X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 15:51:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f180.google.com ([209.85.192.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.5) with ESMTPS id 6272205 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 May 2013 12:13:24 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.192.180; envelope-from=pjdmiller@gmail.com Received: by mail-pd0-f180.google.com with SMTP id 10so415202pdc.25 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.68.227.106 with SMTP id rz10mr40035025pbc.32.1368634368231; Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.131] (S010620aa4b008706.cg.shawcable.net. [174.0.112.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bs2sm3855321pad.17.2013.05.15.09.12.46 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Miller Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B094130E-173A-43AA-BEA3-15DF218CF36D" X-Original-Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: [LML] Keith's IFR trip X-Original-Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:12:44 -0600 References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) --Apple-Mail=_B094130E-173A-43AA-BEA3-15DF218CF36D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Some people might not fly without an a/p but it can stop working anytime = and I wouldn't cancel a trip for that reason alone. It is a great = reliever on long trips and it can really help out when flying solo and = have stuff to lookup, alternates to study, calls for WX and more. Looking at this topic a different way, if I had all the major items = working in my airplane and was wondering what I should work on next, the = a/p and associated trim system would be high on the priority list if it = didn't operate in a trustworthy fashion. Paul Legacy RG On 2013-05-15, at 5:59 AM, "Ed Gray" wrote: > I agree with Colyn. Long flight, heavy workload, no AP, fast, clean = airplane=3Drecipe for disaster if anything unexpected happens. Probably = survivable most of the time. --Apple-Mail=_B094130E-173A-43AA-BEA3-15DF218CF36D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Some = people might not fly without an a/p but it can stop working anytime and = I wouldn't cancel a trip for that reason alone. It is a great reliever = on long trips and it can really help out when flying solo and have stuff = to lookup, alternates to study, calls for WX and = more.

Looking at this topic a different way, if I had = all the major items working in my airplane and was wondering what I = should work on next, the a/p and associated trim system would be high on = the priority list if it didn't operate in a trustworthy = fashion.

Paul
Legacy = RG

On 2013-05-15, at 5:59 AM, "Ed Gray" <egraylaw@swbell.net> = wrote:

I agree with Colyn.  Long flight, heavy = workload, no AP, fast, clean airplane=3Drecipe for disaster if anything = unexpected happens.  Probably survivable most of the = time.

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