 51 or 161 mph? All aircraft that are used by the airlines have a stalling speed greater than 61 mph. Does that m= ake their aircraft unsafe?=20 =20 The fact of the matter is that a given aircraft has many "stalling speeds". The speed varies with weight=2C number or "G" forces and even altitude and temperature will affect the true airspeed at which an aircraft will stall. =20 It appears to me=2C that the person who wrote this article did so with an eye toward damning Lancairs and experimental aircraft in general= . The Lancair aircraft that landed on the beach did not do so as a result of = a stall=2C but mechanical failure. So why the fascination with stall speeds? = Even the widely referenced "Piper Cub" will stall with just enough speed to kill a person! =20 I can address this article from many many years of flying experience that include: Piper Cubs=2C jet fighters=2C airliners and Lancai= r aircraft. I have often stated that the Lancair Legacy=2C that I fly=2C is o= ne of the best flying aircraft I have ever flown. =20 Lynn Farnsworth Super Legacy #235 TSIO-550 Powered Race #44 =20 _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search=2C chat and e-mail from your inbox= . http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=3DPID27925::T:WLMTAGL:O= N:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3= --_a2f47bac-0c52-4923-aa38-cab7d56ba311_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You don't really expect 'news' from Fox News do you?

Anyway=2C the F= AA brief I read seemed to stress that Lancair pilots don't know how to reco= gnize and recover from stalls=2C a fact demonstrated by their accident rate= .

To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Fri=2C = 26 Mar 2010 16:06:01 -0400
From: farnsworth@charter.net
Subject: [LML= ] Fox Article

My reply to Fox News<= /p>

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There is nothing holy=2C sacred or = even significant about a 61 mph stalling speed. Why not pick 41 or 51 or 161 mph? All aircraft that are used by the airlines have a stalling speed greater than 61 mph. Does that m= ake their aircraft unsafe?

 =3B

The fact of the matter is that a gi= ven aircraft has many "stalling speeds". The speed varies with weight=2C number or "G" forces and even altitude and temperature will affect the true airspeed at which an aircraft will stall.

 =3B

It appears to me=2C that the person= who wrote this article did so with an eye toward damning Lancairs and experimental aircraft in general= . The Lancair aircraft that landed on the beach did not do so as a result of = a stall=2C but mechanical failure. So why the fascination with stall speeds? = Even the widely referenced "Piper Cub" will stall with just enough speed to kill a person!

 =3B

I can address this article from man= y many years of flying experience that include: Piper Cubs=2C jet fighters=2C airliners and Lancai= r aircraft. I have often stated that the Lancair Legacy=2C that I fly=2C is o= ne of the best flying aircraft I have ever flown.

 =3B

Lynn Farnsworth

Super Legacy #235

TSIO-550 Powered

Race #44


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