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From: Valin & Allyson Thorn
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 6:09 AM
To:
Subject: [LML] Legacy Canopy Safety Issue Paper Release

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Hello,

Here is the Lancair Le= gacy Canopy Safety Issue Paper for release. Please forward it to every Legacy pilot and builder you know= .

This paper was written to help improve the level of safety an= d reduce risks for pilots flying the Lancair Legacy airplane. Over the Legacy=E2=80=99s almost 15 year o= perational history, there have been periodic accidents resulting from fligh= t with the canopy unlatched/open. As those have occurred, the community debates the causes and preventat= ive measures. The forum where= the community comes together for these debates is the Lancair Mail List (L= ML). The lively debate is wid= e ranging with many viewpoints represented and always very helpful discussi= ons. After these discussions,= it can seem that everyone understands the effective measures for dealing w= ith the issues. Yet, accident= s related to flight without the canopy latched continue.

Why is= this? Many Legacy pilots do = not participate in the LML, might not even know of its existence, and do no= t have the benefit of the periodic LML debates on this issue. And, even for those on the LML, with all= the various views and weeks over which the discussions occur, it can somet= imes be difficult to see a focused path forward. The Lancair Company has also not taken an active role i= n addressing this issue.

So, this =E2=80=9Cpaper=E2=80=9D was created, to be placed in the = public domain, to provide another communication vehicle to the broader Lanc= air Legacy community where information on this issue is consolidated for ea= sy discovery and specific recommendations are presented. The plan is for this Legacy Canopy Safety Issue= Paper to be posted on several websites, where in time it will come up on w= ebsite search engines, and will be sent to the email addresses of every Leg= acy pilot that can be found. =

The following fine people h= ave made important contributions to this paper and have my deepest gratitud= e.

Scott Alair

David Williams

Bill Bradburry

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Doug Brunner

Art Jensen

Pau= l Miller

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John Smith

Jon =E2=80=9CJack=E2=80=9D Addison

Dennis Johnson

Allyson Thorn

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I believe I speak for us all in say= ing that it is the hope for other pilots and ourselves that we all enjoy a = long life flying the amazing Lancair Legacy airplane and that there be no f= urther losses to our pilot family or damaged airplanes from this open canop= y flight hazard.

Valin Thorn

Boulder, Colorado USA
March 21, 201= 4

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